Conference

On 21 and 22 March 2019, around 230 national and international participants met in Ludwigsburg to find out about the winners of the Factory of the Year competition. This year’s competition showed a positive trend: “Industrial innovations are coming back from production”, said Dr. Marc Lakner, project manager of the “Factory of the Year” and partner at A.T. Kearney.

This year, the big picture crystallized out, because compared to previous years, when companies concentrated on lean production, digitization or their employees, the winners attached importance to the entire value chain. Above all, they focused on how this can be efficiently controlled through the new paths of digitization. The winners made it clear that the individual and targeted benefits of using digital and innovative technologies are their priority.

If you are interested in participating in the competition yourself, please complete the questionnaire by 31 May 2019. The winners will be awarded in March 2020.

Registration

To register, please click the “Registration” tab. When we receive your details, you will be registered as an attendee and will receive written confirmation along with an invoice, to be paid prior to the start of the event.

Registration

Cancellation

If you cancel later than the final cancellation deadline (14 days prior to the event) or you do not attend, you will be charged the full attendance fee; however, a substitute may attend in your place. Cancellations before the deadline will incur an administrative charge of €150. All cancellations must be made in writing. The organizers reserve the right to relocate, reschedule, change or cancel the event, in whole or in part, at short notice.

Event details

WORKSHOP: expected to be March 2020
CONFERENCE: expected to be March 2020

Attendance fee

The standard attendance fee for both the workshop and conference is €2,350 plus VAT.

The attendance fee for the workshop alone is €590 plus VAT.

The attendance fee for the conference alone is €1,980 plus VAT.

The attendance fee includes:

• Attendance of the entire conference
• Conference documentation
• Lunch
• Refreshments during the breaks
• Visit to the parallel trade exhibition
• Attendance of the evening award ceremony
• Tour of winning factories including the bus transfer

Cancellation

If you cancel later than the final cancellation deadline (14 days prior to the event) or you do not attend, you will be charged the full attendance fee; however, a substitute may attend in your place. Cancellations before the deadline will incur an administrative charge of €150. All cancellations must be made in writing. The organizers reserve the right to relocate, reschedule, change or cancel the event, in whole or in part, at short notice.

27th Factory of the Year conference program

You can download the full, official Factory of the Year conference program here.

Download program (German only)

Workshop: “The Impact of AI on Production”

People and machines work together closely in production. Artificial intelligence now enables machines to learn from experience, to adapt to new inputs, and even perform tasks more or less like humans. This means AI has the potential to permanently change manufacturing tasks such as visual inspection, predictive maintenance and even assembly processes – or so the theory goes.

In our Factory of the Year workshop, we want to see how artificial intelligence has carved out a place for itself in production and to explore the new possibilities it offers. To start off, we will present selected results from an international study titled “The State of Human Factory Analytics” – conducted by A.T. Kearney with Drishti Technologies, a Silicon Valley company – which examines the impact of AI on production and the workforce. In the first part of this interactive workshop, two companies will report on how AI is changing production in practical terms. We will also discuss their experiences with AI, and examine how, and to what extent, they have tapped into AI’s potential. We will then go on to look at technology vendors: What innovations are out there? In which areas could manufacturing companies continue to benefit from AI, going forward? And what risks might AI entail?
We invite you to join us to explore artificial intelligence in greater depth, and to clarify and discuss some of the unanswered questions that surround it.
You can find further information on the workshop agenda in the program.

Download program (German only)

Sponsors and Exhibitors

This is a valuable opportunity to present your company directly and highly effectively to a target audience consisting of industry professionals. The event offers an ideal setting in which to forge ties with attendees in a congenial and personal atmosphere.

You can raise your profile and promote your business by setting up an exhibition stand on site.

Stand out from competitors and engage your future customers with your own unique presentation strategy.

Further information