2nd Annual World Manufacturing Forum
North America and 10th Annual World Manufacturing Forum
- October 19, 2021
Thank you to our Partners!
WMF-NA: The Value of Industry 4.0 for the SME
This 2021 edition of the World Manufacturing Forum will highlight how in the attempt to move toward a global economic renaissance, technological innovation is progressing rapidly and Artificial Intelligence has become an area of strategic importance and a key driver of a resilient economy.
Leading companies are now looking to disruptive technologies as a way to improve performance
Many have already started to experiment with technologies such as machine-to-machine digital connectivity (the Industrial Internet of Things), artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, advanced automation, robotics, and additive manufacturing.
World Manufacturing Forum
The impact of this shift shaped what is now universally known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
During the 2020 edition of the World Manufacturing Forum, it will be highlighted how, in the attempt to move towards a global economic renaissance, technological innovation is progressing rapidly and AI has become an area of strategic importance and a key driver of resilient economy.
The World Manufacturing Forum will take place over two days:
- The Forum will start on the 11th at 8:00am (MT-U.S.) with Plenary Sessions discussing how we will resurge in a “New Normal” world. The Forum will continue after lunch with Technical Sessions with high-level technological companies, ending at 5:30pm (MT-U.S.).
- On the second day, the program will alternate Technical and Plenary Sessions, starting with morning Technical Sessions, followed in the afternoon by Plenary Sessions presenting the technological, ethical, legal and socio-economic aspects needing to be considered to boost capacities, with special attention on responding to. the disruption in manufacturing and global value chains caused by COVID-19.
Manufacturing is a major driver of global economy
Throughout the world, industry is a pivot around which the whole economy moves. It contributes greatly to prosperity acting as the engine of global and local value chains and provides many jobs.
Business leaders today are rightly focused on the huge business continuity challenges posed by Covid-19. First and foremost, they must ensure that employees are as safe as possible, securing financial sustainability, assessing the resilience of supply chains and reinforcing crucial systems to support unprecedented levels of remote working and online trading, while withstanding an upsurge in cyberattacks.
Program
Plenary Sessions
The World Manufacturing Forum’s Plenary Sessions feature open debate regarding the most urgent and challenging topics affecting the manufacturing sector.
Plenary Sessions take the form of round-table discussions with top-level speakers, such as leading experts, policy-makers, and industrial leaders.
Technical & Side Events
Clear and direct to the point, the World Manufacturing Week’s Technical and Side Events (9-12 November 2020) are co-organised with manufacturing companies, institutions, and associations partnering with the World Manufacturing Foundation.
The focus is on technical and application aspects related to new technologies and on specific sector-based perspectives.
