Day 1: 6 December 2023
Formal Agenda (reserved for CECIMO Members)
Renaissance Hotel, Rue Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels
09.00 – 10.00 President’s Meeting
10.00 – 12.00 Board Meeting
12.00 – 12.45 Standing Lunch & Networking
12.45 Bus transfer for CECIMO Delegates to BluePoint
Events open to all stakeholders
13.00 – 13.30
Registration and Welcome Coffee
13.30 – 13.35
Welcome by the Master of Ceremony, Damir Glas, Communications Director, CECIMO
13.35 – 13.45
Opening Remarks by Filip Geerts, Director General, CECIMO
13.45 – 14.00
Keynote speech by Markus Schulte, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, European Commission
14.00 – 15.30
Panel discussion: Innovative Manufacturing: Paving the Way to a Sustainable Future
This panel will address the central and pressing issue of advanced manufacturing and its essential role in shaping a sustainable industrial future. The discussion will serve as a platform for exchanging ground-breaking ideas and developing strategies that will pave the way for a greener, more sustainable and technologically advanced manufacturing future.
Amaryllis Verhoeven
European Commission
Thomas Hahn
Plattform Industrie 4.0/Manufacturing-X
Michael Präger
Bystronic Group
Ivan Štefanec
European Parliament
Nicholas Deliyanakis
European Commission
Andrew Lynch
Event Moderator,Irish Manufacturing Research
15.30 – 15.45
Coffee Break & Networking
15.45 – 16.00
Keynote Speech – Opening of the Machine Tools Innovation Awards by Kerstin Jorna, Director General for Internal Market, Industry,Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission
16.00 – 16.30
Presentation by Machine Tools Award Nominees
- Project presentation: “Remote Operations for Equipment as a Service” by Philipp Humbeck, R&D Management Equipment-as-a-Service and Performance Services, TRUMPF
- Project presentation: “Eliminating human exposure to potentially carcinogenic dust and increasing robot performance in machining of composite parts” by Ibai Inziarte, Aldakin Automation S.L.
- Project presentation: “smartTOOL – energy self-sufficient, sensory tool holder for process monitoring” by Alexander Schuster, Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU
16.30 – 17.30
Panel discussion: Skills for Manufacturing – Bridging Current Gaps and Future Trends
In today’s rapidly changing landscape, digitalisation and sustainability have become inseparable facets of modern
industrial enterprises. This panel will explore the future skills required to thrive in this ecosystem and address the
challenges faced by industry and training centres, while unlocking the uptake of advanced technical skills across
generations.
Paola Fantini
EIT Manufacturing
Felix Rohn
European Commission
Mark Jordan
Skillnet Ireland
Francois Duval
GF Machining Solutions
Olha Hunchak
CECIMO
Andrew Lynch
Event Moderator,
Irish Manufacturing Research
17.30 – 17.35
Closing Remarks by Filip Geerts, Director General, CECIMO
19.30 – 22.30
Cocktail Reception, Award Ceremony & Gala Dinner at Cercle Royal Gaulois
Day 2: 7 December 2023
Formal Agenda (reserved for CECIMO Members)
Renaissance Hotel, Rue Parnasse 19, 1050 Brussels
09.00 – 11.00 The European machine tool sector in the face of new economic challenges
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 – 13.00 General Assembly Meeting
13.00 – 14.00 Farewell Lunch (CECIMO Members)
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