Programme 26 & 27 February 2026

(Choose your favourite day and stay as long as you like)

08:00   Breakfast snack | Networking

08:30    Welcome

08:45    Keynote “Retail vending machines in transition”

09:30   Coffee break

09:45    Workshops – Please select ONE workshop (Round 1)

-          1) Low-Cost-Automation for vending/service machines

-          2) Designing in tight installation spaces – save spaces, increase performance

-          3) 3D printing with high-performance plastics – from sample part so series production

-          4) Hygienic design – No dead space, no undercut, no product contamination

-          5) Design for cost – Smarter Development with the right online tools & component                                construction kit

11:00   Tours: Automation test laboratory OR igus factory

12:00   Lunch | Networking

13:00   Workshops – Please select ONE workshop (Round 2)

14:30   Tours: Automation test laboratory OR igus factory

15:30   Wrap-up | Networking

16:30   Culinary finale