Sustainable transformation towards autonomous manufacturing systems

The 18th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM 2024) aims to bring together experts from various fields to discuss the latest advancements and challenges in the context of twin transformation, under the flagship topic of “sustainable transformation towards autonomous manufacturing systems”. The conference will especially address digital twinning and simulation from both design and operation perspectives for sustainable manufacturing and supply chains, green factories and logistic networks, federated manufacturing platforms, virtualization, global manufacturing, autonomous and self-learnable systems, data-driven industrial engineering, Industry 5.0 strategies, models, and technologies, human interaction in robotics and cyber-physical systems as well as new advances in robotics and conversational AI applications in manufacturing and supply chain systems.

Additionally, the conference will cover topics such as operations management in adaptive and accessible factories, the latest trends in enterprise modeling and information systems, knowledge management, cyber-physical-social production systems, new trends in human-robot collaboration and interactive chatbot systems especially in reliability, maintenance, and safety applications, engineering economic and resilience management, blockchain applications in supply chain management, and global crises impact on sustainable manufacturing. The conference will provide a participative platform for senior scientists, early-stage researchers students, practitioners, and industry experts to share their knowledge, ideas, and best practices in sustainable manufacturing and supply chain management.

We are proud to sponsor INCOM 2024 and have Caroline Viarouge, CEO at EIT Manufacturing give a keynote speech. Read more about Caroline’s speech below. We are looking forward to welcoming you to INCOM 2024!

Abstract: How European manufacturing is shaping our greener and digital future.

The manufacturing industry is a global base for prosperity and key to Europe’s economic, social and environmental sustainability, acting as the main driver of industrial innovation, job creation and growth for the European society.

The European manufacturing sector is currently undergoing green and digital transitions to become more sustainable, adopting circular economy principles to transform Europe into the first climate neutral continent by 2050. Going through these major transformations, the industry strives to retain leadership in a competitive global landscape, accelerating innovation and attracting investments.

On this journey, it is critical for European manufacturers to embrace digitalisation to achieve leaner operations and boost profitability and competitiveness. The lack of workers with the right skills, however, is one of the biggest constraints to the successful green and digital transitions. It is therefore equally important to train the sector’s workforce and develop their skills and competences to match the industry’s current and future needs.

As a public-private partnership, co-funded by the European Union, EIT Manufacturing has a clear purpose to improve people’s lives through sustainable manufacturing. This purpose is accompanied by the mission to connect manufacturing players by promoting talent and entrepreneurship to accelerate sustainable innovation in Europe.

During this presentation, CEO Caroline Viarouge will elaborate how EIT Manufacturing stimulates manufacturing ecosystems and supports European manufacturing companies, research institutions and universities with various instruments and activities, including talent reskilling and upskilling via educational programmes, as well as supporting startups through various calls, Access-to-Market and Access-to-Finance services, co-investment opportunities, and coaching and support in commercial expansion.