At the crossroads of industrial engineering and information technology, this theme, anchored in the industry of the future, is designed to address the needs relating to the design, optimization and control of industrial systems in a globalized context. In its definition, the industry of the future pushes the classical boundaries of industrial engineering tools.

The theme addresses three aspects of industrial systems: first, the increasing sophistication of products physical objects but also flows, or even services, with increasingly diverse and complex production systems increased robotisation, versatility, modularity, etc. Second, the need for responsiveness to customer demand and uncertainty. And finally, the volume of information to be processed throughout the product life cycle, which helps with decision-making, but requires a good command of new tools business software, etc.