The Future of Manufacturing

MIT Europe Conference 2025: Top US researchers come to Vienna

At the MIT Europe Conference on 26 and 27 March 2025 in Vienna, nine researchers from the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will present their innovative technologies, ideas and solutions on the topic of the ‘Future of Manufacturing’. The conference offers unique insights into MIT’s current research work on the development of new production technologies, methods and their applications.

The MIT Europe Conference is being held for the tenth time at the WKÖ in Vienna. At the same time, technology enthusiasts worldwide will have the opportunity to participate in the conference via a live stream moderated by scientists. Further information can be found at: https://miteurope.at

What impact do new technologies have on new products and business models? Which developments and trends will increasingly find their way into companies? Answers to these questions will be provided by the following professors and researchers from the world’s leading US university:

• Ben Armstrong, researcher at MIT’s Industrial Performance Centre, talks about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on employment and how employees, companies and regions can adapt to technological change.
• Suzanne Berger, head of the Manufacturing@MIT initiative, explains why she is bringing together engineers, social scientists and economists to reimagine the future of industrial manufacturing.
• Bruce Lawler, Managing Director of MIT MIMO (Machine-Intelligence for Manufaturing and Operations), will present practical and successful applications of analytics and AI for manufacturing in small, medium and large companies in the USA.
• J. Christopher Love from the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering will shed light on how biotechnology will revolutionise the way we eat, consume energy and treat diseases.
• Hiram Samel from the MIT Sloan School of Management will provide insights into the processes and strategies used by US companies to scale up new production technologies.

Further details on the programme and registration can be found at: https://miteurope.at

Initiative of AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

AUSSENWIRTSCHAFT AUSTRIA is the internationalisation and innovation agency of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and thus a trend and impulse generator for the Austrian economy. The MIT Europe Conference 2025 takes place as part of the ‘go-international’ internationalisation campaign, the funding initiative of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour and the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. For the first time this year, EIT Manufacturing is a proud sponsor and co-organiser of the conference.