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European Convergence Summit (ECS2025) and preparatory workshop “ADR research for European Manufacturing sector’s resilience”

February 5 | 13:30 – 16:30 UTC+1

Venue: online via MS Teams
face-to-face at MIFJC Brussels
Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie House
100 Rue du Throne, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Register for the workshop here

Thanks to an intensive involvement of RICAIP partner DFKI, we are pleased to invite you to a dedicated expert workshop on “ADR Research for European Manufacturing Sector’s Resilience” held in hybrid form on 5 February under the coordination of DFKI, organised by the European AI, Data and Robotics Association (ADRA), in collaboration with the Horizon Europe project Adra-e.
This workshop is part of a series preparing for the European Convergence Summit 2025 (ECS2025), a major event aimed at shaping the future of Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Robotics (ADR) research in Europe, with a focus on resilience and competitiveness during crises.

European AI, Data and Robotics Association (ADRA) and Horizon Europe project adra-e organise the European Convergence Summit 2025 (ECS2025) as the full-blown face-to-face event in Brussels on April 09, 2025.

In order to prepare the policy-level dialogue, Adra-e organises the series of expert workshops on February 5-6, 2025, will be held to collect the community opinions about future research directions relevant to the topic of Resilience, policy-level challenges and enablers influencing the ARD research landscape. Each workshop will take half a day (not more than 3 hours) covering the following 4 themes:

  • Defense
  • Europe’s resilience in Manufacturing
  • Europe’s resilience in Health
  • Civil protection

The ECS is a high-level event that aims to bring together influential figures from various backgrounds to support co-programming of the Artificial Intelligence, Data and Robotics (ADR) European partnership, define orientations for ADR research and innovation in Europe with respect to socioeconomic issues, and build a consensus among stakeholders. ECS2025 will be focused on how ARD technologies can support and enable the Europe’s resilience and competitiveness in various crisis situations.


Registered online participants will receive an MS Teams invitation on February 3.

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Agenda of the workshop

16:00–16:15 Conclusions and wrap-up

13:30–13:35 Introduction and workshop objectives – Andrey Girenko, DFKI

13:35–14:10 Case studies:

  • Resilient supply chains for Manufacturing-as-a-Service (MaaS) – RAASCEMAN case, Andrey Girenko, DFKI
  • MaaS supply chain predictive twin for critical materials – MaaSiveTwin case, Michael Hess, Battronics
  • Foresight for European Manufacturing’s twin transition until 2040 – MASTT2040 case, Haydn Thompson, Thhink

14:10–15:00 SWOT analysis: Resilience and Competitiveness in Manufacturing ADR Research

15:00–15:10 Coffee break

15:10–16:00 Brainstorming: European ADR research strategy for Manufacturing