The French engineering school IMT Atlantique is organizing the aLIFE workshop between industry and academia, in Nantes during two days on January, 30-31 2018. The objective of this workshop is to share various experiences and success stories, as well as open challenges related to the contribution of software-related research to Factories of the Future, in French apport de l’industrie du Logiciel à l’Industrie du Futur Européenne (aLIFE). To this end, big multinational companies, as well as SMEs and academics will exchange through plenary sessions and discussion panels.