This is an informal meeting between three visiting researchers of the Technical University of Berlin (TU-Berlin) and members of the Centro de Matemática da Universidade do Porto (CMUP). The idea behind this meeting is to explore cooperation possibilities between TU-Berlin and CMUP/LASI. The meeting is open to the whole academic community in Porto; especially to students and researchers in Mathematics. The Institute for Machine Tools and Factory Management (IWF) is part of the TU-Berlin. Its goal is to connect product development, production planning and production in terms of information technology in such a way that product development and life cycles can be continuously simulated, verified and optimised. Together with the Frauenhofer institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK), they perform high-level research to improve product and manufacturing chains. Planning, simulation and evaluation of experiments are carried out with the help of algorithms and methods of optimisation, data analysis, machine learning as well as stochastic processes. In order to establish a fruitful exchange between engineers working at IWF/IPK and mathematicians working at CMUP/LASI a two day meeting will take place on the 4. - 5. of July 2023 in order to join synergies and to explore possible future collaborations. A final round table discussion including some fund agents will conclude this meeting. The meeting is open to all academic community at the University of Porto and beyond.