Take part in i5Forum
Bring a real challenge, show a solution that works, share your expertise or help host an edition. Submissions shape the programme of i5Dialogues 2027 and i5Forum 2028.
Researchers
Publish, prototype and partner with industry and cities, and help shape the global Industry 5.0 agenda.
- Submit a solution or propose a lab session
- Join as an academic partner
- Present in labs and co-lead track sessions
- Meet challenge owners in the deal room
- Joint R&D in the Residency Programme in the Host City
- Co-author published evidence from pilots
Investors
Finance what moves the needle on climate and jobs, and meet deal-ready pilots and transition finance.
- Sign up for updates on the deal room
- Pre-booked 1:1 meetings in the impact deal room
- Capital and grants forum
- Meet i5Awards finalists
- Follow pilots and their i5Index positions
Entrepreneurs
Pilot, pitch and partner: get assessed, meet investors and reach the market faster.
- Submit a solution
- Present in a lab
- Meet challenge owners in the deal room
- Apply for the Breakthrough Startup Award
- Pilots with the host city
- i5Certification
Industry leaders
Bring your hardest challenges and leave with partners, pilots and proof.
- Submit a challenge
- Reverse pitches
- CEOs and mayors roundtable
- Transformative Enterprise Award
- Pilots with matched solutions
- i5Benchmark assessment
Policymakers and city leaders
Shape policy that powers people-first industry, with mayors and ministers building the Industry 5.0 playbook.
- Submit a city challenge
- Express interest in hosting
- CEOs and mayors roundtable
- Host city charter
- 12-month measurable actions
- A published city baseline
Students and early-career
Bring bold ideas, build them with industry and get noticed.
- Join the student challenge
- Bootcamps and labs
- Extraordinary Gen Award
- Day 3 micro-credential training
- Residency teams and pilots
Bring your organisation
Host an edition
- Edition carries the city’s name
- A free city baseline
- Local programmes that stay
Partner
- Four founding seats, three open
- Stage, deal room and i5Index visibility
- Sponsor an award category
Research
- Call for papers on nine themes
- Lead a track or join the scientific advisory group
- Bring student teams
From challenge to pilot
- Submit
- Get matched
- Circle or reverse pitch
- Deal room
- Pilot in the host city
- Residency Programme
- Results
Contribute now
Submit a challenge
- Cities, regions and companies
- A title, the problem, what a good outcome looks like and your timeframe
- We review it and may bring it to a circle or a reverse pitch.
Submit a solution or innovation
- Startups, companies and researchers
- A description, its stage and evidence of results
- We review it and may invite you to a lab, the deal room or the i5Awards.
Propose a speaker or session
- Speakers and moderators
- A topic, a format and a track
- We review it and match it to a circle, lab or clinic.
Submit a paper
- Researchers and practitioners
- A title, an abstract and the theme
- Reviewed by the scientific advisory group.
- Cities, regions and companies
- A title, the problem, what a good outcome looks like and your timeframe
- We review it and may bring it to a circle or a reverse pitch.
- Startups, companies and researchers
- A description, its stage and evidence of results
- We review it and may invite you to a lab, the deal room or the i5Awards.
- Speakers and moderators
- A topic, a format and a track
- We review it and match it to a circle, lab or clinic.
- Researchers and practitioners
- A title, an abstract and the theme
- Reviewed by the scientific advisory group.
2027 → 2028
Policy roundtable
The Host City Programme is presented to the European Industry 5.0 community.
Policymakers, regions and the European Industry 5.0 community
City dialogue day
A first city baseline, an SME workshop and an open session for residents.
City teams, local SMEs and residents
Online series
One track per session every two months, recorded and published.
Anyone following a track, from research teams to companies and cities
Attend i5Forum 2028
Registration is not open yet. Sign up and we’ll tell you when it opens, together with the host city and dates.
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