Expert Workshop: ADR Research for European Manufacturing Sector’s Resilience
February 5 | 13:30 – 16:30 UTC+1
The European AI, Data and Robotics Association (ADRA), in collaboration with the Horizon Europe project adra-e, invites you to a dedicated expert workshop on “ADR Research for European Manufacturing Sector’s Resilience.” 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). Building on the success of ECS2024, the full-blown face-to-face event will take place in Brussels on April 09, 2025. 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.
In order to prepare the policy-level dialogue, adra-e organises the series of expert workshops in order 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. One of the central ARD application domains is Manufacturing, therefore the workshop on the topic “ADR research for European Manufacturing sector’s resilience” will be held on February 05, 13:30-16:15 in hybrid format (face-to-face venue – MIFJC Brussels: Irene and Frederic Joliot-Curie House, 100 Rue du Throne, 1050 Brussels, Belgium). Registered online participants will receive an MS Teams invitation on February 3.
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