Manufacturing

The Future of Manufacturing
The World Economic Forum's Future of Manufacturing project tracks how the global manufacturing ecosystem is evolving. This five-minute investigation explores the future of industry and asks does manufacturing really matter? Leading manufacturers and policymakers discuss human capital, currency volatility, labor rate arbitrage and the potential of advanced manufacturing. The Future of Manufacturing project identifies what companies and countries must do to win in a rapidly changing world.

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World Manufacturing Forum

• WMF Opening
• WMF Opening Speech: Zoran Stančič

Session 1 "Industrial Policies for Global Manufacturing"

• WMF Session 1 Introduction: Mauro Piloni
• WMF Session 1: Katy George
• WMF Session 1: Guillermo Rafael Fernandez de la Garza
• WMF Session 1: Goran Roos
• WMF Session 1: Garth Williams
• WMF Session 1: Valerio De Molli

Session 2 "Challenges and Opportunities in the Next-Generation of Manufacturing"

• WMF Session 2 Introduction: Dan Nagy
• WMF Session 2: Philippe Charles
• WMF Session 2: Tomas Hedenborg
• WMF Session 2: Dianne Chong
• WMF Session 2: Charles Wessner
• WMF Session 2: Q&A

Session 3: “Workforce Education and Human-Centered Manufacturing"

• WMF Session 3 Introduction: Thomas Kurfess
• WMF Session 3: Arturo Molina
• WMF Session 3: Peter Frise
• WMF Session 3: Jouko Suokas
• WMF Session 3: Q&A

Session 4: “Venture Capital/Ecosystems for Manufacturing Start-ups”

• WMFSession 4 Introduction: Herbert von Bose
• WMF Session 4: William Mahoney
• WMF Session 4: Diana Saraceni
• WMF Session 4: Manuel Sandoval
• WMF Session 4: José Fernando Figuerdo
• WMF Session 4: Q&A

Day Two

• WMF Day 2 Welcome: Ji Oh Song

Session 5: “Robotics for SMEs”

• WMF Session 5 Introduction: Khalil Rouhana
• WMF Session 5: Enrico Krog Iverson
• WMF Session 5: Bernd Liepert
• WMF Session 5: Riccardo Tarantini
• WMF Session 5: Q&A

Session 6: “Global Standards for Products and Manufacturing”

• WMF Session 6 Introduction: Don Hemmelgarn
• WMF Session 6: Jordan Brandt
• WMF Session 6: Manuel Montoya Ortega
• WMF Session 6: Howard Mason
• WMF Session 6: Q&A

Session 7: “Cyber Security Issues for Manufacturing”

• WMF Session 7 Introduction: Michael McGrath
• WMF Session 7: Galina Antova
• WMF Session 7: Nicola Mugnato
• WMF Session 7: Keith Stouffer

Session 8: “Game Changing Key Technologies for Manufacturing”

• WMF Session 8 Introduction: Clara de la Torre
• WMF Session 8: Maurizio Gattiglio
• WMF Session 8: Anton Huber
• WMF Session 8: Matteo Marini
• WMF Session 8: Q&A

• WMF Closing Remarks

2nd Annual Conference for the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Industrial Sustainability

• Introduction to the Conference and EPSRC Centre, Professor Steve Evans, University of Cambridge
• Challenges for the Global Implementation of Cleaner Production - Dr Heinz Leuenberger, UNIDO
• Hugo Spowers of Riversimple - Can a business ever be truly sustainable?
• Changing thinking: the impacts of the NMR and Manufacturing Foresight
• Modelling Future Operations and Relationships for Vehicle End of Life
• Implications of Crystallisation and Continuous Manufacturing - Prof Alistair Florence
• Real World Applications of the Internet of Things - Sam Bose, intellisense.io
• How Airbus Integrated Energy Efficiency and Industrial Strategy
• Modelling Energy and Resource Flows to Inform Process and Planning Decisions
• Robot Disassembly for End of Life Extraction of Critical Materials
• Fully Linked Collaboration - Simon Brown, 2degrees

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