The EU Industry Days are Europe’s annual flagship event focusing on key industrial policy discussions, connecting industrial frontrunners, and boosting the knowledge base of European industry. The 2025 edition of the EU Industry Days took place in Rzeszów, Poland, on 5-6 June 2025, with the support of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. 

The event focused on three areas: 

• Competitiveness and Decarbonisation: Creating lead markets for clean technologies, accelerating decarbonisation and circularity, increasing clean energy, developing framework conditions and infrastructure, strengthening the single market.
• An Innovative Industry: Increasing and derisking investments, upskilling and reskilling, ena-bling start-ups and scale-ups to thrive, fostering critical technologies, and promoting R&I.
• Increasing Security and Reducing Dependencies with EU Industry: Strengthening defence, building and ensuring the resilience of EU value chains, facilitating access to critical raw materials, and supporting Ukraine’s recovery. 

Speakers included: 

• Aleksander Grabski, Director, East Automotive Alliance 
• Lina Smovziuk, Fundraising Team Lead, Kharkiv IT Cluster
• Manuel Seuffert, Director, Kearney IMP³ROVE, European Cluster Collaboration Platform
• Monika Antonowicz, Expert in Strategy and Analysis Department, Polish Agency for Enterprise Development

Watch the session recording