1–2 December 2026
4th Annual
European Manufacturing Summit
Düsseldorf, Germany
Past Speakers
Stefan Baginski, Ph.D.
VP, Production, Electrical Drive and Special ICE
BMW Group
Adel Emam
Chief Operating Officer, MENA
JBS Foods
Torsten Pilz
SVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer
Honeywell
Timo Fleßner, Ph.D.
SVP and Head, Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, Product Supply
Bayer
Noeleen Donegan
Chief Operating Officer, Europe
Kerry
Mark Stewart
SVP, Operations
Lockheed Martin
About the European Manufacturing Summit
Our European Manufacturing Summit is tailored to equip manufacturing executives with insights into the latest manufacturing trends, including additive manufacturing, on-demand manufacturing, procurement strategy, operational resilience, building a resilient supply chain, and traditional manufacturing.
The topics to be explored include manufacturing trends related to elevating traditional manufacturing processes, the operational resilience framework, management of lean manufacturing, on-demand manufacturing, and business resilience management from the perspective of the manufacturer.
What sets our executive manufacturing conference apart from other manufacturing events is that it’s not just another global conference on sustainable manufacturing, it is more than that with its specially curated program and C-Suite and VP-level speakers. We’ve designed the optimal platform to learn about the latest manufacturing challenges, 4.0 manufacturing, non-traditional manufacturing processes, and innovative manufacturing solutions.
Connect with more than 120 of your peers in manufacturing leadership as we delve into strategies to enhance efficiency while maintaining manufacturing compliance in this dynamic landscape at the European Manufacturing Summit 2026.
Key Themes
- Embedding a sustainable lean culture that drives measurable performance improvement
- Eliminating unplanned downtime with data driven predictive maintenance strategies
- Unlocking plant performance by maximizing throughput yield and reliability
- Designing the future ready manufacturing workforce with smart planning and skills alignment
- Creating an engaged shop floor culture that owns safety quality and results
- Uniting quality and cost management to protect margins and customer trust
- Transforming traditional operations into agile on demand manufacturing ecosystems
- Turning manufacturing KPIs into aligned action for enterprise wide performance gains
- Modernizing workforce training with digital on the job and peer led learning
- Elevating maintenance and facilities into a strategic driver of operational excellence
- Scaling Industry 4.0 from pilot projects to fully integrated digital manufacturing ecosystems
- Harnessing advanced automation and robotics to boost productivity flexibility and safety on the shop floor
- Building the truly smart factory with connected systems real time insights and autonomous decision making
- Applying AI in manufacturing to accelerate decisions reduce waste and unlock new value streams
- Driving end to end digital transformation that unites people processes and technology in manufacturing
- Combining lean thinking and automation to eliminate waste and create flow in modern plants
- Turning big data and advanced analytics into actionable insights for daily manufacturing performance
- Boosting OEE by attacking chronic losses and aligning maintenance operations and quality teams
- Standardizing and optimizing manufacturing process management to ensure repeatable scalable performance
- Leveraging machine learning on the factory floor to predict issues and continuously improve operations
The European Manufacturing Summit Experience
- 100+ Senior Level Executives
- 100+ Business Meetings On-Site
- Thought-Provoking Case Studies
- Implementable Ideas
Frequently Asked Questions
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Testimonials
The European Manufacturing Summit was exhilarating! Surrounded by peers facing unique challenges and learning from their experience was enlightening. I’ve gained and shared new knowledge with my team - truly inspiring!
What’s unique about the European Manufacturing Summit is the diversity of the people in this room, coming from many different industries and backgrounds – this is very valuable. Also, the quality of the presentations is top-notch; very high quality.
Super well organised, high-class speakers and very relevant for my professional life.
Great presentations from leading experts in their industries in combination with open discussions about the future of manufacturing, especially in Europe.
I really appreciated the diversified agenda and the way the content was presented. The format made it easy to get exactly what you came for because you could follow the sessions most relevant to you.
The most important thing is networking, talking across industries, across companies, getting to know new people who have actually often quite similar experiences, and learning from each other. Large companies, small companies, startups talking together - that's what I like and that's a huge experience.
Great experience and insightful presentations. It was great to connect with other industry leaders and learn from each other in a constantly evolving environment.
The summit brings together many key players from different industries, which is important because we learn a lot from each other. There is a high level of openness and very honest discussion about real challenges, not polished marketing presentations.
This summit highlights the importance of leaders coming together and spending time together. The diversity of participants and presenters creates a real wealth of shared knowledge. The topics we discussed are relevant to all of us, and that’s the main takeaway I’ll take from the summit.
The summit created great opportunities to connect with colleagues from different fields and discuss shared challenges. This outside perspective is particularly valuable, as large organizations often tend to stay very internal. The event was very well organized, with strong communication and a seamless setup. Overall, it was a fantastic experience for me.
Become a Sponsor
The European Manufacturing Summit provides exclusive sponsorship packages for organisations wishing to connect with senior-level executives, VPs, and Directors in the manufacturing industry. Generis Group sponsorship packages include unique benefits that are exclusive to our summits; from customisable networking opportunities to our trademarked Marketing 365 initiative and Pre-Arranged 1-2-1 Business Meetings. Find out more below and contact us for more information.
Marketing 365
Our trademarked Marketing 365 initiative allows you to extend your brand beyond the brick-and-mortar event to include content sharing, blog posts, social sharing, original content generation and more – all as part of your package!
PRE-ARRANGED 1-2-1 MEETINGS
Our pre-arranged meetings go beyond speed dating, providing you with the opportunity to pre-qualify potential meeting candidates and make adjustments to your meeting schedule before the on-site meetings.
LIMITED EXHIBIT NUMBERS
We limit the number of sponsors at our events to ensure that quality interactions occur on the exhibition floor. We bring only the most relevant, capable, and credible thought leaders to our events to meet with our delegates and speaker faculty.
DELEGATE SENIORITY
Generis maintains a senior-level delegate audience by pre-qualifying all attending delegates. For this reason, our summits are by invitation only. Registrations are granted to senior-level executives who meet our strict qualification and seniority standards.
speaking opportunities
Unlike other conferences, speaking opportunities at Generis events are tailored to your needs. We offer you direct access to a highly targeted audience that makes the decision on what their business will do next. Join our speaker faculty.
PRE-SUMMIT DELEGATE CATALOG
Full access to specific and detailed business intelligence on each attending delegate including a detailed profile and their key investment areas via our proprietary database.
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Venue
Maritim Dusseldorf Hotel - Düsseldorf, Germany
Maritim-Platz 1, 40474 Düsseldorf, Germany
+49 211 52090
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