As a premium partner of the prostep ivip Symposium 2026, CONTACT Software will demonstrate how companies can accelerate their digital transformation and build sovereign IT infrastructures with CONTACT Elements, AI and the use of STACKIT – together with our partners Schwarz Digits and AVL.
Rapid technological advancements, the demand for sustainable processes, and the pressure for digital transformation necessitate innovative strategies and technologies in industry. The prostep ivip Symposium , a leading event for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and digital transformation, brings together experts from industry and research every year to find answers to these pressing questions.
Under the motto "The Next Frontier: Agentic AI and the Rise of Software-Defined Industry," CONTACT Software, as a premium partner of the prostep ivip Symposium 2026, taking place from April 14-15 at KAP Europa in Frankfurt, underscores its role as an innovation leader. Together with STACKIT, the cloud offering from Schwarz Digits, and development partner AVL, CONTACT will present solutions that enable companies to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) as a driver of growth, unlock the full potential of their data, and ensure digital sovereignty.
CONTACT's keynote, entitled "Europe's Industrial Moment: Why AI-Driven Platforms Outcompete Point Solutions," highlights the crucial role of sovereign infrastructures and AI-driven development in the success and strengthening of European innovation. At booth 19-22, visitors can experience engineering and manufacturing intelligence firsthand. Using an interactive presentation of an innovative electric racing car manufacturer, CONTACT, together with its partner STACKIT , demonstrates how the intelligent interplay of PLM and IoT, combined with CONTACT's integrated Fourier AI infrastructure, creates a seamless end-to-end system and digital sovereignty.
Furthermore, CONTACT will provide in-depth insights into customer practices in several presentations at the symposium, ranging from increasing efficiency through AI to comprehensive lifecycle transparency. Together with WOCO, CONTACT will demonstrate, under the title "AI-driven Requirements Engineering for Product Development," how AI-supported requirements engineering accelerates the automation of test case generation in the development process. The presentation "Multimodal 3D Similarity Search: A Perspective on Research, Product Development, and Practical Application" with Big Dutchman will present how multimodal 3D similarity search promotes the reuse of complex components.
In addition, CONTACT's experts will present in two further technical lectures how factory planning and operation can be optimized using Digital Twin in Factory Life Cycle Management and how the Digital Product Passport based on PLM ensures continuous transparency along the entire product life cycle and supports sustainable decisions.
