Innovating the Future: Climate Neutral and Competitive Manufacturing – Day 2 (External event)
We are now opening up registration for 2025's big event for manufacturing innovation! News for this year is that the annual Manufacturing R&D Cluster Conference is co-organized with the new Impact Innovation programme Net Zero Industry.
For two days, we will focus on how manufacturing industry can transform together while remaining innovative and competitive. We will take part of the latest research results from projects that address three of the biggest challenges we collectively face – competitiveness, resilience, and sustainability. How can the manufacturing industry reduce its overall greenhouse gas emissions with the help of digitalization and AI, for example? One thing is certain, no one can do it on their own – we need to collaborate in new ways to maintain and improve competitiveness while becoming more climate-smart!
Collaboration for transformative change
On the first day, we will hear about Astra Zeneca’s AI journey connected to manufacturing. On day 2, Volvo Cars will talk about their work on sustainable casting and the project ‘Greatness in casting’ which is one of the first funded projects within Net Zero Industry.
On the agenda are of course parallel sessions with our clusters, study visits and more keynote speakers. The aim is to inspire, share knowledge and find common ground to create transformative change in the manufacturing industry.
In addition, there will be plenty of time for interaction during our breaks and dinner. Take the chance to network and initiate new collaborations.
We look forward to seeing you in Gothenburg in May – book your place at the conference today!
Important Information
Starts: May, 14 2025 at 9:00
Ends: May, 15 2025 at 16:00
Where: Hotel Arken, Gothenburg
Price
Both days 3 800 SEK*
1 day 1 900 SEK*
(Dinner 14th May are included regardless of your day of choose)
*excl. accommodation
Registration is binding, but it is possible to hand over your ticket to a colleague.
Contact
Question regarding your registration
Marie Numell
marie.numell@teknikforetagen.se
Question regarding the conference
Emma Mattisson
emma.mattisson@ri.se
Programme
09:00 | Registration
09:30 | Welcome
09:45 | The Importance of Net Zero and how the Manufacturing R&D Clusters can contribute to the industrial transformation
– Lars-Henrik Jörnving, Scania
10:15 | Impact Innovation – our commen mission towards net-zero
10:30 | BREAK and moving to the sessions
11:00 | Parallel sessions morning Day 1
– Solutions for difficult assembly operations and competence development
Cluster: Assembly
– Forming process development for future production
Cluster: Forming and Joining
– Sustainable manufacturing – Findings, challenges and impact from surface treatment
Cluster: Surface Treatment
– Study visit: GTC Utbildningscenter batterier, Lindholmen (bus departure at 10.45!)
12:30 | LUNCH
13:30 | Parallel sessions afternoon day 1
– Digitalization and automation in green industrial value chains
Cluster: Digital manufacturing
– Joining processes for sustainable products and production
Cluster: Forming and Joining
– Impact Innovation by Net Zero Industry
Net Zero Industry
– Study visit: Volvo Cars Torslanda
(bus departure at 13.20!)
15:00 | BREAK
15:30 | AI powered Drug Development
– Per-Ola Quist, Astra Zeneca
16:00 | Panel with the PhD-network PADOK
16:30 | Summary of the first day
16:50 | Thanks for day 1
18:45 | Aperitif and dinner
8:30 | Registration
9:00 | Welcome to day 2
9:10 | The EFFECT of Sustainable Casting
– Volvo Cars
9:40 | BREAK and moving to the sessions
10:10 | Parallel sessions morning Day 2
– Developing and Managing Production in the Net-Zero Era
Cluster: Production Management
– AI as a tool towards Net Zero Industry
Cluster: Digital Manufacturing
– A sustainable Component Manufacturing
Cluster: Component Manufacturing
11:45 | LUNCH
12:40 | Parallel sessions afternoon Day 2
– AI tools supporting Geometry and quality processes: Exploration and learnings towards Net-Zero manufacturing.
Cluster: Geometry
– Smart, sustainable & secure supply chain and factory logistics
Cluster: Logistics
– Digitalisation enabling component manufacturing
Cluster: Component Manufacturing
– Study visit: Volvo Lastvagnar – Tuve Train (bus departure at 12.35!)
14:10 | BREAK
14:40 | Refined methods and business models for recirculation of materials and other resources within the manufacturing industry
Graham Aid, Ragnsell
15:10 | Summary of the conference
15:30 | End of conference!
