Leading Industry 5.0 Transformation: Lessons from European Manufacturing 

BRIDGES 5.0 Masterclass | 12 June 2026

About the webinar

The second webinar in the Industry 5.0 Blueprint Series explores what it takes to successfully lead an Industry 5.0 transformation in practice.

Drawing on experiences from organisations of different sizes and sectors, the session highlights how companies are addressing the human, organisational, and technological challenges associated with becoming more human-centric, resilient, and sustainable.

The webinar features contributions from experts representing technology providers, manufacturing SMEs, and global industrial companies, sharing practical lessons learned from their transformation journeys.

Featured speakers

Giorgos Metaxiotis, Atheon Engineering
Evagoras Zervas, Trygons SA
Martina Wolfgruber, Infineon
John Roulstone, Kirchhoff Automotive Ireland

What you will learn

• Why Industry 5.0 is more than a technological upgrade of Industry 4.0
• How organisations can assess their Industry 5.0 maturity and identify improvement priorities
• Why successful transformation starts with real business challenges rather than technology adoption
• How employee involvement and co-creation influence acceptance and long-term success
• What practical approaches companies use to build resilience, sustainability, and human-centricity
• How SMEs and large enterprises alike can benefit from collaboration, benchmarking, and peer learning

Key takeaways

Despite representing different industrial sectors and organisational contexts, all speakers highlighted a common finding:

The biggest challenge of Industry 5.0 is not the technology – it is the people.

Successful transformation depends on understanding workforce needs, involving employees from the beginning, building trust, and connecting individual technology initiatives into a coherent organisational roadmap.

The webinar also introduces the PROSPECTS 5.0 Assessment Platform, a digital self-assessment tool designed to help organisations evaluate their Industry 5.0 readiness, benchmark their progress, and identify practical next steps towards implementation.

From insight to action

The experiences shared during this webinar reinforce one of the central principles of PROSPECTS 5.0:

• Start with problems, not technologies.
• Involve people from the beginning.
• Build transformation incrementally through measurable improvements.
• Connect individual initiatives into a long-term Industry 5.0 strategy.

These lessons provide valuable guidance for companies, innovation support organisations, policymakers, and researchers seeking to turn Industry 5.0 principles into practical action.

Watch the recording

Access to materials and presentations:

• Assessment Platform – PROSPECTS-5.0_Assessment-Platform.pdf
• TRYGONS Presentation – TRYGONS_Presentation.pdf

About the series

This webinar is part of the Industry 5.0 Blueprint Series, designed to help organisations understand their Industry 5.0 maturity and translate assessment results into actionable transformation roadmaps.