Dissemination Event: Digital Tools for Circularity, Human-Centricity, and Operational Efficiency in Manufacturing

Welcome and Introduction

Welcome by HADEA and DG CNECT
- Gianluca COMUNIELLO, Head of Sector HaDEA B2.2
- Gaspard DEMUR, Deputy Head of Unit DG CNECT A4

Introductory words from EFFRA
- Zeljko PAZIN, Executive Director EFFRA

Cluster 1: Sustainability & Circularity

Focus: This cluster gives projects a platform to present their digital tools and services that help companies adopt strategies along manufacturing value chains and product lifecycles in line with circular economy objectives, including material saving, repair, refurbishing, re-manufacturing, recycling, and reuse of products and components.

Demo of project results:

• DaCapo's Agile Methodology for Sustainability and Circularity Enhancement, presented by Ilse Hellemans and Jisca van Bommel, TNO
• Digital Passport Suite supporting circularity, presented by Georgia Apostolou, CERTH
• Resource Optimisation and Circularity Control for Textile Products, presented by Dora Kallipolitou, Zelus, and Christos Koidis, EFB
• DIGIPRIME’s Platform for Creation of Circular Value Chains, presented by Marco Diani, Politecnico di Milano, and Luca Gentilini, COBAT COMPOSITI

Cluster 2: Human-Centrism & Upskilling

Focus: Provide projects with a platform to disseminate their results of human-centric digital tools and services that improve worker well-being, safety, and productivity across various manufacturing value chains and product lifecycles. It also includes proposed methodologies and tools for supporting workforce upskilling.

Demo of project results:

• AI REGIO methodologies: 6Ps' methodology for Digital Transformation - People pillar and Technical and Regulatory Sandboxes (TERESA), presented by Sergio Gusmeroli, Politecnico di Milano and Marina Cugurra, R&I Lawyer and Ethics Expert, S&D Consulting Europe
• Explainable AI (XAI) Platform, presented by Fenareti Lampathaki, SUITE5, and Michele Sesana, TXT Group
• Human-AI-Collaboration for Machine Diagnostics in Injection Moulding, presented by Mario Pichler, SCCH, and Franz Krause, University of Mannheim
• Workers Safety and Precise Localisations, presented by Marcello Urgo, Politecnico di Milano

Cluster 3: Operational Efficiency & Platforms for Digital Tools

Focus: Following the objective to increase the competitiveness of the EU industry, this cluster gives projects a platform to present their digital tools and services that address gaps or problems in the manufacturing cycle and help companies maximise productivity gains.

Demo of project results:

• Insight Generator, presented by Rodolfo Haber Guerra, CSIC
• Manufacturing Intelligence, presented by Luis Usatorre, TECNALIA
• DataAIPlatform: New generation of platforms for ensuring data quality for AI applications, presented by Nenad Stojanovic, NISSATECH
• Robotics and Automation Marketplace Platform, presented by Anastasia Garbi, EUROPEAN DYNAMICS

Closing Remarks

Closing Remarks by HADEA
- Jean-Francois JUNGER, Deputy Head of Unit HaDEA B2