Smart Manufacturing, AI & Industry 5.0 Supply Chain Summit 2026

SMART MANUFACTURING SUMMIT 2026

AI, ERP, and the Industry 5.0 Supply Chain

Date(s) & Location:
29 – 30 April 2026
Melbourne Marriott Hotel, Docklands, Melbourne, Australia

(In-person only)

Forum Overview

Factories are evolving into intelligent organisms that learn, adapt and self-optimise. Artificial intelligence, data, and automation are rewriting the DNA of global manufacturing. Those who adapt will lead. Those who don’t will disappear.

At the Erudite Smart Manufacturing, AI, ERP & Industry 5.0 Supply Chain Summit 2026, you will discover how the world’s top innovators are building the next generation of intelligent, connected, and adaptive enterprises.

Keynote Speakers

VINOD BIJLANI

AI Practice Leader – Asia Pacific
HPE GREENLAKE

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BOGDAN JOVICIC

Head of Data and Analytics, APAC DPO
BUNZL

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ALISTAIR GREVIS-JAMES

AI Practice Leader – Asia Pacific

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VIKRAM SACHDEVA

Director | Manufacturing Excellence and Transformation
SWINBURNE

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MATTHEW CURNOW

Global Head, Data & AI Operations
WOOD.

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GLYNN WILLIAMS

Managing Director
EMPHASYS

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SURAJIT LAHIRI

Regional Digital Program Leader (AI & Emerging Tech) Aus, SEA, Ind
CARRIER GLOBAL CORPORATION

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SUJITH SUKUMARAN

Head of Business Applications
BLACKMORES GROUP

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DR. PHILLIP CROTHERS

Enterprise Domain Leader – Manufacturing
BOEING

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RAVI GERALD-VISHWANATH

Global Head: Data and Digital Enablement
HALEON

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AMIR HASHEMI

General Manager Supply Chain & Southern Operations – Beverage Cans ANZ
ORORA

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