Design & Automation News - March 2025

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Event covering, accelerating digital transformation

Critical Manufacturing’s MES and Industry 4.0 International Summit (MESI 4.0 Summit), returns this year, offering a platform at which global manufacturing leaders will come together, innovate, and share ideas about their digital transformations. The two-day conference will take place June 12-13, 2025, at the Alfândega Congress Centre in Porto, Portugal.

Under the theme of Connecting Global Manufacturing Champions, MESI 4.0 Summit 2025 will bring together IT and operations experts in electronics, semiconductors, medical devices, and industrial equipment to discuss the latest smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 technologies, and their application. The summit will provide practical insights and effective strategies to help stay ahead in an ever-competitive market, including exploring the role of MES in automating operations across multiple sites.

The 2025 conference will also offer a host of new features focused on helping users understand emerging innovations, including a Technology Track dedicated to the future of artificial intelligence (AI), low code, devOps, and other next-gen solutions.

“The response to our first edition was overwhelming, and we are very excited to come back in 2025 with an even more ambitious program. MESI 4.0 Summit isn't only about technology; it’s about creating connections that will lead to real change. The event will equip attendees with practical ideas necessary to implement scalable smart manufacturing solutions that will enable them to keep pace in today’s competitive landscape,” says Francisco Almada Lobo, CEO, Critical Manufacturing.

Beyond the Technology Track, the MESI 4.0 Summit will have other parallel tracks that target the specific needs of customers and partners. Roundtables and workshops will also dive into digital transformation issues across the MES functionality spectrum.

Since most of the speakers are hands-on practitioners of manufacturing technology implementation efforts, attendees will get the benefits of first-person accounts of successful digital transformation at some of the world’s leading companies. Building on the diverse participation last year – two-thirds from operations, IT and C-level executives – the event next year aims to attract an even broader set of industry professionals eager to advance their digital capabilities.

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