Platform Industry 4.0 Austria

The association Industry 4.0 Austria has been active in the field of Industry 4.0 since its founding in 2015. Established by six organizations, the association organizes over 60 events per year, all aimed at addressing interesting technological developments, emerging trends, and practical use cases, thereby fostering the exchange of experiences. Moreover the Platform coordinates and develops policy recommendations.

About Platform Industry 4.0 Austria

Platform Industry 4.0 Austria has extensive experience in multi-stakeholder settings—partly because a government ministry, employer representatives, and employee representatives jointly founded the association—and also offers a well-established portfolio of various event formats. These range from short one-hour check-ins and deep-dive formats to half-day and full-day events. The association also has significant experience in co-hosting events with other stakeholders. 

Why are we taking part?

“The Twin City Hub project is important as it will contribute to strengthening regional supply chains and thereby enhance the competitiveness of the involved regions.” – Roland Sommer, CEO Platform Industry 4.0 Austria

Platform Industry 4.0 Austria @ Twin City Hub

In the project, the platform focuses on the areas of Future Skills, Circular Economy, and Data Sharing, which also represent the key thematic priorities in which the platform is actively involved. In addition, the platform is responsible for network building. 

Tasks in the project

Goals and activities:

Platform Industry 4.0 Austria leads Work Package 3 Future Workforce. The goal is to develop a toolkit and support the development of policy recommendations. 

Platform Industry 4.0 Austria is responsible within the project for activities related to the topics of

• data sharing,
• digital product passport,
• future skills.

In particular, this includes organizing events and developing a curriculum on Data, Data Sharing and AI. Additionally, the platform is in charge of knowledge transfer within the project and establishes expert groups on the aforementioned topics. Moreover the platform has identified the concept of Triple Transformation as a suitable framework for developing a strategy for the Twin City Region Vienna–Bratislava.