Tailored to your transformation journey
At the Digital Manufacturing Strategies Summit, we recognise that each organisation’s digital transformation journey is unique. That’s why we’ve designed an experience that adapts to your specific needs and objectives.
When you register, you’ll share your current challenges, goals, and areas of interest. This information allows us to craft a personalised agenda for you, ensuring that every session, workshop, and discussion you attend is directly relevant to your role and transformation journey.
Our Advisory Committee, composed of industry leaders, utilises this collective input to shape the summit’s content. They ensure that the topics addressed are not only timely but also resonate with the real-world challenges faced by manufacturing professionals today.
The result?
A summit experience that’s as unique as your organisation, offering insights and solutions that you can apply immediately.

2025 Headline Theme: Digitalising for future-ready factories
In an era where manufacturing is rapidly evolving, staying ahead requires more than just awareness. It demands action. Digital transformation is no longer optional. Factories must become smarter, greener, and more connected.
The summit explores how manufacturers can leverage digital technologies to build future-ready operations.
This challenge is unpacked through four core themes reflecting the key challenges manufacturers face today:
Empowering the Digital Workforce
Learn how to enhance manufacturing’s human capital by closing skill gaps, driving cultural and organisational transformation. The theme focuses on enabling effective collaboration between people and emerging technologies. It aims to build a resilient workforce ready to excel in the digital factory.
Key Topics & Technologies:
Developing future-ready capabilities through targeted learning
Training with mixed reality (AR/VR) and AI-powered platforms
Cultivating digital leadership and culture of innovation
Enhancing collaboration through human-machine teaming
Establishing trust in AI and autonomous systems
Integrating collaborative robots and user-friendly interfaces
Built for Disruption
This topic addresses the critical need for securing and integrating manufacturing environments in an increasingly connected world. It covers managing cybersecurity threats, improving data quality, modernising legacy systems, and ensuring compliance to build a secure and resilient digital factory.
Key Topics & Technologies:
Mitigating cybersecurity risks with advanced threat detection
Ensuring data quality and privacy controls
Modernising legacy infrastructure with IT/OT convergence
Navigating regulatory compliance requirements
Implementing unified data governance frameworks
Deploying secure network architectures and monitoring
Smart Factory Innovations
Explore cutting-edge innovations transforming manufacturing. This theme centers on driving efficiency, intelligence, and agility in factories operations.
Key Topics & Technologies:
Leveraging 3D printing and additive manufacturing
Applying AI and advanced analytics for optimisation
Scaling robotics and automation for precision
Implementing digital twins and IoT platforms
Integrating smart automation concepts
Harnessing machine learning for performance gains
Scaling Digital Operations
This topic concentrates on strategically scaling digital initiatives for enterprise-wide impact. It explores how to ensure long-term value and adaptability in a dynamic global market.
Key Topics & Technologies:
Building resilient supply chains with advance technologies
Adopting green & energy-efficient technologies
Scaling from pilot to full plant operation
Quantifying digital transformation ROI
Developing enterprise-wide strategies
Prioritising digital investments
Ready to Join the Conversation?
Whether you’re looking to attend, speak, partner or just explore further, we’d love to hear from you.
Spaces are limited and strictly by invitation.