OVE Innovation Day 2026

The OVE Innovation Day brings together leading experts from industry, research, academia, government, and standardization to explore the technologies and ideas shaping our future. Join inspiring keynote speakers, innovation leaders, and pioneering researchers as they discuss the opportunities and challenges of digital transformation, sustainability, and industrial innovation.

From the Digital Product Passport and the future of European standards to space-based infrastructure monitoring and next-generation condition monitoring technologies, the OVE Innovation Day offers valuable insights into the trends driving innovation across sectors.

The event also provides a unique platform for networking, knowledge exchange, and celebrating outstanding achievements through the OVE Innovation Award and the Girls! TECH UP Role Model Award.

Program Highlights

10:00 amOpening Remarks
•    Gerhard Fida, OVE President
•    Georg Konetzky, Director General at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourism

10:10 amKeynote
•    Patricia Neumann, Siemens AG Austria

10:35 am - 1:00 pmStandardization
•    Keynote From Ambition to Trust: Standards as the Backbone of Climate Action. A View from EDF and French Standardization - Pascal Terrien, EDF Group
•    Digital Product Passport - Markus Reigl & Sebastian Käbisch, Siemens AG Germany
•    The Future of Harmonized EN (IEC) Standards and the EU Standardization Regulation ((EU) 1025/2012) - Arian Monem, STIHL Tirol GmbH

•    Panel Discussion: The Future of Standardization

2:00 - 3:40 pmInnovation Insights: Industry, Start-ups & Research
•    From Prediction to Preparedness: Innovation in an Uncertain World - Varvara Bezhenova, AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
•    Radar Interferometry: Innovative Monitoring of Civil Engineering Structures from Space - Philip Leopold, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
•    From Sensor Data to Machine States – Explainable Edge Intelligence for Industrial and Energy Systems - Fransisco Webber, SF² Systems GmbH
•    Towards deployable quantum communication: recent breakthroughs, challenges, and future perspectives - Valeria Saggio, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

4:05 - 4:45 pmInnovators in the OVE Universe
•    OVE Innovation Award: The Nominations
•    OVE Innovation Award: The Winning Project
•    The Girls! TECH UP Role Model Award / Michaela Leonhardt, OVE Fem Chairwoman

4:45 pmClosing Remarks
•    Daniel Herbst, OVE General Secretary
 

OVE Innovation Award 2026

The OVE Innovation Award will continue in 2026. The nominees have the possibility to pitch at the OVE Innovation Day. The winners will then be announced by the jury.

You can find out more about the OVE Innovation Day on our event website: www.ove-innovationday.at

The event is free of charge and will take place in hybrid form. Online participants will receive their personal link shortly before the event. However, registration is required.

Attendance of the event will be confirmed as professional training by a certificate from the OVE Academy.