AWK'27

Sovereign European Production

Under the overall topic “Sovereign European Production” AWK’27, which will take place on June 10 and 11, 2027, will show how new technologies and concepts for a digital and resillient production could look like. With AWK’27, the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University at the RWTH Aachen and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT will be offering one of the world’s most re-nowned network meetings for top-class experts and leaders from manufacturing industry, business, science and politics.

Which concrete approaches and developments will shape the transformation to a more sustainable, energy- and resource-efficient industry and economy in the coming years is the focus of the 32nd AWK.

Experience top-class keynote speakers, an international industry exhibition and institute tours. 

The conference, which is steeped in tradition and always aims to highlight and reflect the latest developments in production technology, is both a network meeting and an information hub: In exchange with more than 1,000 participants from different disciplines and fields, a top-class lecture program and tours of the host research institutes, AWK’27 offers a globally unique insight into the trends in applied research and development in industry and science.