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Industry rebuilt for human-centricity, sustainability and resilience
The global platform where Industry 5.0 ideas are exchanged, tested and scaled. Convened by Sustainable Intelligence, the Forum brings cities, companies and researchers together to turn human-centric, sustainable and resilient industry into measurable commitments, funded pilots and lasting partnerships.
i5Dialogues in 2027, then i5Forum 2028, the Forum’s flagship summit. Host city to be announced.
How host city selection worksIndustry 5.0 puts people, the planet and resilience at the centre of technology. The Industry 5.0 Forum is where that becomes measurable: positions you can compare, commitments you can track and pilots you can scale.
Read the full story →The host city opens the summit and the venue becomes a living lab.
Proofs, deals and public commitments.
Companies and researchers stay on to turn agreements into local research and development.
Human-centric industry in the age of AI
Agents and copilots that augment people, explainable to the people who use them and accountable for what they decide.
Collaborative, humanoid and autonomous robots working safely alongside people in factories, ports and cities.
Clean energy, efficient production and circular materials, with impact measured and verified.
Twins, data spaces and secure infrastructure that keep value chains running through disruption.
Hands-on formats where participants build, test and decide, instead of only listening.
A core theme of the Forum, and a live demonstration of how a major event can cut, measure and report its emissions.
The summit is designed to cut emissions first, measure its footprint in real time and invite every participant to help reduce it. Remaining emissions are addressed by financing verified climate projects, reported separately and never counted as reductions.
Your points
55
Collective goal7,200 / 10,000
At 10,000 points, a sponsor funds a local climate project.
Taste, learn and connect: every meal shows its estimated carbon and water footprint.
Each dish balances planet, people and prosperity, with local and seasonal sourcing.
Portions are optimised, surplus is donated, and a live dashboard shows food diverted.
The Forum’s food and hospitality standard is co-developed with our founding partner VM Konference.
The flagship summit moves to a new city for each edition. The host city gains more than visitors for a few days: a measured baseline, a charter with its name on it, and local programmes that continue after the delegates leave.
Now to early 2027
Expression of interest
Cities and regions tell us they’re interested, and we send the host city prospectus.
Q1 2027
Introductory call and rapid city assessment
A call with the city team and a short assessment of readiness, venues and the local ecosystem.
After the assessment
Formal host invitation
We send the city a formal invitation to host the edition.
Q2 2027
Site visit and terms
We visit venues with the city team and agree roles, budget and legacy programmes.
By June 2027
Memorandum of understanding
In time for the city’s 2028 budget planning.
Q4 2027
Host city and dates announced
The host city and dates are announced together.
Recognising measurable progress, not promises. Every entry is scored on the five i5Benchmark dimensions, finalists present live on day two and an independent jury chooses the winners.
Breakthrough Startup Award
Early-stage teams with proof their solution works in practice.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
Live pilot, committed customers, credible path to scale.
Transformative Enterprise Award
Established companies with verified change across operations.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
Before/after evidence, workforce involvement, supply-chain reach.
Pioneering City and Region Award
Public bodies delivering measurable public value.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
Citizen participation, open data, replicable by other cities.
Accountable AI Award
AI in real use that people can understand, question and correct.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
Explainability to affected people, human oversight and redress, documented risk management, data provenance.
Outstanding People-First Design Award
Work, products and places designed around the people who use them.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
User co-design, accessibility and inclusion, safety and wellbeing outcomes.
Extraordinary Gen Award
For the next generation of builders, and for what they build with generative AI: young founders, students and early-career teams whose generative-AI applications are already in real use.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
Real users, demonstrable benefit, transparent use of generative models, safeguards in place.
Early-stage teams with proof their solution works in practice.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
Live pilot, committed customers, credible path to scale.
Established companies with verified change across operations.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
Before/after evidence, workforce involvement, supply-chain reach.
Public bodies delivering measurable public value.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
Citizen participation, open data, replicable by other cities.
AI in real use that people can understand, question and correct.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
Explainability to affected people, human oversight and redress, documented risk management, data provenance.
Work, products and places designed around the people who use them.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
User co-design, accessibility and inclusion, safety and wellbeing outcomes.
For the next generation of builders, and for what they build with generative AI: young founders, students and early-career teams whose generative-AI applications are already in real use.
Highlighted: lead dimensions for this award.
Real users, demonstrable benefit, transparent use of generative models, safeguards in place.
We spend 2027 building the inaugural flagship edition, currently planned for 2028, in public, through smaller gatherings that test the format, find speakers and prepare host cities.
The Host City Programme is presented to the European Industry 5.0 community.
A first city baseline, an SME workshop and an open session for residents.
One track per session every two months, recorded and published.
No high stage and no audience in the dark. Participants work in circles of eight to twelve, at eye level, each on a real challenge brought by a city, a company or a research team. Roles rotate every session, so everyone proposes, questions, records and connects.
Circle steward: a real challenge
i5Ecosystem
i5Forum: The stage
Where the ecosystem meets cities, industry and research, in a new host city each edition.
i5Benchmark: The method
Transparent indicators and evidence requirements across five dimensions.
i5Index: The map
Validated positions of organisations, cities and regions, revealed live on stage.
i5Certification: The proof
Structured assessment and certification for organisations and practitioners.
i5Academy: The skills
Online Industry 5.0 learning for people and companies.
The summit lasts three days. The ecosystem stays.
UN SDG Acceleration Actioni5Benchmark is approved by UN DESA as an SDG Acceleration Action and published on the UN SDG Actions Platform as #SDGAction49212.
Founding Partner · Hospitality and EventsPartners don’t just buy visibility. They join a system with evidence, certification and a network of cities behind it.
| Benefit | Founding PartnerA three-edition commitment, with a title later partners can’t buy | Strategic PartnerOne edition | Track PartnerOne track | Community and academicIn kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent founding partner recognition | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Main stage slot each edition | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Observer seat in host city selection* | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| i5Benchmark assessment with a published i5Index position | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Priority in the impact deal room | Included | Included | Not included | Not included |
| Co-host a track with its academic lead | Included | Not included | Included | Not included |
| Shape the case selection | Included | Not included | In its track | Not included |
| Showcase space | Included | Included | Included | Not included |
| i5Index listing | Included | Included | Included | Not included |
| Panel seat | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Speaking slots in labs, circles and bootcamps | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Co-author published evidence from pilots | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Recognition as a Forum partner | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Request the partner pack | Research |
Founding Partner
A three-edition commitment, with a title later partners can’t buy
Strategic Partner
One edition
Track Partner
One track
Community and academic
In kind
The Forum curates the programme and connects each partner to the right sessions, speakers and sites.
We are inviting universities and research institutes to co-lead the Forum’s tracks, labs and certification, and to turn its pilots into published evidence.
A global platform where Industry 5.0 ideas are exchanged, tested and scaled. It brings cities, companies, researchers and investors together around real challenges, and asks every participant to leave with something measurable: a commitment, a pilot or a partnership. The Forum runs i5Dialogues in 2027 and its first flagship summit, i5Forum 2028.
Industry 5.0 builds on the digital and automation gains of Industry 4.0 and adds three priorities: industry that is human-centric, sustainable and resilient. In practice that means technology designed around the people who use it, operations that respect planetary limits, and supply chains and organisations that can absorb shocks. The Forum focuses on turning those priorities into results you can measure.
The Industry 5.0 Forum is convened by Sustainable Intelligence ASBL, a Belgian non-profit association. Sustainable Intelligence is a member of the European Commission Industry 5.0 Community of Practice as a private research institute, an observer of the Principles administered by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), and a member of the European AI Alliance. As part of the i5Ecosystem, the Forum presents the ecosystem’s tools on stage, including i5Benchmark, i5Index, i5Certification and i5Academy, so that progress can be measured, compared and improved with the same method across organisations, cities and regions.
Most sessions run as circles, labs and clinics rather than keynotes. Participants work in small groups at eye level on challenges brought by cities, companies and research teams, with rotating roles so everyone contributes. Every edition ends with measurable commitments, and progress on them is tracked until the next edition.
i5Forum 2028 is the inaugural edition of the Forum’s flagship summit, currently planned for 2028: three days of labs, circles, deals and training, followed by a Residency Programme in the host city. The host city is selected during 2027 and announced together with the dates. Sign up for updates to hear first.
Programme news, host city updates and the call for contributions, a few times a year.
The Industry 5.0 Forum invites cities and institutions to explore hosting its inaugural flagship edition, currently planned for 2028. Discover what it means to become the Founding City and help build a lasting international platform for research, innovation and measurable progress.
Become the Founding City →Researchers, universities and research institutes are invited to share evidence-based work on human-centric, sustainable and resilient industrial transformation. Selected papers will be presented at i5Forum 2028.
Call for Papers →i5forum.org is now the home of the Industry 5.0 Forum, the global platform where Industry 5.0 ideas are exchanged, tested and scaled.
