Navigating the Future of Manufacturing: Empowering the Workforce for the AI Era
This webinar was originally broadcast on August 19, 2026.
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Summary
The future of manufacturing belongs to agile, digitally fluent professionals who adapt to change and are empowered to shape their careers. This represents a huge generational shift, as many companies adjust from treating their frontline workers as cogs in a system to treating them as architects and innovators of the next industrial era.
Join us for a compelling IndustryWeek webinar that will help you and your organization break free from traditional thinking about industrial workforce development.
In this insightful session, you'll discover:
- Why continuous, adaptive learning is becoming not just a benefit, but a fundamental right and a strategic imperative for every manufacturing professional.
- How AI amplifies, rather than diminishes, the need for strong technical expertise.
- The core technologies that can help your organization overcome challenges related to recruitment and retention.
- How Siemens is using these strategies to train 200,000 electricians and manufacturing technicians by 2030.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to secure your own relevance and contribute to the competitive future of the entire industry.
Speakers
Kevin Clark
Head of Industrial Strategy / Asset Management
Siemens
With 35+ years of experience in creating and leading world-class strategic initiatives, customer experiences, products, services, and sales enablement for diverse and ever-changing global environments, Kevin is a passionate and visionary senior leader who thrives on "complex" challenges and opportunities, lifting manufacturing/industrial to new heights and advocating for positive development of this transforming workforce environment.
Thomas Wilk
Editor-in-Chief
IndustryWeek
Thomas Wilk joined Plant Services as editor in chief in 2014. Previously, Wilk was content strategist / mobile media manager at Panduit. Prior to Panduit, Tom was lead editor for Battelle Memorial Institute's Environmental Restoration team, and taught business and technical writing at Ohio State University for eight years. Tom holds a BA from the University of Illinois and an MA from Ohio State University.