Following the highly successful workshop of 18 March involving Advanced Manufacturing experts from the Vanguard Initiative (VI) Regions to discuss with the European Commission the development of a Smart Specialisation Platform for Advanced Manufacturing (SSP ADMA), the VI regions are organising a follow-up workshop on May 15 to discuss and validate the findings from the scoping study on Advanced Manufacturing activity across the VI regions and to agree next steps in developing a Smart Specialisation Platform in Advanced Manufacturing.