Industry 4.0 is evolving into Industry 5.0, where technology, human-centred approaches, and sustainability play an increasingly central role. This workshop brought together projects related to manufacturing and industry to share experiences on how this paradigm shift is being addressed. The workshop showcased research projects aligned with one or more of the three key pillars — technology, the human dimension, and sustainability — fostering discussions on approaches and challenges, and, above all, collaboration and the identification of synergies for future initiatives.

This workshop presented five European projects — RaRe2, RESTORE, MULTIMOLD, openZDM, and Platform-ZERO — as real-world laboratories for resilient, circular, and human-centred innovation. From rapidly reconfigurable factories (RaRe2) to zero-waste remanufacturing (RESTORE), sustainable-by-design injection moulding (MULTIMOLD), and zero-defect digital platforms (openZDM and Platform-ZERO), these initiatives demonstrated how sustainable production systems directly impact workers and communities.

Participants explored how principles of resilience, circular resource use, and human-centred transitions guided not only industrial value chains but also the creation of smart and sustainable industries of the future. The session fostered dialogue between researchers and industry to share lessons, emphasising that people, technology, and sustainability are at the heart of the Industry 5.0 transformation.