Food for Thought
Food for Thought: Experience Zone & Playground
AI isn’t just improving small tasks - it’s transforming how companies design, decide, and work together. At the 3DEXPERIENCE Conference 2026, top industrial leaders, tech experts, and decision-makers will show how AI is creating real-world results.
Who’s there? Big names like Aircraft Industries, NVIDIA, ZF Windpower, OMRON, and more - all sharing real examples of AI in action.
Agenda - Sprint Stations
Sprint Station 1: Governance
| Effective governance is the foundation for successful product innovation. Learn how leading organizations connect teams, processes, and information to achieve seamless collaboration and digital continuity. Explore how AI-powered governance and virtual companions help transform organizational data into actionable insights, enabling faster decisions, proactive risk management, and greater business agility. |
11:15am - 11:30am CEST Collaboration and Communication in Development Projects
11:35am - 11:50am CEST Digital Continuity from Concept to Finished Product
11:55am - 12:10pm CEST Empowering Users with Virtual Companions
12:15pm - 12:30pm CEST AI-driven Digital Governance
Sprint Station 2: Systems Engineering for Software-Defined Products
| Through three real-world examples from medical technology, robotics, and automotive, this track demonstrates how Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) forms the backbone of developing complex software-defined products. Using a continuous digital thread on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, the sessions show how requirements, system architecture, engineering, simulation, validation, and user experience are seamlessly connected. Discover how Virtual Twins and an end-to-end systems engineering approach accelerate innovation, improve compliance, and bridge the gap between the virtual and physical worlds. |
11:15am - 11:30am CEST Digital Continuity from Model to Twin: MBSE as the Foundation for Accurate Virtual Twins, Validated via Co-Simulation of a Robotic Arm
11:35am - 11:50am CEST Compliant Medical Device Development: How 3DExperience Aligns Teams for Faster Innovation
11:55am - 12:10pm CEST Software-defined Vehicle: End-to-End from Concept to User Experience with 3DLive
Sprint Station 3: Modeling & Simulation
| Modeling and simulation are becoming the backbone of next-generation engineering, enabling organizations to design, validate, and optimize products in a fully virtual environment. This track explores how AI-powered engineering transforms the entire workflow from design to validation, how Simulation Process Data Management ensures consistency and traceability of simulation data, and how the transition from CATIA V5 to 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA unlocks new levels of integration and collaboration |
11:15am - 11:30am CEST AI-powered Engineering - From Design to Validation
11:35am - 11:50am CEST Simulation Process Data Management
11:55am - 12:10pm CEST Bringing Next-Generation CATIA to Life - From CATIA V5 to 3DEXPERIENCE CATIA
Sprint Station 4: Supply Chain, Production Preparation and Automation
| Speed is a critical success factor in modern operations. This track showcases how Virtual Twins, AI, and software-defined approaches help organizations accelerate supply chain planning, streamline production preparation, and transform manufacturing automation. Explore innovative solutions that improve visibility, enhance productivity, increase flexibility, and enable smarter, faster decisions from the supply chain through to shop-floor execution. |
11:15am - 11:30am CEST Supply Chain - Visibility Equals Speed
11:35am - 11:50am CEST Production Preparation - From Virtual to Real in Record Time
11:55am - 12:10pm CEST Software-defined Automation - Going the Last Mile
Sprint Station 5: AI-Powered Virtual Twin Experiences
| Harness the power of Industrial AI to elevate Virtual Twins beyond visualization into intelligent systems for prediction, optimization, and decision-making. Explore how AI assistants and Virtual Twins of products, processes, and organizations help transform enterprise knowledge into actionable insights, accelerate engineering and innovation, and enable smarter, data-driven business decisions. |
11:15am - 11:30am CEST AI Discovery - Enterprise Knowledge empowered by AURA
11:35am - 11:50am CEST AI-powered Virtual Twin of an Organization
11:55am - 12:10pm CEST AI Discovery - Mechanical & Process Engineering empowered by LEO
Sprint Station 6: Connect the Experience | Implement. Integrate. Migrate. Collaborate. - Powered by CENIT
| How can organizations successfully transform their digital landscape end to end—from strategy to execution? Through four focus areas, it demonstrates how enterprises implement scalable change, integrate systems, processes, and people, migrate from legacy environments to continuous digital foundations, and enable collaboration across the value chain. Discover how a connected approach powered by CENIT helps turn complexity into clarity and drives sustainable innovation on a unified platform. |
11:15am - 11:30am CEST Implement the Change cenitIMPLEMENT - From Strategy to Scalable Execution
11:35am - 11:50am CEST Integrate the Enterprise cenitINTEGRATE - Connecting Systems, Processes and People
11:55am - 12:10pm CEST Migrate the Foundation cenitMIGRATE - From Legacy to Digital Continuity
12:15pm - 12:30pm CEST Collaborate the Future cenitCOLLABORATE - One Platform. One Team. Endless Innovation
What You’ll See & Learn
Industrial AI & Virtual Twins: Smarter Knowledge, Better Decisions
AI helps companies use their expertise more effectively - automating processes, protecting ideas, and making knowledge easier to access in a secure digital space.
Intelligent Governance: From Idea to Product
No more gaps between teams or data. AI connects every step - design, decisions, and production - so everything runs smoother and faster.
Software-Defined Products: The Backbone of Modern Product Development
Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is the foundation for software-defined products, connecting requirements, software, hardware, electrical and mechanical engineering, manufacturing, and quality management in one seamless process. The result is full traceability, consistent collaboration, and efficient integration across the entire product lifecycle.
AI-Driven Engineering & Simulation: Faster, Greener Innovation
From raw materials to final products, AI-powered engineering and simulation help companies innovate sustainably - faster and smarter. Take the NatureFibreBike5.0 project: by combining digital models and real-world testing, it proved that natural fiber composites can be ready for mass production
Rethinking Manufacturing: Real-Time Insights, Fewer Delays
What if production, supply chains, and automation worked together seamlessly? Virtual Twins make it possible - giving real-time visibility so teams can make quicker, smarter decisions at every stage. The result? A stronger, more flexible operation from start to finish.
Immersive Product Simulation: Next-Level Product Testing with Virtual Reality
See the future of car design - where cutting-edge tech meets real-world testing. Using the Apple Vision Pro, we blend smart engineering with ultra-realistic simulations, letting you step inside your designs before they’re even built.
