International Smart Factory Summit 2026

“Shaping Industry 5.0 Together: Human-Centricity, Sustainability, Resilience.

• 200+ participants over three days
• 22 countries represented
• 50+ speakers
• 17 sessions

Over three inspiring days, the international manufacturing community gathered at Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne with one shared ambition: shaping Industry 5.0 together.

From thought-provoking keynotes and panel discussions to startup pitches, industrial showcases and company visits, the Summit explored how technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Physical AI, industrial data spaces and digital twins can help build manufacturing that is more human-centric, sustainable and resilient. More importantly, it reinforced that this transformation can only succeed through international collaboration and knowledge exchange.

Agenda highlights:

• Keynote Human-Centricity by Prof. Dr. Toni Wäfler (FHNW), Keynote Sustainability by Prof. Dr. Maria Franco (BFH), Keynote Resilience by Lars Tinapp (NVIDIA) and Rohit Sharma (Wandelbots)
• Special Keynote by Nicolas Hojac (Professional Alpinist)
• Valuable perspectives and real-world use cases from leading industrial innovators, including Bosch Connected Industry, Harting, Akenza, Dassault Systèmes, Siemens, Microsoft, Ruag, LNS Group, IRPD, ZF, and many more.
• 10 pitches from highly dynamic startups and innovators, including Forgis, Vertical Data and huvi.swiss
• visit to Longines Museum
• company visits to United Machining or YPSOMED