Aras, a leading provider of digital thread solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM) and engineering AI, announced its 2026 Aras Connect Tour, a global event series focused on the theme “Adaptive Intelligence: AI, PLM, and the Future of Product Development.” The 2026 tour includes stops in Tokyo, Osaka, Stockholm, Milan, Paris and Frankfurt, and will expand into Taiwan and Australia for the first time with new events in Taipei, Canberra, and Brisbane, reflecting growing interest in AI-enabled product development and digital thread strategies across those regions.
Innovation requires more than connecting people, processes, and data. It demands systems that can learn, adapt, and provide context in real time. The event series will explore how AI-native PLM and intelligent digital threads enable organizations to move faster, reduce coordination complexity, and make more informed decisions earlier in the product lifecycle. Attendees will learn from real-world customer examples, gain practical insights from industry experts, and discover approaches for building more intelligent and adaptable product development processes.
Attendees will gain insight into how organizations are moving beyond disconnected tools and static processes through product development approaches enabled by AI and the digital thread. Sessions will cover emerging approaches to AI-assisted engineering, lifecycle intelligence and real-time decision support, as well as practical strategies for scaling these capabilities across global organizations.
Select tour stops will also include a Tech Summit for developers and technical users, with sessions led by Aras engineers and community members.
The events will take place on the following dates:
- Tokyo: June 16
- Canberra: August 11
- Brisbane: August 13
- Taipei: September 3
- Osaka: September 16
- Stockholm: October 6–7
- Paris: October 13–14
- Frankfurt: October 21–22
- Milan: November 5
“AI is creating new opportunities across engineering and product development, but it’s also exposing the limits of disconnected systems and fragmented processes,” said Leon Lauritsen, CEO of Aras. “Aras Connect 2026 brings together our global community to explore how AI-native PLM and intelligent digital threads are enabling organizations to move faster, improve coordination and make more confident decisions across the product lifecycle.”
