Industry Meets AI 2026

Industry event on productive AI deployment, Agentic AI, industrial scaling, and digital sovereignty, combining startup perspectives with expert sessions from Siemens, Capgemini, and IBM.

Industry Meets AI 2026, organized by Merantix Momentum and HANNOVER MESSE, brings together AI pioneers, industrial decision-makers, high-tech startups, and technical experts to discuss how artificial intelligence is moving from experimental use cases into productive deployment across core industrial processes.

This year’s focus is on concrete AI applications, Agentic AI, industrial scaling, and digital sovereignty. The program opens with a discussion involving Merantix Momentum and selected AI startups, followed by three rotating 30-minute expert sessions. Participants can choose between sessions with Siemens, Capgemini, and IBM covering industrial AI, enterprise-scale implementation, change management, hybrid cloud, and sovereign AI solutions.

The afternoon concludes with networking, drinks, and finger food, providing an opportunity to exchange ideas with speakers, startups, executives, CTOs, AI engineers, and founders.

Date: November 12, 2026
Time: 3:30–8:30 PM
Location: Merantix AI Campus, Max-Urich-Straße 3, 13355 Berlin
Organizers: Merantix AI Campus, Merantix Momentum, HANNOVER MESSE
Admission: Free, participation subject to approval
Language: German
Audience: Industry decision-makers, C-level executives, CTOs, AI engineers, founders, startups, and other professionals working with industrial AI
Focus: Productive AI deployment, Agentic AI, industrial scaling, digital sovereignty, manufacturing, logistics, energy, enterprise AI
Opening: Merantix Momentum with selected AI startups
Expert session: Dr. Julian Boha, Siemens AG
Expert session: Holger Maibaum and Antonia Zock, Capgemini Deutschland Holding
Expert session: Stephan Schnieber, IBM Deutschland
Session format: Three rotating 30-minute expert sessions
Program: Welcome, opening discussion, HANNOVER MESSE introduction, expert sessions, wrap-up, networking
Networking: From 6:10 PM with drinks and finger food