Themes

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

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