The Swiss Data Science Center (SDSC), in collaboration with Empa and Bühler Group, co-organized a workshop to explore data-driven control methods in energy and manufacturing. The event brought together experts from academia and industry to discuss cutting-edge approaches like Rule-Based (RB) Controllers, Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Reinforcement Learning (RL). Participants examined real-world applications and addressed the challenges of adopting these advanced methods in production environments.