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Automation Vista
Together Towards Industry 5.0
Date: 2026 September 21
Time :09:30 - 17:45 CET
Location: Steam Hotel, Ångkraftsvägen 14,Västerås
Registration fee: Free of charge, including a networking buffet and dinner
Automation Vista is a meeting place for researchers, industry leaders, innovators, startups, and public-sector stakeholders who want to shape the next generation of sustainable and human-centered industry.
Industry 5.0 moves beyond efficiency and automation alone, placing people, resilience, and sustainability at the center of industrial transformation. The symposium will explore how advanced technologies such as AI, robotics, automation, and digital infrastructure can strengthen collaboration between humans and machines while enabling more resilient and sustainable production systems.
The conference is hosted by MARCin collaboration with the research schools ARRAY and Automation Region
Keynote Speakers & Invited Experts
Chris Ivory – Setting the Stage for Industry 5.0
Professor Chris Ivory is a leading researcher in innovation management at Mälardalen University and leads the European research project Up-Skill on Industry 5.0. His research explores the interplay between people, ai and automation, and how industry can evolve by combining technological advances with human creativity, skills and expertise.
Conference program
The programme is continuously updated and session times may be subject to change.
09:30 – Registration, Coffee & Poster Exhibition
10:00 — Welcome & Opening Remarks
10:15 – Keynote: Setting the scene for Industry 5.0
Chris Ivory, Mälardalen University
As the opening keynote speaker, Chris Ivory will provide a big-picture perspective on Industry 5.0 and the forces reshaping industry – from automation and digitalisation to new demands for sustainability, skills development and human-machine collaboration.
10:45 – Keynote: Human–Machine Collaboration
11:15 – Industry Panel Discussion
11:45 – Poster Exhibition, Networking & Lunch
12:30 – Keynote: Sustainability and Industrial Transformation
13:00 – Keynote: Resilience in Industrial Infrastructure
13:00 – Panel with Industry, Academia & Innovation Actors
14:00 – Coffee Break, Poster Exhibition & Networking
15:00 – Parallel Sessions
16:00 – Reflections & The Way Forward
Joint Discussion from the sessions.
16:45 – Closing Remarks
17:45 – Conference dinner
Join us for a day filled with knowledge, networking, and discussions on the technologies shaping the future.
Questions?
Please contact Catarina Berglund, catarina.berglund@mdu.se.