The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, in collaboration with Maxbyte Technologies, successfully completed the first cohort on Industry 4.0 Championship Program to equip employees of 10 food manufacturing factories in Abu Dhabi with Industry 4.0 skills. Maxbyte was selected to provide an experiential, interactive, and outcome-oriented, lifelong learning program. The graduation ceremony of first cohort was held at the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Industrial Talent Majlis, on 25th May 2023 at the Emirates Palace. This championship program motivates industries to inspire, implement and adapt the smart and sustainable manufacturing transformation. The certified champions expressed their appreciation and interest to apply knowledge and skills they learnt during the program to accelerate transformation for their enterprises to Industry 4.0.