Flanders Make Symposium 2025

Welcome to the Flanders Make 2025 symposium

Check our FlandersMake@UGent - ISyE contribution to the symposium below!



The Flanders Make Symposium 2025 is an exciting event taking place in person on Thursday, 13 November 2025. Join us for a day filled with innovation, collaboration, and inspiration. On 13 November, we would like to welcome you to our annual symposium at the SQUARE convention centre in Brussels.

Register and get your tickets here.

What can you expect?

As in previous years, we are aiming for a strong combination of top industrial innovations, inspiring keynotes and quality networking moments.

During this inspiring day, you will:

• Experience plenty of of our latest innovations;
• Get inspiration from local and international keynote speakers;
• Receive insights in the latest trends and technology.

On our symposium you will meet, a.o. business managers, CTOs and R&D-managers of large companies and SMEs. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out in your career, the Flanders Make Symposium 2025 is the perfect place to gain new insights and connect with like-minded individuals. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to expand your knowledge and grow your network!

Want to get an idea of the atmosphere? Then be sure to watch our aftermovie from last year.

A special edition

We are still finalising the full programme, but we can already say that this edition will be very special.

FlandersMake@UGent - ISyE contribution to the symposium

Find us at the Flanders Make symposium on the 13th of November with our contribution of "Make RCA faster by combining pFMEA's expert knowledge with data collected from the factory floor". Our experts Angel Lopez, Prof. Sidharta Gautama and Ken Vanherpen will share insights into how these data-driven methods can enhance root cause analysis.

At our stand, we'll have an interactive touchscreen demo. You'll see how our technology guides a user from a product failure to its most probable root cause, and even suggests the most effective mitigation actions. This is a great opportunity to see how we're making manufacturing smarter and more efficient.

Check out the abstract on our topic

Enhanced root cause analysis combining factory floor data and pFMEA insights.

Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (pFMEA) is a cornerstone of quality control, but it's often a static, qualitative document. It doesn't use real-time data, making root cause analysis a slow, trial-and-error process when unexpected failures occur.

Our technology bridges the gap between static knowledge and dynamic factory operations. By integrating pFMEA insights with live and historical production data through Knowledge Graphs and Bayesian networks, it turns pFMEA into a dynamic, intelligent troubleshooting tool. It provides a probabilistic ranking of likely failure causes based on what's actually happening on the factory floor.

At our stand, we'll have an interactive touchscreen demo. You'll see how our technology guides a user from a product failure to its most probable root cause, and even suggests the most effective mitigation actions. This is a great opportunity to see how we're making manufacturing smarter and more efficient.

Would you use such a technology in your factory?
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