In cooperation with our sister associations KNVI and IEEE, KIVI Informatics invites you to participate in this virtual event "From Industry 4.0 to 5.0". Please note, the language will be English because of the three international speakers.

The phenomenon of Smart Industry or Industrie 4.0 has been around for some time and is no stranger to it. Meanwhile, Industrie 5.0 is already around the corner. Do you want to know what this is about? How this is playing out in Europe and elsewhere? And what could this mean for the Netherlands?

Get your insights from three international speakers(English speaking) on this topic during this3rd KNVI Super Tuesday!

The first speaker, Maija Breque, will outline the situation for Industry 5.0 as an extension of Industry 4.0. The second speaker, David Romero, will follow next by sharing a vision of the operator of the future. The third contribution is from Johan Stahre, who will emphasise the importance of developing both current and future workforces, as "technology is only as good as its developers and, of course, its users".

Maija Breque
Is one of the authors of the concept paper "Industry 5.0: Towards a sustainable, human-centric and resilient European industry" published in January 2021. She is a policy officer in the European Commission's DG Research and Innovation since 2016.

"Industry 5.0: Towards a sustainable, human-centric and resilient European industry"

The concept of Industry 5.0 extends and complements the existing Industry 4.0 paradigm by placing emphasis on innovation in industry, not just to become more productive, but to become more sustainable, resilient, and, above all, human-centric. Our vision moves an exclusive focus on shareholder value to wider stakeholder value, offering benefits to all involved. Translating our vision for Industry 5.0 into concrete actions will require close collaboration, foremost with industry itself, but also with a large range of other stakeholders.

Professor David Romero
Is an international research and consultant professor based at the Tecnológico de Monterrey (university). He is recognised as the father and driving force of the "Operator 4.0" vision, which has been addressing the social sustainability and human-centricity requirements of the upcoming Industry 5.0 hallmark since the beginnings of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

"The Operator of the Future: Human Augmentation and Human-Technology Collaboration"

Looking at the future workforce as a "human-technology symbiosis" making possible to capitalize not only on smart technologies' strengths and capabilities but also to empower smart operators with new skills and gadgets to fully capitalize on the opportunities being created by the such called Industry 4.0 technologies, and achieve new levels of efficiency, productivity, and resilience that neither human systems nor technical systems can achieve on their own.

Professor Johan Stahre
Is a research and innovation leader from Chalmers university of technology who has 20 years of experience with human-centred, automation-supported, and resilient work for future employees and occupations.

" Resilient work - leveraging digitalisation and upskilling to create future human-centric jobs"

Future, resilient work will leverage emerging technologies like AI and collaborative automation, to enhance human performance in Industry 5.0. But technology alone is not sufficient to achieve the anticipated results. Smart and pervasive up-skilling strategies are necessary for more than half of the industrial worker population according to World Economic Forum, but how can this be achieved?


Digitalisation is one of the most important factors for the growth of Dutch industry. To ensure that Dutch industry benefits sufficiently from the opportunities offered by this digitalisation, a coalition of parties has been active under the banner of Smart Industry since 2014.

More information on Smart Industry in the Netherlands

Smart Industry is the combination of the latest production technology, advanced software and the possibilities of modern communication technology. Other countries use terms like Industrie 4.0 and Industrial Internet for this purpose.

Smart Industry offers companies new opportunities to optimise their production process, develop smart and personalised products and improve their business model, by focusing on combinations of digital and technological innovations that reinforce each other. It thus makes companies more future-proof and sustainable.

Registration takes place centrally via the KNVI website. [1] The following link in the text will take you to the event registration page. Then, after registering on the event page, choose for [2] the option "Register without an account" otherwise KNVI will obviously not recognise you. [3] Then enter your email address, after which a [4] registration link will be sent to the email address you provided. Complete [5] your registration. Then you will receive [6] a confirmation and later the online-meeting details. There is no charge for KIVI members to participate.