The European food & beverage manufacturing sector’s margins continue to be squeezed, driven by intense competition, rising costs, unpredictable supply chains, and labour shortages.
To remain competitive and drive profitability, business transformation is critical. This means strategically leveraging emerging technology to streamline processes, significantly cut costs, boost productivity and elevate critical safety and quality standards.
To fully leverage smart technologies, manufacturers must conduct a capability assessment to understand their digital maturity and create a smart factory roadmap that enables growth.
Join us in September for an interactive and collaborative day dedicated to advancing your journey to the technology-enabled food & beverage smart factories of the future.
2025 European Food & Beverage 4.0 Expert Speakers

Radoslaw Baran
Global Head of FSQ Digital & Automation
Kraft Heinz

Esmeralda Ypsilanti
Regional Digital & Automation Projects Lead
Mars

Yianni Alissandratos
Proposition Lead
Carlsberg Britvic

Craig Moore
Senior Engineering Manager – Capital Projects
Suntory Beverage & Food Europe

Ozgur Mutlu
Global Digital Operations Transformation - Portfolio Value Manager
Danone
Suleyman Nezih Kocaman
Global Supply Chain Director, Strategic Network Planning, ICO/Export Operations
Pladis

Marc Kelgtermans
Global Quality Control and Continuous Improvement Manager
Puratos
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This event will provide you with the necessary tools to:
- Leverage technology to reduce costs, boost efficiency, and streamline production operations
- Conduct a capability assessment to align people, process and technology
- Enhance user adoption, bridge the skills gap and optimise knowledge transfer
- Transform data to guarantee quality, accuracy and compliance, enabling a reliable foundation for impactful analytics
European Attendees Include:
Smart Manufacturing for Food & Beverage is designed for European VP’s, Directors, Heads and Managers from:
- Industry 4.0 / Smart Manufacturing / Digital Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Analytics / Big Data / AI / ML
- Emerging Technology / IoT / Connected Devices
- Robotics
- Plant Management / Operations/ Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Automation / Intelligent Automation
- Manufacturing IT / Operational Technology
- Digital Transformation / Workforce Transformation
Our sponsors include technology, service & solution providers specialising in:
- Big Data / AI / ML / Advanced Analytics
- IIoT
- Automation / Robotics / Cobots
- Autonomous Mobility / AGV’s
- AR / VR / Digital Twins
- Smart Sensors / Advanced Sensors
- Human-Machine Interface (HMI)
- PLC
- Cloud Computing
- Cybersecurity
- Recipe Management Tools
- Mobile Devices
- Integrators
- Additive Manufacturing / 3D Printing