Global gathering · berlin 2026

The Global Operational Excellence, Business Transformation & Process Improvement Forum

25–27 November 2026 Berlin, Germany 1200+ senior executives
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What you will learn

This is not a theoretical summit. Every session is designed to give you actionable frameworks, proven methodologies, and the confidence to lead change.

1. Lead Transformation

Move from managing projects to leading enterprise-wide change. Learn how to align strategy, culture, and leadership to create unstoppable momentum. You'll leave with a blueprint for building genuine buy-in from the boardroom to the front line.

2. Build a Sustainable OpEx Culture

Go beyond tools and techniques. Discover how to embed continuous improvement into the DNA of your organization, overcoming change fatigue and making excellence a daily habit, not a quarterly initiative.

3. Leverage AI & Automation Strategically

Cut through the hype. You'll learn exactly where and how to apply AI and hyperautomation to drive efficiency and create new value, with practical roadmaps for governance and implementation.

4. Govern for Success

Establish the frameworks and accountability systems that ensure your transformation initiatives deliver lasting results. Learn from years of real-world successes and failures.

5. Future-Proof Your Organization

Understand the trends shaping the next decade – from business reinvention to workforce transformation – and learn how to pivot from incremental improvement to continuous reinvention.

About the forum

This is the definitive event for senior leaders who need to make transformation stick. Based on insights from three previous editions (2021, 2022, 2025), we've built a program that tackles the real reasons initiatives fail: culture, change fatigue, and poor governance.

You'll hear from practitioners who have led successful (and sometimes failed) transformations. They'll share not just the highlights, but the pitfalls to avoid, the frameworks that worked, and the leadership behaviors that make all the difference.

  • AI & hyperautomation
  • lean & design thinking
  • culture & change
  • process mining
  • agile at scale
  • people empowerment

Your takeaway

A cross‑industry blueprint for building a resilient, efficient, and future‑proof organization. You'll leave with practical tools to drive AI adoption, lead cultural change, and sustain strategy deployment year after year.

Key topics & your takeaways

Building Commitment to Change

Learn a step‑by‑step framework to diagnose stakeholder resistance and build engagement plans that turn skeptics into champions. You'll practice applying these principles to your own change scenarios.

📘 takeaway: practical framework

Navigating Process Governance Challenges

Design a governance model that aligns strategy, processes, and transformation initiatives. You'll learn how to choose the right mapping tools, integrate automation, and fine‑tune governance to avoid wasted effort.

⚙️ takeaway: governance blueprint

Process Management as the Cornerstone

Elevate process management from a "dull exercise" to a strategic capability. Understand how to use BPM to drive agility, ensure compliance, and create a single source of truth for operations.

📊 takeaway: strategic BPM roadmap

Fueling Success with the Lean Business System

Connect the gemba to the boardroom. Learn how an integrated Lean system powers corporate performance by linking daily work to strategic financial goals, not just cost-cutting.

📈 takeaway: lean performance link

Accelerate Business Outcomes with AI

Gain clarity on high‑impact use cases for AI in process automation and data analysis. Learn how to structure a pilot that delivers tangible ROI and how to adapt roles and governance to accelerate AI impact.

🤖 takeaway: AI pilot blueprint

Driving Enterprise Level Transformation

Master the essential skills to facilitate change across your entire enterprise. Learn how to invest in assets, infrastructure, and people to scale transformation and avoid wasted investment.

🏢 takeaway: scaling framework

Sustaining Strategy Deployment

Avoid the "flavor of the month" trap. Learn how to implement accountability systems and develop leadership skills that keep strategy deployment alive year-over-year, with lessons from 10+ years of practice.

🎯 takeaway: accountability systems

Shifting to Business Reinvention

Challenge your assumptions. This session helps you think beyond optimization to true business model innovation, paving the way for new growth horizons in a rapidly changing world.

🚀 takeaway: reinvention mindset

Workforce Transformation through Digital Enablement

Learn practical strategies for upskilling and reskilling your workforce. Create a culture of continuous learning that embraces digital tools and empowers employees to drive improvement.

🧠 takeaway: digital upskilling plan

Creating Enterprise-Wide Operational Excellence

Embed OpEx into your organization's DNA. Move from isolated projects to a way of working that enables agility and resilience at scale, with insights on new ways of working.

🌐 takeaway: enterprise OpEx model

Harmony in Change: Uniting Leadership, Culture & Innovation

Learn to act as a "harmonizer" within your organization. Align leadership vision, cultural values, and innovative practices to create a unified and powerful transformation force.

🎼 takeaway: alignment framework

Agenda focus

Business Transformation
Digital Transformation
Operational Excellence Strategy
Transformational Leadership
Process Continuous Improvement
Change Management
AI & Intelligent Automation
People & Mind-set Transformation

Why attend?

Hands-On Learning

Experience practical design thinking tools and R&D methods you can apply immediately to real-world challenges. Learn how to move from insight to prototype faster and with greater confidence.

State-of-the-Art R&D Topics

Engage with forward-looking perspectives on innovation strategy, human-centered design, AI-enabled R&D, and modern ways of working through keynotes, case studies, and expert-led discussions.

Industry-Relevant Insights

Explore how leading organizations are transforming across industries. Gain focused insights aligned with your sector, priorities, and innovation maturity.

Stay Ahead of Innovation Trends

Understand emerging trends shaping the future: from digital experimentation and automation to sustainable innovation and customer-driven development.

Meaningful Networking

The most formidable platform to exchange leading-edge practices with influential peers, engage with partners, and find solutions to impact your bottom line.

Designed for

Heads of OpEx / CI VP Transformation Process Excellence Leads Automation & AI Directors Change Management Plant / Operations Directors BPM / CoE Leads R&D OpEx

Industries represented

AutomotivePharmaEnergy LogisticsManufacturingBanking RetailHealthcareTechnology AerospaceTelecomChemicals InsuranceConsumer goodsMining

2026 multi‑track agenda

Day 1 · workshops

  • Design thinking for OpEx (off‑site)
  • Process governance & alignment
  • Cultivating commitment to change
  • Hyperautomation blueprint
  • High‑performance teamwork

Day 2 · main conference

  • Leadership & innovation keynote
  • Breakouts: wellbeing, hybrid EVP, authentic leadership
  • Sustaining strategy deployment
  • AI's impact on roles & governance
  • Celebration gala dinner

Day 3 · deep dives

  • Intelligent automation & hyperautomation
  • Process mining, RPA, BPM synergies
  • Conquering mountains of change
  • From standardization to automation
  • Igniting transformation closing talk

investment

conference
€2899 +VAT

3‑day full access · workshops, keynotes, lunches, gala dinner

speaker pack
€3999 +VAT

full delegate pass + speaker lounge & VIP networking

virtual online
€2499 +VAT

livestream main hall + selected breakouts · interactive Q&A

exhibition
€5999 +VAT

2x2m booth, 2 full passes, logo visibility

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Berlin, 25–27 November 2026 · 1200+ attendees expected