Manufacturing the Future (2017)

Manufacturing is a crucial component of Swiss competitiveness in global markets. Spanning from the nano to the human scale, from health to construction, and from environmental to social needs, manufacturing is relevant to all study programmes at ETH Zurich. The question of ‘how we make things’ relates to each and every one of us at the most personal level and represents a defining feature of us as humans.

Meet the teams of 2017:

Team Manucycler Team Wood Loop Team SustainLabel Team Vision Team CoWorker 5.0 Team Fibrewall Team Flaviour Team Onion Shell Team Open Synergies Team Print Express Team Developing Innovation Team reSkillers Team Snow White Team Just Pineapple Team Sweet Solution Team Fuck Up Pandas Team Crystal Clear Team Fungastic Plastic

As an important sector of the Swiss economy, manufacturing is highly impacted by a number of disruptive technologies triggering exciting (as well as contentious) societal questions for the students: Will we still need factories for production? What if our products become our raw materials? How will our working conditions change, and our relationship to smart machines evolve, as technology advances further? How can we design future products and manufacturing processes that solve environmental problems, rather than exacerbating them? More information can be found in the detailed Downloadprogramme (PDF, 613 KB) and Downloadworkbook (PDF, 4.2 MB).

Impressions of ETH Week 2017 "Manufacturing the Future"