Agenda 2026

Following is the schedule for the Forum.

Monday, February 9 - Pre-Forum Workshops

 Track 3Track 4
1:00 PMCybersecurity Program Introduction and Fortinet PresentationDriving Sustainability Performance through Autonomous Operations and Advanced Collaboration Workshop
(1-3 PM)
2:00 PMLeveraging AI and the Digital Ecosystem for Better OT Cybersecurity
3:30 PMBreak
4:00 PMEffective Secure Remote Access and Cybersecurity AssessmentsAccelerating the Open Digital Ecosystem (Asset Owners Only)
6-9 PMWelcome Reception

Tuesday, February 10

7:00 AMForum Registration and Continental Breakfast
Schneider Electric Breakfast: Making Industrial AI Work: Platforms, Protection, and Performance (Invitation Only)
Breakfast with Inductive Automation: Pancakes and the New Paradigm
8:30 AMKeynote Presentations by Industrial AI Pacesetters
10:00 AMBreak
10:30 AMExecutive Panel: The Pacesetters' Imperative: Software-Defined Automation Unlocking Physical Intelligence
12:00 PMLunch 
12:15 PMHexagon Executive Briefing: AI-Native Industrial Transformation: People, Platforms and Context
1:05 PMSiemens Workshop: From Process Orchestration to Industrial AI Orchestration: How Process Industries Move Toward Autonomous, Data Driven Operations
L&T Technology Services Workshop: Data Contextualization for Smart Manufacturing: Unlocking Value from Industrial AI
 Track 1Track 2Track 3Track 4
2:00 PMIndustrial AI's Journey from Prompt Engineering to Context EngineeringOpen Process Automation Forum: Today and TomorrowSmart Manufacturing: AI, Innovation & Resilience Strategies in an Era of UncertaintyPhysical Intelligence: A New Generation of Robotics
3:30 PMBreak
4:00 PMIndustrial Cybersecurity Case StudiesDigital Twins: Creating a Shared Reality for Operations Building Trust in AI and PdM for Better Asset Performance ManagementThe New Frontier of Operations and Supply Chain: AI, Resilience, and Intelligence
5:30 PMARC Networking Reception
6:45 PMCasino Night and Lite Dinner

Wednesday, February 11

7:00 AMForum Registration and Continental Breakfast
Siemens Breakfast: More Data, Fewer Decisions: Why AI in Manufacturing Stalls Without Context
8:30 AMKeynote and Executive Panel: The New Fabric of Demand: Modernizing Collaboration and Transparency for Real-time Production
10:00 AMBreak 
 Track 1Track 2Track 3Track 4
10:30 AMAssembling the Industrial Data Fabrics Foundations for Industrial AIIndustrial Cybersecurity Case StudiesThe New Industrial Playbook: Secure, Semantic, AI Ready Data with OPC UABeyond Effective Maintenance with Advanced Asset Management
12:00 PMLunch 
1:05 PMZEDEDA Workshop: Enabling Software-Defined Automation at the Industrial Edge
2:00 PMThe Practical Impact of Software Defined Automation on Operations Future Is Now: Operational Historians/Industrial Data Platforms, Digital Twins, AI, & What’s NextThe New Age of Digital and Connected Workers
3:30 PMBreak 
4:00 PMWorkshop for Building the Open Digital Ecosystem and Ontology for Plug and Play AI Operational Resilience: Thrive with Innovation and Industrial AI in Uncertainty EraConsiderations to Succeed in Autonomous Operations
6:30 PMReception and Dinner at SeaWorld Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin

Thursday, February 12

7:00 AMForum Registration and Continental Breakfast
 Track 3Track 4
8:30 AMThe Industrial Edge is Ushering in a Software-Defined WorldThe Industrial AI (R)Evolution: Bridging the Intelligence Divide in 2026
10:00 AMBreak
10:30 AMAI-enabled Digital Twins for Closed-Loop Optimization and WorkflowsEvolution or Revolution: ARC Analysts Discuss Trends in an AI Infused World
12:00 PMForum Ends with Boxed Lunches