World Manufacturing Foundation

About Us

We strive to enhance manufacturing’s role as a dynamic and positive driver for economic, social, and environmental growth and sustainability. We act as a dynamic platform, bringing together stakeholders confronted with the evolving paradigms of manufacturing.

Meet Our Speakers

Diego Andreis

President, World Manufacturing Foundation & Managing Director, Fluid-o-Tech Group, Italy

Marco Taisch

Scientific Chairman, World Manufacturing Foundation & Professor of Sustainable Manufacturing, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

David Romero

Scientific Vice-Chairman, World Manufacturing Foundation & Professor of Advanced Manufacturing, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

Abe Eshkenazi

CEO, Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), USA

Andrian Candu

Managing Partner, BizMatters Consulting, Romania

Alberto Fornaro

CEO, IUVO - Wearable Robotics, Italy

Cristina Oyón

Deputy Director General, SPRI Group, Spain

Dominic Gorecky

Head of Swiss Smart Factory & Executive Board Member, Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Dominik Rohrmus

Chief Expert Software, Siemens, Germany & Chief Technology Officer, Labs Network Industrie 4.0, Germany

Duck Young Kim

Director, Factory Intelligence Laboratory, POSTECH, South Korea

Eline Boon

Senior Policy Manager, Shifting Policies for Systemic Change, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, UK

Evgeny Kharlamov

Senior AI Expert, Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany

Faizah Alaoui

Education Sector Expert, Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ICESCO), Morocco

Francois Bohuon

Managing Director, Palantir France & Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Giacomo Sergio

CEO, WondersSys, Italy

Guido Gioioso

CEO and Co-Founder, WEART, Italy

Jeff Winter

Vice President, Commercial Strategy, Belden, USA

Jesmond Hong

Chief Operating Officer, International Centre for Industrial Transformation (INCIT), Singapore

Johan Stahre

Head of Division Production Systems & Director - Chalmers Upskilling Academy, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

John Dyck

CEO, CESMII - The Smart Manufacturing Institute, USA

Josh Bayly

Director of Sustainability, Consumers International, Switzerland

Kristine Mo

Vice President, Global Market and Ecosystem, AI² Robotics, China

Malgorzata Koszalkowska

Principal UX Strategist & Lead for Mobile & XR, Digital Technology Operations, Volvo Group, Sweden

Noriko Suzuki

Global Research Leader, Industrial Manufacturing, IBM Institute for Business Value, Japan

Omar Abouelmagd

IT Lead Consultant – Smart Manufacturing Service, Lenovo, Malaysia

Rafik Feki

UNIDO Representative & President, Alliance for Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing in Africa (AISMA), Senegal

Simon Jacobson

Vice President, Supply Chain Operations Research, Gartner, USA

Toni Purcaro

CEO, DEKRA, Italy

Vanya Manolova

Vice President, Europe Procurement – Global Supply Chain, Schneider Electric, France

Wolf Michael Kühne

Country Managing Partner, DLA Piper, Italy

Zeljko Pazin

Executive Director, European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA), Belgium

Diego Andreis

President, World Manufacturing Foundation & Managing Director, Fluid-o-Tech Group, Italy

Marco Taisch

Scientific Chairman, World Manufacturing Foundation & Professor of Sustainable Manufacturing, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

David Romero

Scientific Vice-Chairman, World Manufacturing Foundation & Professor of Advanced Manufacturing, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

Abe Eshkenazi

CEO, Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), USA

Andrian Candu

Managing Partner, BizMatters Consulting, Romania

Alberto Fornaro

CEO, IUVO - Wearable Robotics, Italy

Cristina Oyón

Deputy Director General, SPRI Group, Spain

Dominic Gorecky

Head of Swiss Smart Factory & Executive Board Member, Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Dominik Rohrmus

Chief Expert Software, Siemens, Germany & Chief Technology Officer, Labs Network Industrie 4.0, Germany

Duck Young Kim

Director, Factory Intelligence Laboratory, POSTECH, South Korea

Eline Boon

Senior Policy Manager, Shifting Policies for Systemic Change, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, UK

Evgeny Kharlamov

Senior AI Expert, Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany

Faizah Alaoui

Education Sector Expert, Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ICESCO), Morocco

Francois Bohuon

Managing Director, Palantir France & Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)

Giacomo Sergio

CEO, WondersSys, Italy

Guido Gioioso

CEO and Co-Founder, WEART, Italy

Jeff Winter

Vice President, Commercial Strategy, Belden, USA

Jesmond Hong

Chief Operating Officer, International Centre for Industrial Transformation (INCIT), Singapore

Johan Stahre

Head of Division Production Systems & Director - Chalmers Upskilling Academy, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

John Dyck

CEO, CESMII - The Smart Manufacturing Institute, USA

Josh Bayly

Director of Sustainability, Consumers International, Switzerland

Kristine Mo

Vice President, Global Market and Ecosystem, AI² Robotics, China

Malgorzata Koszalkowska

Principal UX Strategist & Lead for Mobile & XR, Digital Technology Operations, Volvo Group, Sweden

Noriko Suzuki

Global Research Leader, Industrial Manufacturing, IBM Institute for Business Value, Japan

Omar Abouelmagd

IT Lead Consultant – Smart Manufacturing Service, Lenovo, Malaysia

Rafik Feki

UNIDO Representative & President, Alliance for Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing in Africa (AISMA), Senegal

Simon Jacobson

Vice President, Supply Chain Operations Research, Gartner, USA

Toni Purcaro

CEO, DEKRA, Italy

Vanya Manolova

Vice President, Europe Procurement – Global Supply Chain, Schneider Electric, France

Wolf Michael Kühne

Country Managing Partner, DLA Piper, Italy

Zeljko Pazin

Executive Director, European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA), Belgium

Institutional Speakers

Attilio Fontana

President, Lombardy Region, Italy

Emanuele Orsini

President, Confindustria, Italy

Maciej Witucki

President, Business Europe, European Union

Alessandro Fermi

Minister for University, Research and Innovation, Lombardy Region, Italy

David Bahati

Ministry of State for Industry, Republic of Uganda

Ala Talabani

Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq for Women's Affairs, Iraq

Amal Alshareef

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network (C4IR) - Saudi Arabia, General Manager for Operations, Acting Managing Director and Board Secretary

Giuseppe Pasini

President, Confindustria Lombardia & President, Feralpi Group, Italy

Cécile Huet

Head of Unit "Excellence in AI & Robotics", European Commission, Europe

Alvise Biffi

President, Assolombarda, Italy

Jaume Baró Torres

Secretary for Business and Competitiveness, Department of Business and Labour, Government of Catalonia, Spain

Joan Roget

Vice-President of Foment del Treball, Spain

Guido Guidesi

Regional Minister for Economic Development, Lombardy Region, Italy

Tobias Gotthardt

Vice Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy of Bavaria, Germany

Thomas Koenen

Co-Director of Innovation, Security and Technology, Federation of German Industries (BDI), Germany

Attilio Fontana

President, Lombardy Region, Italy

Emanuele Orsini

President, Confindustria, Italy

Maciej Witucki

President, Business Europe, European Union

Alessandro Fermi

Minister for University, Research and Innovation, Lombardy Region, Italy

David Bahati

Ministry of State for Industry, Republic of Uganda

Ala Talabani

Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iraq for Women's Affairs, Iraq

Amal Alshareef

Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network (C4IR) - Saudi Arabia, General Manager for Operations, Acting Managing Director and Board Secretary

Giuseppe Pasini

President, Confindustria Lombardia & President, Feralpi Group, Italy

Cécile Huet

Head of Unit "Excellence in AI & Robotics", European Commission, Europe

Alvise Biffi

President, Assolombarda, Italy

Jaume Baró Torres

Secretary for Business and Competitiveness, Department of Business and Labour, Government of Catalonia, Spain

Joan Roget

Vice-President of Foment del Treball, Spain

Guido Guidesi

Regional Minister for Economic Development, Lombardy Region, Italy

Tobias Gotthardt

Vice Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy of Bavaria, Germany

Thomas Koenen

Co-Director of Innovation, Security and Technology, Federation of German Industries (BDI), Germany

About Us

Meet Our Speakers

Institutional Speakers

Side Events

Comitato Regionale Piccola Industria Confindustria Lombardia

Confindustria Lombardia

WMF–IBM Think Tank on Physical AI and Robotics

Training for Change – Artificial Intelligence, Work and Skills for the Manufacturing of the Future

Fondimpresa · Lombardy Territorial Articulation

Comitato Regionale Giovani Imprenditori Confindustria Lombardia

Confindustria Lombardia

The Manufacturing District

Regions of Emilia-Romagna, Liguria, Lombardy, Piedmont, Veneto & Confindustria