Event Video Production
MAFES Smart Manufacturing — Bavaria Meets Silicon Valley
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**Juliane Stephan, Director at Strategy, PWC:** So I think MAFES is a really good combination of different forums and events.
So, first of all, startups are presenting their solutions and innovations, but then there's also a lot of discussions around how do you take this technology and actually drive real business value with it.
So we have panels here with several experts, but then what I personally really enjoyed was also the opportunity to connect one-on-one and like these little coffee chats so that you can have a personal conversation with vendors and buyers of different solutions.
**Will Tashman, Co-Founder, Uncountable:** Mayfest is an event to connect the Bavaria region to the Silicon Valley region.
It's been an awesome event to understand what opportunities exist from an infrastructure and a partnership standpoint, but also what companies, what things are going on in the area, what the current events are, and what we should be keeping track of.
I think it's been proven beyond a doubt that Germany is really on the cutting edge of industries like manufacturing, digital manufacturing, and if we can continue to push that boundary further and further so that it helps both the customers in real life, I think Bavaria has shown that they've been able to take that technology, adopt it, and deploy it throughout the region.
**Ashley Tarver, Big Data Evangelist, Cloudera:** The goal is to help make the job role of the individual stronger and better as part of the manufacturing process.
So we do that with data analytics, through robotics, and we bring all of that information together. We apply machine learning on top of it. That makes the products better. It gives the customers better insight into what their products are doing.
If you have a chance to come out and participate in it, it's fascinating and it's fun. And they have great food and some fun dancing later in the evening, so I'm looking forward to that.
**Yvonne Lutsch, Venture Capitalist, Bosch:** The southern part of Germany, including Bavaria, has a very, very strong history in manufacturing, but I think the selection of the startups for this topic, smart manufacturing event here, I think the selection was very good.
And I think this is also valuable for the German companies, being here together with the startups and being inspired by the innovation and then create something together. And I think this event was very helpful to foster this.
About This Video
MAFES (Manufacturing Forum in the Experience Society) is an annual event that connects the Bavaria region of Germany with Silicon Valley's startup and technology ecosystem around smart manufacturing. Attendees describe a format that combines startup pitches, expert panels, and one-on-one coffee conversations — and participants from both German industry and U.S. technology come away with a clearer picture of how the two ecosystems can work together. "Germany is really on the cutting edge of industries like manufacturing, digital manufacturing," one speaker notes, while another describes how the startup selection for the event pushed German companies to engage with new technology: "being here together with the startups and being inspired by the innovation, then create something together." The goal is practical: robots, data analytics, and machine learning applied to make products better and give customers better insight into what their products are doing. For <span class="strong">event video production</span>, a technical industry summit like MAFES works best with a format that covers the range of the event — startup pitches, expert panels, and the informal conversations where the real connections happen.
How do you produce a recap video for a cross-border industrial technology summit?
Show the three formats that make the event work: the startup presentations, the panel discussions, and the informal one-on-one conversations. Each serves a different purpose and creates different kinds of value. The startup pitches show what's possible; the panels provide context and debate; the coffee chats are where the relationships actually form. A video that captures all three gives the viewer a complete picture of why the event is worth attending — something a simple highlight reel can't do.
What should a smart manufacturing conference video include?
Specific technology examples alongside the business case for those technologies. 'We apply machine learning on top of data analytics to make products better and give customers better insight' is more useful than 'we discuss the future of manufacturing.' Named technologies (robotics, data analytics, machine learning), named applications (manufacturing process improvement, product quality), and named geographies (Bavaria, Silicon Valley) give the viewer something concrete to evaluate. Technical audiences appreciate specificity.
How do you produce a video that connects European industry with Silicon Valley startups?
Let each side describe what they bring to the collaboration. German industry brings manufacturing depth, quality standards, and customer relationships. Silicon Valley startups bring technology, speed, and a different relationship to experimentation. A video where a German factory manager describes why they chose a startup's technology, and where the startup explains what working with a Bavarian manufacturer taught them, shows the collaboration as a two-way exchange — not just Silicon Valley exporting technology to Europe.
How do you film a hybrid event with both formal presentations and informal networking?
Commit to both formats with dedicated equipment. Formal presentations need a stable camera position and clean audio — ideally a wired lapel mic on the presenter. Informal networking requires a more mobile setup: a handheld or shoulder-rigged camera and a directional boom or shotgun mic. Don't try to film networking with presentation-style equipment, or vice versa. The informal conversations are often where the best content lives, and they require a different production approach to capture naturally.
