In the last episode of the first season, Emma and Smilla meet Jürgen Tiedje, Head of Unit, European Commission's Directorate General for Research and Innovation. Tiedje talks about the biggest challenges for future production processes. He addresses digitization as one of these challenges and highlights the importance of SMEs not being left behind. In addition, Tiedje addresses environmental challenges facing manufacturing. 

Emma and Smilla summarize this season of the podcast and talk further about Industry 5.0 and its three pillars – being human-centric, resilient and sustainable. They wrap up the season with quotes from the previous speakers in the podcast, where the speakers highlighted the importance of young people in manufacturing and the opportunities of the new generation. Young people are the future! 

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