As a Premium Partner of the prostep ivip Symposium 2026, CONTACT Software will show how companies can accelerate their digital transformation and build robust IT infrastructures using CONTACT Elements, AI, and the STACKIT cloud platform in collaboration with partners Schwarz Digits and AVL.
Rapid technological change, the push for sustainable processes, and mounting pressure to modernize are pushing industrial companies to rethink their strategies. Each year, the prostep ivip Symposium, Europe’s leading event on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and industrial digital transformation, brings together industry leaders and researchers to address these challenges and explore new solutions.
Under the theme “The Next Frontier: Agentic AI and the Rise of Software-Defined Industry”, the 2026 symposium will take place on April 14–15 at KAP Europa in Frankfurt.
As a Premium Partner, CONTACT Software reinforces its role as an innovation driver in the PLM space. Together with STACKIT from Schwarz Digits and AVL, CONTACT will present integrated solutions that help companies tap into AI-driven workflows, unlock the full value of their data, and maintain digital sovereignty.
At Booth 19–22, visitors can explore Engineering and Manufacturing Intelligence through an interactive demo built around an innovative electric race car manufacturer.
Using CONTACT Elements, PLM, and IoT, combined with CONTACT’s native AI infrastructure Fourier AI and the STACKIT cloud, CONTACT will demonstrate how an AI?driven platform can replace isolated point solutions and create a seamless, end?to?end digital backbone for industrial operations.
Several sessions will dive deeper into real?world customer use cases. In a keynote titled “Europe’s Industrial Moment: Why AI-Driven Platforms Outcompete Point Solutions”, CONTACT will highlight the importance of sovereign infrastructures and AI?driven development for strengthening European innovation.
Working with WOCO, CONTACT will present “AI?driven Requirements Engineering for Product Development”, showing how AI can automate the generation of test cases and streamline the development process. In cooperation with Big Dutchman, the session “Multimodal 3D Similarity Search: A Perspective on Research, Product Development, and Practical Application” will demonstrate how advanced 3D search technologies can boost component reuse and reduce engineering effort.
In addition, CONTACT’s experts will deliver two technical presentations. One will focus on how Digital Twins within Factory Life Cycle Management can optimize factory planning and operations. The other will explore the PLM?based Digital Product Passport, illustrating how continuous transparency across the entire product lifecycle supports traceability, compliance, and more sustainable decisions.
