December 10, 2024
The Manufacturing Performance Days industry event brings industrial leaders and renowned speakers to Tampere.
At the Manufacturing Performance Days (MPD) event, which is transforming the industrial landscape, the focus will be on the opportunities of artificial intelligence in the manufacturing industry.
Now held for the ninth time, the event will gather in top executives from the manufacturing industry, technology decision-makers, experts, and technology and service providers from around the world in Tampere in June.
As a keynote speaker, the event presents Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bauernhansl, who is the Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, as well as the Director of the Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Management IFF at the University of Stuttgart. He is excited to share his insights on the future of manufacturing:
“I am thrilled to present our vision of the new manufacturing paradigm “Biointelligence” that opens up a huge industrial innovation space through converging hardware, software and bioware at the MPD2025.”
Discussing the geopolitical situation are, among others, Filip Geerts, Director General of Cecimo, the European Association of the Machine Tool Industries and related manufacturing technologies, and Minna Helle, CEO of Technology Industries of Finland.
A new feature of the program will be a debate, where Futurice’s founder and the company’s AI and development leader, Tuomas Syrjänen, will challenge Harri Valpola, an expert in machine learning, theoretical neuroscience, and cognitive robotics, on the topic of value creation through human factors and people.
The event’s Scientific Co-chair is Tero Juuti, Associate Professor of Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering at Tampere University. As the Moderating Co-chair, MPD introduces Riikka Virkkunen, Professor of Practise at VTT.
The event will explore the theme of artificial intelligence from different perspectives: How does AI impact the manufacturing industry? Where do productivity impacts originate? How is the global geopolitical situation evolving? Where do productivity impacts arise? How is work changing? How can we integrate social, ecological, and economic perspectives? How can we prepare for the unexpected? All discussion topics will consider technology, business, and people, and their interconnections.
The partners of the event are Beckhoff Automation, Dassault Systemes, Fastems, Reaktor, Siemens, Technology Industries of Finland, Tampere University, VTT, DIMECC, CSC, AIKA Ecosystem, Top Data Science, Netum, Brightly Works, Comatec, Fujitsu, IFM, Data Design and PipeCloud. The event is supported by the City of Tampere, the Tampere Chamber of Commerce, the Finnish-German Chamber of Commerce, and European manufacturing industry networks Manufuture, Cecimo, EFFRA and A.Spire.
Manufacturing Performance Days ‘Manufacturing in the Age of AI’ will be held at Tampere Hall on June 4–5, 2025. For more information: www.mpdays.com.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Harri Kulmala, CEO, DIMECC Ltd, +358 40 840 6380, harri.kulmala(at)dimecc.com
