How does your company stay future-proof in a rapidly changing manufacturing industry? Discover the opportunities of Smart Industry on November 4, 2025 during the Holland High Tech Innovation Session En route to autonomous production systems & dark factories. We are organizing the innovation session together with NOM, Horizon, Innovation Cluster Drachten (ICD) and other partners.
Event details:
- Date: November 4, 2025 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Location: SKILL, Oliemolenstraat 5, 9203 ZN Drachten
- Participation: free of charge
- Sign up: Click here
Innovation session
During the innovation session:
- Are experts from companies, knowledge institutions and governments brought together to explore how Smart Industry and autonomous production systems contribute to the future of the manufacturing industry in (Northern) Netherlands.
- Examples will be given of successful autonomous production processes on their way to the 'dark factory', with international and regional practical examples
- Is provided by participants input that contributes to innovation agendas of innovation domain Smart Industry (Holland High Tech), roadmap of the North and the NWA route Smart Industry
- For whom
- For CTOs and innovation managers, policy makers and researchers working step-by-step toward autonomous production and the realization of smart(er) factories.
Program
- Plenary with speakers (entrepreneurs and researchers) on practical and innovation examples of autonomous production and the dark factory, including Erik Koehorst Program Manager PPP projects Philips Drachten.
- Break-outs where we collectively gather input for innovation agendas.
- Informal walking dinner with networking opportunity to exchange tip & tricks in autonomous production