Taking place on 17–18 November 2026 at SILO in Brussels, the two-day event will bring together researchers, industry leaders, policymakers and other key stakeholders from across Europe’s manufacturing research and innovation community.
The event will provide an important platform for sharing achievements, exploring emerging priorities and creating new connections that can help shape the future of European manufacturing.
Showcasing research
As part of the partnership, Insight Media will distribute a special advanced manufacturing edition of Projects Magazine to delegates at the event.
The edition will showcase a diverse selection of research projects from across Europe, including initiatives supported through the Made in Europe partnership as well as important work taking place beyond the EFFRA and Made in Europe community.
Together, their stories demonstrate the breadth of innovation transforming modern manufacturing. They explore how technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital twins, advanced monitoring, data-driven process control and robotics are helping manufacturers improve quality, reduce defects and waste, increase resilience and move towards more sustainable and human-centric production.
Projects Magazine has been covering European research and innovation for more than 15 years. By transforming complex research into engaging, accessible stories, the publication helps new ideas reach audiences across industry, academia, policy and the wider public.
Reaching industry
The Insight Media team will be at the event throughout both days and will welcome delegates to our exhibition booth.
We look forward to discussing one of the most important challenges facing research and innovation projects: ensuring that promising results reach the industries and organisations that can use them.
Effective communication is essential throughout a project’s lifetime. It helps researchers engage potential end users, understand their needs, demonstrate the value of emerging technologies and build the relationships required to move innovation from the laboratory into real manufacturing environments.
We will also be representing the many manufacturing projects with which we have worked, some of which will be attending the event themselves. Alongside these projects, Insight Media will represent the 4ZDM Cluster, which we co-manage.
The cluster brings together European research projects focused on zero-defect manufacturing, enabling them to collaborate, share knowledge and promote their results collectively. Its members are helping manufacturers move towards first-time-right production through smarter inspection, monitoring, data analysis and process control.
A long-standing relationship
This partnership extends Insight Media’s long-standing relationship with EFFRA. Over many years, we have worked together to promote advanced manufacturing research and strengthen the connections between Europe’s research and industrial communities.
Our collaboration has included supporting EFFRA’s events and communications activities, as well as producing EFFRA: Today. Tomorrow. Since 2009 – a special publication celebrating the organisation’s first 15 years and its contribution to European manufacturing research and innovation.
We are proud to build on that relationship through the Manufacturing Partnership Days 2026.
Together, we look forward to creating new connections, exchanging ideas and supporting collaboration around the technologies and research that will define the future of European manufacturing.
Event details
Date: 17–18 November 2026
Venue: SILO, Brussels
Find out more and register for the Manufacturing Partnership Days 2026.