Manufacturing the Future (2017)
Manufacturing is a crucial component of Swiss competitiveness in global markets. Spanning from the nano to the human scale, from health to construction, and from environmental to social needs, manufacturing is relevant to all study programmes at ETH Zurich. The question of ‘how we make things’ relates to each and every one of us at the most personal level and represents a defining feature of us as humans.
Meet the teams of 2017:
![ETH Week 2017 Team 16](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-1.imageformat.imagegallery5.1718145309.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 15](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-2.imageformat.imagegallery5.453820640.jpg)
![ETH Week Team 18](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-3.imageformat.imagegallery5.48235734.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 17](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-4.imageformat.imagegallery5.1312572132.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 8](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-5.imageformat.imagegallery5.586880524.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 9](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-6.imageformat.imagegallery5.677395971.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 11](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-7.imageformat.imagegallery5.308459347.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 13](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-8.imageformat.imagegallery5.2074829142.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 14](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-9.imageformat.imagegallery5.810574773.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 12](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-10.imageformat.imagegallery5.955777410.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 10](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-11.imageformat.imagegallery5.1572877552.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 7](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-12.imageformat.imagegallery5.1851351528.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 3](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-13.imageformat.imagegallery5.1681365788.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 6](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-14.imageformat.imagegallery5.1179219800.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 4](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-15.imageformat.imagegallery5.1349404970.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 5](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-16.imageformat.imagegallery5.85145976.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 2](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-17.imageformat.imagegallery5.416931821.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Team 1](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow/images/image-18.imageformat.imagegallery5.847389888.jpg)
As an important sector of the Swiss economy, manufacturing is highly impacted by a number of disruptive technologies triggering exciting (as well as contentious) societal questions for the students: Will we still need factories for production? What if our products become our raw materials? How will our working conditions change, and our relationship to smart machines evolve, as technology advances further? How can we design future products and manufacturing processes that solve environmental problems, rather than exacerbating them? More information can be found in the detailed Downloadprogramme (PDF, 613 KB) and Downloadworkbook (PDF, 4.2 MB).
Impressions of ETH Week 2017 "Manufacturing the Future"
![Excursion to InnoRecycling AG](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-19.imageformat.imagegallery5.345558153.jpg)
![The Tutors of ETH Week 2017](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-1.imageformat.imagegallery5.1106800377.jpg)
![Expectation Wall of ETH Week 2017](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-3.imageformat.imagegallery5.1869068968.jpg)
![Keynote by Philipp Blom, Author and Historian](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-6.imageformat.imagegallery5.1545020564.jpg)
![The winners of the two peer-to-peer awards](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-4.imageformat.imagegallery5.659506259.jpg)
![Members of the ETH Week Team 2017](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-2.imageformat.imagegallery5.1923832149.jpg)
![Teamwork at ETH Week 2017](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-7.imageformat.imagegallery5.1367113826.jpg)
![The Concluding Panel, moderated by Larissa Schefer](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-5.imageformat.imagegallery5.604847344.jpg)
![Heather Kirk from Social Fabric at the ETH Week 2017 Knowledge Fair](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-8.imageformat.imagegallery5.1485719558.jpg)
![Team Work during ETH Week 2017](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-9.imageformat.imagegallery5.102895569.jpg)
![Discussing ideas](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-10.imageformat.imagegallery5.1161384145.jpg)
![ETH Week 2017 Knowledge Fair](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-13.imageformat.imagegallery5.221560538.jpg)
![Team Work during ETH Week 2017](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-11.imageformat.imagegallery5.1805089961.jpg)
![Team Work during ETH Week 2017](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-15.imageformat.imagegallery5.1444631879.jpg)
![Team Work during ETH Week 2017](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-12.imageformat.imagegallery5.1663343727.jpg)
![Rector Sarah Springman in the audience during ETH Week 2017](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-14.imageformat.imagegallery5.540643377.jpg)
![Team Work during ETH Week 2017](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-16.imageformat.imagegallery5.180241313.jpg)
![Expressing and discussing ideas at ETH Week 2017](/en/the-eth-zurich/education/pblabs/eth-week/past-editions-/2017-manufacturing-the-future/_jcr_content/par/slideshow_446198055/images/image-17.imageformat.imagegallery5.1585910034.jpg)
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