BRIDGES 5.0 MASTERCLASS: VET and Industry 5.0
May 15 @ 10:30 – 12:00
Please note: webinar starting time is 10:30 am CET and 09:30 am GMT.
Background
The accelerating green and digital transitions are reshaping Europe’s labour markets, production systems, and skill needs. Within this transformation, Industry 5.0 introduces a new paradigm that emphasises human‑centricity, sustainability, and resilience. Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems play a critical role in preparing learners and institutions to respond to these shifts while ensuring that technological advancements benefit people, industry, and society.
Purpose of the Session
This webinar aims to explore how VET systems across Europe are engaging with Industry 5.0 concepts and what practical pathways exist to integrate them into policy, curriculum, and practice. Through expert insights and concrete use cases, the session will highlight how VET can contribute to a more human‑centred, technologically advanced, and sustainable industrial landscape.
Session Highlights
European perspective on AI and skills: CEDEFOP will present its ongoing analysis of how artificial intelligence is transforming VET systems, shaping skill demands, and influencing teaching and learning practices.
Public–private partnerships for upskilling: A Netherlands use case will showcase the “Metrolines for Industry 5.0” model as an example of successful collaboration to support workforce upskilling for emerging industrial needs.
Learning Factories 5.0 in the Basque Country: Tknika will demonstrate how Basque VET is embedding Industry 5.0 principles into the system and how Learning Factories 5.0 are becoming catalysts for pedagogical, technological, and organisational transformation.
Expected Outcomes
Participants will gain:
- A clearer understanding of what Industry 5.0 means for VET systems.
- Insights into current European research and policy developments.
- Practical examples of institutional and systemic innovation.
- Inspiration to adapt these models within their own VET contexts.
Programme
10:30 – 10:35
Opening
Iñigo Araiztegui
Director of the Internationalisation Department, Tknika (Basque Country)
10:35 – 11:05
Industry 5.0, VET and AI.
Ralph Hippe
Expert in skills and workplaces, CEDEFOP
11:05 – 11:25
Use case from BRIDGES 5.0: Metrolines for Industry 5.0 for upskilling through public–private partnerships in the Netherlands
Anneloes van Delft
Platform Talent voor Technologie (Netherlands)
11:25 – 11:45
Use case from BRIDGES 5.0: Transformation of VET programmes towards Industry 5.0 through Learning Factories 5.0
Unai Ziarsolo
Researcher at Tknika (Basque Country)
11:45 – 11:55
Q&A session.
11:55 – 12:00
Closing.
Iñigo Araiztegui
Director of the Internationalisation Department, Tknika (Basque Country)
This webinar is part of 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 Bridges 5.0 Masterclasses:
- 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
Photo by Pavel Danilyuk
