STEEL TECH

Industry 5.0: Human-centricity as a Trigger for Combining Technological and Social Innovation

Antonius Schröder - Member of Management Board Social Research Centre (SFS) - UNIVERSITY OF DORTMUND

The new concept of Industry 5.0 fostered by the European Commission is focusing on developing the technology dominated Industry 4.0 to a human-centric, resilient, and sustainable industry. Human centricity is key for a value-oriented, people-centered and, in particular, employee-centered paradigma based largely on current Industry 4.0 technology. Criteria for human-centered system design, human-centered approaches to competence development, qualification and organizational design are central to ground and complete the digital and green transition with social innovations. It underlines the powerful role the steel industry can play in achieving societal goals through green and sustainable production by shifting the technology-driven to a human- and society-centric approach. This shift will be explained by first project results combining technological and social innovation and putting recent and future skills of the workforce in focus.

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