INNO DAYS 2026

 15 July

 2.00-2.15 pm CEST

Presenter: Oliver Winzenried, CEO and Founder of WIBU-SYSTEMS AG

Our guests will be personally welcomed by the CEO and department heads, setting the stage for an engaging and insightful journey. After receiving the day’s orientation and practical information, we will come together to establish the tone for a memorable experience, one defined by innovation, collaboration, and valuable knowledge-sharing.

 15 July

 2.15-2.45 pm CEST

Presenter: Dr. Christian Schmidt, Director Technology, Siemens Digital Logistics

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the core value creation processes of industrial enterprises, from engineering and production development to operations. This session explores how Siemens brings AI to industrial-grade standards, combining multimodal models with domain-specific knowledge of engineering and manufacturing. The focus is on agentic AI, which moves beyond copilots toward autonomous, goal-driven process execution. Using real-world examples from the shopfloor, the talk demonstrates how AI reduces engineering complexity, accelerates configuration, predicts downtime, and enables proactive optimization, transforming how industrial software is configured, used, and scaled.

 15 July

 2.45-3.15 pm CEST

Presenter: Klaus Bauer, Head of Research (Smart Factory Infrastructure), TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG

Smart factories are entering a new phase where AI not only optimizes processes but increasingly supports safety-critical decisions. This session explores how data, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity technologies transform production workflows and operational control, while raising new challenges around trust, integrity, and resilience. Building on research initiatives such as KIbSIS, it examines how AI can be securely integrated into safety functions, enabling automated decision-making under defined conditions. Practical insights highlight efficiency gains, advanced automation, and emerging risks, alongside approaches for protecting AI systems and ensuring reliable, scalable deployment in industrial environments.

 15 July

 3.15-3.45 pm CEST

 During the networking breaks, attendees are invited to make the most of dedicated time for deeper conversations about their projects, discussions around key takeaways from the sessions, and hands-on visits to the showcase and demo areas.

Beyond the latest innovations from Wibu-Systems, you will have the opportunity to meet INFORMATICS, a long-standing solution partner of ours. With extensive expertise in integrating CodeMeter License Central into SAP environments, they enable seamless license management within complex enterprise infrastructures. Their consultancy services have helped organizations streamline workflows, improve transparency, and enhance operational efficiency.

 15 July

 3.45-4.15 pm CEST

Presenter: Prof. Dr. Joern Mueller-Quade, Chair of the Cryptography and Security Group KASTEL, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Secure computation on confidential data has evolved from theoretical breakthroughs to practical architectures. Techniques such as fully homomorphic encryption and secret sharing enable processing on encrypted or distributed data; yet, their performance often limits large-scale use cases like AI model training. This is where confidential computing comes into play, leveraging trusted hardware to isolate and protect computations. The talk presents a novel secure enclave architecture, outlines its underlying trust assumptions, highlights efficiency gains, and briefly considers how hardware-based roots of trust can further reinforce these secure environments.

 15 July

 4.15-4.45 pm CEST

Presenter: Ruediger Kuegler, VP Professional Services, WIBU-SYSTEMS AG

As software becomes a central value driver across industries, licensing evolves from a technical safeguard into an operational platform that directly supports business strategy. This talk introduces Licensing-as-a-Service as a guided, ready-to-use approach to professional software licensing. Using CodeMeter LaaS, we show how integrated software protection, standard yet combinable license models, and centralized portals for vendors and end users enable faster market entry without sacrificing security, flexibility, or long-term scalability. The session covers architectural principles, supported license containers, and practical implications for industrial software vendors at different stages of maturity.

 15 July

 4.45-5.15 pm CEST

Presenter: Maximilian Moser, Consultant Industrial & Product Security, Open Source in Industry, VDMA e.V. Software and Digitization

With the Cyber Resilience Act on the horizon, the mechanical engineering sector is rethinking vulnerability management across increasingly complex supply chains. Machines today integrate components from multiple, often changing suppliers, making transparency and coordination critical. This session outlines how automated processes and end-to-end visibility, from component manufacturers to system integrators and operators, enable effective vulnerability handling at scale. By extending responsibility beyond individual products, the approach builds cyber resilience across entire value chains, ensuring that security becomes a shared, continuous process rather than a fragmented, reactive effort.

 15 July

 7.00-10.00 pm CEST

Join fellow attendees, speakers, and hosts for an exclusive networking dinner in a relaxed atmosphere. Continue the day’s discussions, build new relationships, and exchange ideas beyond the conference setting.

Venue details and logistics will be published soon.

 16 July

 8.30-9.00 am CEST

 Enjoy a warm welcome, morning coffee, and open networking in the showcase area. Reconnect with fellow participants, meet new contacts, and prepare for another day of insights, innovation, and expert exchange.

 16 July

 9.00-9.30 am CEST

Presenter: Caren Kresse, Compliance and Technology, Open Source Automation, Development Lab (OSADL) eG

With the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) approaching, manufacturers are accelerating preparations; yet, key practical questions remain. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) introduces specific challenges: responsibility for integrated components, management of internal and external contributions, and potential conflicts between CRA requirements and FOSS license obligations. Additional complexity arises with components added post-deployment and the evolving responsibilities of manufacturers. Drawing on insights from Open Source Automation Development Lab members, this session explores both risks and opportunities, including how CRA-driven processes can strengthen development practices and how FOSS communities are adapting.

 16 July

 9.30-10.00 am CEST

Presenter: Axel Engelmann, R&D Software, Team Lead Protection Technologies, WIBU-SYSTEMS AG

A well-integrated application protection strategy is a prerequisite for economic success and compliance with increasingly stringent regulatory requirements. Tools used by attackers to analyze and manipulate software are becoming more powerful through advanced technologies. In particular, the integration of artificial intelligence is steadily reducing the effectiveness of traditional protection techniques. Implementing effective protection mechanisms is often a complex process that requires deep understanding of both the application and the protection system. With the new automated technologies of AxProtector NC, this process is significantly simplified, enabling a very high level of protection to be achieved with just a few clicks.

 16 July

 10.00-10.30 am CEST

 During the networking breaks, attendees are invited to make the most of dedicated time for deeper conversations about their projects, discussions around key takeaways from the sessions, and hands-on visits to the showcase and demo areas.

 16 July

 10.30-11.00 am CEST

Presenter: Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt.Ing., Axel Sikora, Head of the Institute of Reliable Embedded Systems and Communication Electronics (ivESK), Offenburg University of Applied Sciences

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) unlocks new possibilities for OT systems, from improved efficiency to enhanced services and user experiences. Yet, securing communication between highly distributed, resource-constrained nodes over limited-bandwidth networks remains a major challenge, especially as many legacy fieldbus systems lack built-in protection. This session explores current advances in IIoT communication security, from research to real-world deployment, including secure fieldbus protocols, cross-domain credential management, hardware-based security for edge devices, and AI-driven monitoring to protect distributed OT networks while maintaining safety and reliability.

 16 July

 11.00-11.30 am CEST

Presenter: Steffen Allert, Owner, StAl Consult

Sales is being transformed by AI and the always-on nature of the Internet, which have raised customer expectations for speed, convenience, accessibility, and personalization. Automation is taking over routine tasks, allowing sales professionals to focus more on relationship-building and strategic engagement. At the same time, Millennials and Gen Z are reshaping sales through their preference for authenticity, transparency, mobile-first interactions, and value-driven brands. Real-world examples show how companies use AI to optimize engagement, streamline workflows, and improve sales enablement. The future belongs to organizations that combine technological innovation with empathy, adaptability, and human insight.

 16 July

 11.30 am-12.00 pm CEST

Presenter: Stefan Bamberg, Director Sales and Key Account Management, WIBU-SYSTEMS AG

The Cyber Resilience Act introduces binding cybersecurity requirements across the entire lifecycle of digital products. Meeting these obligations requires more than documentation; it demands technical mechanisms that remain enforceable after deployment. This session shows how protection and licensing translate regulatory requirements into operational control, enabling activation, access restrictions, remediation, and secure end-of-life handling. As compliance drives system design, a new generation of products is emerging, where hardware-based roots of trust and integrated licensing mechanisms form the foundation for resilient, controllable, and future-ready digital systems.

 16 July

 12.00-1.30 pm CEST

The lunch break will take place in the top-floor canteen, offering a comfortable setting to relax and continue conversations. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with Wibu-Systems staff and available speakers, exchange perspectives, and discuss market developments in an informal atmosphere.

 16 July

 1.30-2.00 pm CEST

Presenter: Dipl.-Inform. Univ. Dieter Hess, Managing Director / CEO, CODESYS GmbH

As industrial automation becomes increasingly software-defined, protecting intellectual property and enabling flexible monetization are critical. With CODESYS Security, developers can safeguard IEC 61131-3 applications against reverse engineering and tampering while maintaining full control over how their software is used in the field. Deeply integrated into the CODESYS environment, the solution combines strong encryption, signed applications, and license-based control models. Real-world examples from the shopfloor illustrate these capabilities. The presentation also highlights the integration of third-party products into the licensing infrastructure, as well as the automation of the software license ordering and delivery process.

 16 July

 2.00-2.30 pm CEST

Presenter: Jens Wiesner, Head of Department, Industrial Control and Automation Systems, German Federal Office for Information Security

As cyber threats intensify and digital systems remain widely vulnerable despite measurable progress, cybersecurity must evolve from reactive defense to industrialized, scalable protection. The concept of the Cyberdome, driven by the German Federal Office for Information Security, addresses this gap with a partially automated framework for continuous threat detection, analysis, and coordinated response. By combining sensor-based anomaly detection, aggregated threat intelligence, and structured incident handling, it creates a unified security layer, particularly for critical infrastructures and interconnected ecosystems. The session explores its architecture, operational principles, and its alignment with European initiatives such as NIS2 and the CRA.

 16 July

 2.30-3.00 pm CEST

 During the networking breaks, attendees are invited to make the most of dedicated time for deeper conversations about their projects, discussions around key takeaways from the sessions, and hands-on visits to the showcase and demo areas.

 16 July

 3.00-4.30 pm CEST

Panelists:

• Jens Wiesner, Head of Department, Industrial Control and Automation Systems, German Federal Office for Information Security
• Maximilian Moser, Consultant Industrial & Product Security, Open Source in Industry, VDMA e.V. Software and Digitization
• Nisveta Sivro, Cybersecurity Manager, Schneider Electric Automation GmbH
• Oliver Winzenried, CEO and founder, WIBU-SYSTEMS AG

Moderator: Steve Atkins, Publisher & Editor, The Quantum Space

Digital vulnerabilities are no longer exceptions but an inherent part of complex, software-defined industrial environments. The challenge is not only to prevent breaches, but to detect, assess, and respond to them with speed and precision. This discussion explores how secure-by-design development, continuous monitoring, coordinated incident response, and enforceable control mechanisms can work together to reduce exposure and limit impact. It also addresses the growing role of regulation, supply chain dependencies, and shared responsibility across stakeholders. In an evolving threat landscape shaped by automation and scale, resilience depends on the ability to act decisively and adapt continuously. The link to join the roundtable live on YouTube will be shared soon. Stay tuned and participate remotely in this timely discussion with leading voices from industry, government, and cybersecurity.

Special Focus: ENFORCERS – Enhanced Cooperation for Cybersecurity

ENFORCERS addresses one of the most pressing challenges in industrial cybersecurity: connecting early threat detection with coordinated response and secure software updates across OT environments. The project brings together industry and research to build a system platform that links incident monitoring, cross-organizational collaboration, and trusted update mechanisms into a continuous “system circle.” With partners such as Schneider Electric and VDMA, and under the coordination of Wibu-Systems, the initiative reflects a shared commitment to scalable resilience, strengthening secure lifecycle management and cross-domain cooperation – principles that will be mirrored in the discussions, roundtable, and exchanges at INNO DAYS.

To benefit from the special hotel rate, please confirm your booking by June 26, 2026. While we remain flexible with event registrations, we recommend signing up by July 3, 2026, to ensure a smooth experience. Registrations will remain open until the day before the event begins, but early registration helps us plan effectively and tailor the experience to your needs.

Registrations are accepted exclusively from corporate or institutional email addresses. Personal email domains are not permitted. Our team will verify all registrations to ensure that the provided contact details are accurate and meet this requirement.

The main value of INNO DAYS lies in the conference sessions, where key insights and industry discussions take place. The networking dinner is an exclusive opportunity for those attending the event to connect in a more informal setting.

Unfortunately, walk-ins are not permitted. Only registered participants will be granted access to the event. Attendees arriving without prior registration will be turned away at the entrance.

Wibu-Systems is pleased to cover the full event experience, including catering for the networking dinner on July 15 and lunch on July 16. However, for attendees requiring accommodation, we have arranged a special rate with Holiday Inn Express Karlsruhe, but the cost of the stay is at your own expense.

If your plans change, kindly inform our team as soon as possible, and we will take care of the necessary arrangements.

Our parking area can accommodate up to 20 guest vehicles. Additionally, there is usually ample free parking available in the surrounding area, including along Zimmerstrasse, where our headquarters are located.

All sessions will be recorded, but only the roundtable discussion will be made available on our YouTube channel. The other recordings will not be shared, making in-person attendance the only way to gain full access to the insights presented.

A professional photographer will be onsite to capture key moments, and the images will be shared with attendees and used for promotional purposes. Upon arrival, you will be asked to sign a waiver. While you are welcome to take personal photos, please respect the privacy of other guests. However, recording the sessions is not allowed.

The event will be conducted entirely in English, ensuring a seamless experience for an international audience. No translation services – neither in person nor automated – will be provided.