The European manufacturing industry is facing growing challenges such as technological changes, stricter sustainability requirements and increasing global competition. For companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the ability to innovate is crucial to ensure their competitiveness and promote sustainable business models.
By collaborating with startups, research organisations, universities, students and other industry players, companies can implement innovative technologies and business models and strengthen their position on the market. Collaborations also enable access to resources and knowledge and thus promote accelerated innovation development.
The Manufacturing Day 2025 focuses on how partnerships across the ecosystem fuel technological advancements, accelerate growth, and create new market opportunities.
The Manufacturing Day is the leading event for the manufacturing industry during ViennaUP, the largest decentralised startup festival in Europe. During this landmark event with more than 500 participants from over 40 countries, EIT Manufacturing is bringing together startups, key industrial players, investors, researchers and experts to celebrate the achievements and potential of the European manufacturing industry.
Renowned speakers from all over the world provide insights into hot topics in the industry, bringing new solutions and ideas to the table to make manufacturing more innovative and thus create a competitive advantage.
The Manufacturing Day aims to showcase the latest innovations and technologies that are driving this transition and to inspire the next generation of manufacturing professionals to take an active role in shaping the future of the industry. The event offers a varied and rich programme for and with startups in the manufacturing industry and is a platform for industry representatives to exchange ideas and network.
Save The Date!
Get ready for Manufacturing Day – coming up on 9 May 2025 in Vienna. We are currently working hard on creating an amazing programme with outstanding speakers for you – after all, it is a special anniversary for us: 2025 will be already the 5th Manufacturing Day. Bear with us a little, we will announce more information here soon.
Save your spot and get your free ticket now! We are looking forward to seeing you on 9 May 2025 in Vienna.
We are proud to announce our keynote speaker, James Taylor!
James Taylor M.B.A. F.R.S.A. – who started his career managing high profile rock stars – is now an in-demand keynote speaker and internationally recognised leader in creativity, sustainability, innovation and artificial intelligence.
For over 20 years, he has been advising CEO’s, entrepreneurs, educators,governments and leaders from Silicon Valley to Dubai on how to design innovative organisations, unlock creative potential and build a sustainable future.
As the host of multiple global summits, he has personally interviewed over 750 of the world’s leading creative minds including Silicon Valley tech CEO’s, New York Times bestselling authors, and artificial intelligence pioneers.
Hundreds of thousands of people in over 120 countries have learned about creativity and innovation through his online courses, videos, media interviews and keynote speeches. His forthcoming book is “SuperCreativity: Augmenting Human Creativity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”. For more, visit JamesTaylor.me.
