ABISS BE 2026

Connecting every OT/IT dot in IIoT

For the 11th time, 1,200 visitors from industry and more than 95 technology partners will come together at this one-day industrial technology summit and networking exhibition. Here, they discover and benchmark the latest technology and insights on IIoT, smart, connected and secure.!

IIoT Success: It Takes Two to Transform. Those who want to make every relevant industrial process tomorrow—from sales to production, on the job floor as well as on the top floor—innovative, smarter and safer end-to-end, depend existentially on the secure insights of IT and the availability requirements of OT. Specifically, an ideal visit is always a combination of the lead innovation or automation representative from OT, with as a sidekick someone from IT with the necessary knowledge of how the world on the work floor functions. Hence, the data-driven smart factory of tomorrow can only be realised when both expertise and resources are made available from OT and IT. Therefore, the mission of ABISS in both Belgium and the Netherlands is unanimous: “Connecting every OT/IT dot in IIoT!”

Our research group will be present together with our partners from the TETRA VE∞X project, demonstrating applications in virtual engineering and virtual experience tailored to industrial needs in manufacturing and logistics.

📍 Kortrijk Xpo
🗓️ October 8 2026
⏱️ 09:00 - 17:00

A broad range of experts on the exhibition floor and stages

ABISS is “the place to be” for management and OT-IT teams from Benelux industry looking for solutions for digital processes within their organisation. The concept of a one-day event where you can immediately test the combined knowledge of IoT experts and future factories on an exhibition floor remains unchanged. The offering in terms of knowledge from experts, as well as the offering of technologies and partners, is divided into three main themes, namely: Industry of Things, Intelligence of Things and Security of Things.

The three pillars behind the success of ABISS as an event concept have been set in stone since 2016 and will remain so: Content - Concept - Context.

At ABISS, you will discover all available technological expertise in one day and benefit from shared knowledge in more than 18 Expert Classes and Break-outs.

For more information, check out the ABISS website.