MANUFACTURING REVOLUTION TO PROMOTE GLOBAL RESILIENCE
27-28 SEP 2018, WORLD MANUFACTURING FORUM: HOW THE INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION INSPIRES EDUCATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIETAL IMPACT
The 7th edition of the World Manufacturing Forum - annual meeting will be held in Cernobbio, Italy, on 27-28 September 2018. The WMF global conference, titled ‘Manufacturing Revolution to Promote Global Resilience: how the industrial transformation inspires education, sustainable development and societal impact, intends to explore how industry is responding to the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution and how industrial policies can support education, sustainable development and societal impact.
Invited participants will have the opportunity to hear how visionary industrial policies will support advanced manufacturing from varied social and geographical perspectives with speakers coming from Italy, France, Germany, UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, China and many other countries.
Furthermore, the Forum will facilitate dialogue and cooperation among the manufacturing sectors key players, convening global policy experts, industry leaders from both large multinationals and small and medium-sized enterprises, and top members of the academic community.
During the meeting the first Manufacturing Report will be presented, highlighting the recommendations for policy makers concerning the role of manufacturing as an enabler for redistribution of wealth and well-being in the society. The paper, produced by the WMF Scientific Committee, addresses relevant manufacturing sector issues and outlines the most significant trends, requirements and policies.
The World Manufacturing Forum, which aims at spreading industrial culture within the society,
has recently opened a video competition which will have Industry 4.0 as main topic: the participants are asked
to describe, with a 3 minutes video, the manufacturing and digital revolution. The winner will be awarded a prize of 5 thousand euros.
For more information please visit the official WMF website: https://www.worldmanufacturingforum.org/video-contest
World Manufacturing Forum founders partners are Confindustria Lombardia, Politecnico di Milano and IMS, supported by European Commission and Regione Lombardia.
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