The move towards Industry 5.0 requires broad collaboration and continuous dialogue between all those involved in industrial transformation. The masterclass webinar series serves as both a learning journey and a mobilisation process, with a strong emphasis on practical implementation, focused on ‘how to’ questions: 

  • Creating inclusive spaces for exchange: Webinars allow stakeholders across Europe to connect and exchange perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of Industry 5.0. 

  • Mobilising and motivating stakeholders: By presenting real examples and concrete solutions, the series encourages active engagement from workers, managers, VET students, and job-seekers. 

  • Linking research, policy, and practice: The series translates BRIDGES 5.0 findings into accessible insights and invites feedback to inform policy briefs and project outputs. 

  • Supporting uptake of new skills and learning pathways: Through showcasing good practices and engaging in interactive discussions, the webinars help organisations and individuals understand how to move towards Industry 5.0. 

The masterclass webinar series will: 
  • Engage and motivate a diverse set of stakeholders to support and benefit from BRIDGES 5.0 outcomes. 
  • Offer practical, accessible learning experiences for workers, managers, VET students, and job-seekers on topics relevant to the twin transitions and Industry 5.0. 
  • Foster dialogue between practice and research, connecting companies, academics, policy makers, and communities. 
The series provides a continuous dialogue platform to: 
  • Explain what Industry 5.0 means in practice. 
  • Share project insights and experiences. 
  • Facilitate peer learning and motivate participation. 

Next Bridges 5.0 Masterclass

17th April – TBA

Missed an event? Find recordings and presentations below.

This webinar on the role of social partners and social dialogue, aims to highlight the perspectives of trade unions as well as employers organisations on the opportunities and challenges of Industry 5.0 for workers and companies, the main preconditions for social partners to implement or scale up Industry 5.0 concepts, and the most common issues that emerge during an Industry 5.0 implementation process that could be tackled by social partners or through social dialogue. Speakers: Martin Peters industriAll, Wouter Zwysen etui, Isabel Sobrino Mate Ceemet.  

Panel members: Peter Oeij (TNO), Roland Sommer (Plattform Industrie 4.0), Martin Welsh (Booth Welsh), Aimee Doole (Booth Welsh). Moderated by Peter Totterdill (Workplace Innovation Europe CLG).

What can we learn from research and practice about how companies can unleash workforce talent and engagement as they face the twin challenges of digitalisation and net zero?

A series of Bridges 5.0 Masterclasses leading to the Final Bridges Conference which will take place in person on 2nd October 2026 in Brussels.

Upcoming Masterclasses:

  • April 17 2026: Workforce diversity in I5.0
  • May 15 2026: VET
  • June 12 2026: Masterclass for managers: Good Practices/Initiatives in Industry 5.0
  • September 11 2026: Session on Identifying the big questions/challenges for the Final Conference