The Manufacturing Partnership Days 2025 by EFFRA | October 20-22, 2025

The third edition of the Manufacturing Partnership Days is coming up on October 20-22, 2025, at the Event Lounge in Brussels.

The three-day event will take the following key areas of the manufacturing research and innovation community into focus:

  • Day 1: AI and Digital Transformation of SMEs
  • Day 2: Circularity & Sustainability
  • Day 3: Productivity and Human-Centric Manufacturing

Join the event to showcase your #saxon project, listen to insightful presentations, take part in discussions on the future of European manufacturing and make use of the opportunity to connect!

The following manufacturing experts will share their knowledge:

  • Marina Zanchi | Director of the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) at European Commission
  • Sarah Behnam | Business Lead at STIIMA-CNR
  • Herman Derache | Managing Director of Sirris
  • Julia Ettinger | Secretary General at EuRIC – The European Recycling Industries
  • Stephanie Harfensteller | EU-Research Coordinator at FIR e.V. at RWTH Aachen University
  • Andrew Lynch | Chief Innovation Officer at IMR
  • Sotiris Makris | LMS, University of Patras
  • Olaf Pannenbäcker | Chairman at EFFRA European Factories of the Future Research Association
  • Zeljko P. | Executive Director of EFFRA European Factories of the Future Research Association
  • Fabio Sgarbossa | Professor at Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU
  • Marco Taisch | Professor at Politecnico di Milano
  • Riikka Virkkunen | professor of practice at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.

More info & registration: https://effra.glueup.com/event/the-manufacturing-partnership-days-2025-136448/