Digital Factory Virtual Summit

Explore on-demand sessions and expert insights focused on connected end-to-end factory transformation across planning, engineering, construction, and operations.

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About the event

The Digital Factory Virtual Summit is an annual online event focused on the future of connected factory transformation.

Through expert sessions, customer stories, and industry perspectives, Autodesk specialists and manufacturing leaders share practical insights into digital manufacturing, operational intelligence, AI-driven innovation, and end-to-end factory transformation.

Advance your digital maturity

Watch keynote sessions, expert discussions, and customer stories from the latest edition of the Digital Factory Virtual Summit.

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Keynote

From digital ambition to factory impact

Explore the end-to-end vision for the digital factory—from planning to operations, AI, and digital maturity. See how manufacturers are connecting data, improving decisions, and scaling transformation across the enterprise.

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Customer success story

Roche Diagnostics: A connected factory journey

Follow a real-world transformation journey at Roche Diagnostics. Learn how connected factory strategies are improving operational efficiency, digital maturity, and measurable business outcomes.

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Executive Track

Plan to Operate

Discover how digital twins connect factory planning and operations across the enterprise. Learn how integrated cloud and platform strategies and workflows can improve visibility, collaboration, and decision-making at scale.

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FOCUS TRACK

Planning & Project Execution

Explore how digital factory workflows support planning and delivery from layout through handover. See how better coordination across teams can accelerate execution, reduce complexity, and improve project outcomes.

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Focus Track

Operate & Optimize

Discover how data supports continuous improvement in manufacturing. Learn how MES data, simulations, and operational insights can improve decisions, optimize assets, and move toward a more data-driven factory.

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Panel discussion

What’s next for digital factory transformation?

Hear manufacturing and industry leaders discuss emerging trends, transformation challenges, and practical next steps for advancing digital maturity.

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Keynote

Introduction to the digital factory

Discover how digital technologies are reshaping the factory lifecycle from planning through operations. Learn how connected approaches can improve efficiency, agility, and decision-making.

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Plan session

Planning the factory from site to layout

See how digital factory planning starts with site and factory feasibility, current-state capture, and future-state modeling. Explore data foundations, collaboration, conceptual layouts, and scenario planning.

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Design session

Designing and simulating factory workflows

Learn how collaborative models support layout, clash detection, and workflow simulation. See how 3D tools, automation, and digital simulation can improve decisions and optimize utility usage.

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Build session

Coordinating construction and commissioning

Explore how digital coordination can improve construction and commissioning. Learn how issue tracking, model coordination, and connected documentation can reduce rework, improve quality, and keep delivery on track.

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Operate session

Optimizing production and facility performance

See how real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, and data-driven insights can improve production and facility performance. Learn how connected data supports agility, resilience, and smarter decisions.

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Panel discussion

The factory of tomorrow

Hear perspectives on where digital factory transformation is heading. Hear key takeaways from across Plan, Design, Build, and Operate—and what they mean for the next stage of digital maturity.

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Key insights from the summit

This e-book summarizes key insights and expert perspectives from the summit, exploring how connected workflows, digital technologies, and data-driven processes are transforming modern manufacturing across the factory lifecycle.

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More digital factory insights

Visit the digital factory solutions hub to explore technologies, stories, and practical insights for connected factory transformation.

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Upcoming webinars

Stay up-to-date with additional digital factory webinars happening throughout the year.

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The digital factory: a data story

See how the digital factory leverages data to drive smarter decisions, streamline collaboration, and deliver greater agility.

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