Transform 2026 stage programme

10:00 - 10:45 | Why trusted technology partners will define the AI era
We kick of Siemens Transform 2026 with insight on how businesses in the UK can capitalise on technology and digital transformation, adopting Industrial AI at pace, to support their aims of becoming more competitive, resilient and sustainable. Hear how AI is scaling into the physical world and how customers, partners and specialist teams from across the Siemens ecosystem are creating tangible real-world outcomes from AI.

Speakers:

Brian Holliday, CEO, Siemens UK and special guests

11:15 - 12:00 | How can organisations accelerate implementation while managing the human impact?
Artificial Intelligence is transforming infrastructure at an unprecedented pace, creating new opportunities, but are we deploying the technology at a pace quick enough to reap the rewards? And, how do we ensure that we iterate and innovate while also reflecting the needs of society – how do we give AI a purpose?

This main stage session brings together leading experts in AI adoption for power grids, buildings and infrastructure to explore how organisations can accelerate implementation while managing the human impact. We’ll uncover lessons from AI’s current applications in industry and discuss how these insights can be scaled to benefit society - enhancing flexibility in busy cities, sustainability, and quality of life.

The conversation will tackle critical questions: How do we give AI a clear purpose in supporting the energy transition? How do we ensure ethical integration into buildings and city planning? And how can AI help design smarter, healthier communities?

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on shaping an AI-powered future that works for people.

13:00 - 13:45 | Bringing AI into the real – from general purpose to industrial purpose
How are digitalisation, converging IT and OT platforms, Industrial AI, automation and robotics transforming the factory of the future? Hear from manufacturing leaders on how industries can accelerate at pace with Industrial AI.

14:15 - 15:00 | Cutting through the hype and making it practical
AI is driving change in the digital world at pace - allowing tasks to be automated using LLMs and AI agents to make human-centric decisions to streamline processes. Now, the next frontier is taking the AI into the physical space. The session will cover AI innovation through to real life deployment at scale – and how businesses can separate tangible impact from the hype.

15:30 - 16:15 | Economic transformation - carbon, climate, nature and competitiveness
Economic transformation is central to future competitiveness. As organisations respond to climate risk, carbon reduction and growing pressure on natural resources, the challenge is to deliver growth while cutting emissions and restoring nature. This session will explore how industry and government should align sustainability with productivity, drawing on real-world examples and emerging policy approaches.

10:00 - 10:45 | What every leader must know
Cyber security regulations are evolving at breakneck speed, both around the world and in the UK. For organisations, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Non-compliance can mean financial penalties, reputational damage, and operational disruption. This session will decode the latest regulatory changes impacting industry and outline strategic steps organisations need to take today to ensure they’re protected and they have mitigated risk. Expect candid insights from experts across the cybersecurity landscape from Government to industry.

11:15 - 12:00 | Navigating the productivity paradox
The rise of generative AI has everyone asking, “what is the role of humans?” And yet, at the same time, a major skills crisis continues to hinder UK productivity and growth. Where should the skills agenda shift in the world of AI. Is the growth of generative AI a salve to the country’s skills crisis, or does it create new need to invest in future-proof skills to create better opportunities to deploy technology?

11:00 - 11:25
FIA and Siemens’ partnership is reshaping the future of global motorsport through advanced digital twin technology. As the FIA’s Official Digital Twin Sponsor, Siemens provides its Xcelerator portfolio and Designcenter NX software to create highly accurate virtual race car models, enabling engineers to test aerodynamic performance and safety with unprecedented precision. This virtual first approach eliminates thousands of physical prototypes, cuts environmental impact, and accelerates innovation across Formula 1-4 regulations. Together, Siemens and the FIA are delivering a new era of safer, more sustainable, high performance racing – showcasing how digital engineering is supporting one of the world’s highest precision sports.

11:30 - 11:55
Hear from Ann Carruthers, Director of Growth, Environment and Transport, Leicestershire County Council and Chris Thompson, Area Sales Director, Siemens

In the face of ongoing funding challenges, local authorities are under immense pressure to deliver essential services. Join us to hear Leicestershire County Council's inspiring story of resilience. Ann Carruthers will share how they've leveraged technology, including Brightly Confirm, to transform their operations, drive efficiency and deliver better outcomes for their community. Chris Thompson will join her on stage to translate Leicestershire’s learnings into a practical model for anyone managing critical infrastructure assets.

12:30 - 12:55
What if you could experience the authentic acoustics of world-famous concert halls - without ever setting foot inside it? In this session, Siemens demonstrates how digital twins, high-fidelity acoustic simulation, and immersive XR technologies are pushing the boundaries of virtual sound experiences. Powered by the Simcenter simulation portfolio, Siemens virtually recreates famous venues - such as the Hallé St Peter's in Manchester, the Great Festival Hall in Salzburg as well as the Nationaltheater in Munich - in a XR-application, called Sound of Science. The app enables users to interactively experience how acoustics shift with movement, stage positioning, and room configurations.

Developed with long-standing partners from the arts and cultural sector, Sound of Science highlights how Siemens leverages acoustical digital twins across industries from automotive and aerospace to architecture and manufacturing - reducing prototypes, accelerating development, lowering costs, and enabling more sustainable design.

13:00 - 13:25
Siemens has recently launched new Sinteso Nova and Cerberus Nova fire detector portfolio, set to transform traditional fire safety into a proactive, smart, and connected approach, part of the foundation of technologies that pave the way toward autonomous buildings.

With their advanced technology, these systems are designed to meet various needs across industries such as healthcare, higher education, data centers, and commercial real estate. The fully IoT-connected portfolio enables 24/7 self-checks, real-time monitoring, remote diagnostics, and predictive maintenance. By moving from periodic checks to continuous, data-driven, self-supervising systems, we’re laying the foundation for truly human-centric, autonomous buildings. By automating testing, delivering real-time insights, and enabling remote action, these solutions protect people while freeing up staff to focus on strategic priorities. showcasing how devices can support a more optimised built environment.

13:30 - 13:55
Modern manufacturing organisations need to connect field performance to engineering decisions, correlate production data with design configurations, and enable governed, decision-first AI; and they need to do this with separate systems that each do their specific job well, however none that currently enable cross lifecycle learning on their own. Hear how real-life organisations have solved these issues this utilising closed-loop lifecycle management with Siemens Asset Management Software that focuses on integrating feedback across design, build, and operate phases without replacing existing systems.

14:00 - 14:25
As buildings evolve beyond “smart”, this session explores the shift to truly human centric autonomous infrastructure using Industrial AI. Drawing on insights from Siemens’ Autonomous Buildings whitepaper, the discussion will examine how AI driven systems can learn, anticipate and act and how the UK built environment can use these systems to optimise energy use, comfort, safety and performance. Referencing Siemens’ 2025 Infrastructure Transition Monitor and its Human-Centric Autonomous Buildings Whitepaper, the session will highlight why autonomy is emerging as a critical enabler of decarbonisation, resilience and long term value in the built environment.

A live Q&A with Andrew Smyth, Head of Buildings-Sustainability at Siemens, and Richard Todd, Head of Built Environment at Bidwells, will unpick how the market can start to fully adopt and integrate technology to scale deployment.

14:30 - 14:55
From massive LED displays in football stadiums to complex lighting systems at concert venues and critical infrastructure in banks, conventional circuit protection falls short of today's demands. This keynote introduces the Siemens SENTRON ECPD, a breakthrough device combining semiconductor technology with electromechanical components to revolutionise circuit protection.

15:00 - 15:25 (TBC)
Decarbonisation is central to future industrial resilience. In this session, Airbus shares how it is combining purpose-driven sustainability with operational robustness across its manufacturing footprint. Drawing on its partnership with Siemens, the discussion will explore how scalable solutions (from smart energy systems to low-carbon heat and digitalisation) are reducing emissions, cutting energy demand, and strengthening long-term performance. The session will examine what it takes to decarbonise at scale, the role of collaboration, and how resilient, future-ready operations are being built in parallel with net-zero ambition.

15:30 - 15:55
What does it take to turn industrial waste into valuable, saleable products at scale? Hear from experts at the forefront of process innovation, converting recycled aluminium into aluminium hydroxide and hydrogen – unlocking both circularity and clean energy potential.

This session will explore the realities of implementing Siemens technology within a complex, first-of-its-kind process.

11:00 - 11:25
AI is driving unprecedented demand, and success now depends on pairing the right capital with the right engineering from day one. This session highlights how Siemens’ integrated model supports developers through every stage — from land and power studies to construction, energisation, cooling strategies and day two optimisation. Discover how finance plus technology together accelerate delivery, de risk schedules and build resilience.

11:30 - 12:55 (Timings TBC)
Accelerate stage one

13:00 - 13:25
Discover how a new UK‑led partnership between Siemens and Expert Technologies Group is reshaping intralogistics through fully customisable autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). This session explores how flexible, infrastructure‑light robotics can transform factory and warehouse operations to improve productivity, safety and responsiveness in dynamic environments. Learn how this end‑to‑end, UK‑built solution closes a critical gap in automation, combining advanced navigation, industrial connectivity and scalable design. Led by Expert Technologies Group, the session will share practical insights from real-world applications and highlight how collaboration is accelerating digitalisation and strengthening the competitiveness of UK manufacturing.

13:30 - 13:55
Accelerate stage one

14:00 - 14:25
Accelerate stage one

14:30 - 14:55
This session explores how with Mendix, organisations can move beyond isolated AI experiments and operationalise agents inside real business processes grounded in enterprise context and governed end to end.

Speaker:
Joe Robertson, Head of Technical Solutions Marketing, Mendix, Siemens

15:00 - 15:25
Accelerate stage one

15:30 - 15:55
Accelerate stage one

11:00 - 11:25
The UK water sector is at a pivotal moment. As water scarcity intensifies and regulations place greater emphasis on sustainability, there is a major opportunity for industrial users to adopt greywater reuse technologies at scale - potentially cutting both water consumption and operating costs.

This session explores the multifaceted challenges preventing widespread grey water integration in UK industrial processes. We'll examine the technical barriers from water quality concerns and treatment complexity to equipment compatibility issues alongside the economic hesitations that plague investment decisions. But the real story lies deeper: in outdated perceptions, fragmented regulatory guidance, and a persistent "clean water mentality" that dominates industrial thinking.

Drawing on current industry case studies and emerging best practices, we'll uncover why even water-stressed sectors like food and beverage manufacturing and pharmaceuticals continue to treat grey water as a liability rather than a resource. We'll then pivot to solutions: how clearer standards, targeted incentives, and strategic partnerships can shift mindsets and unlock the substantial efficiency gains that grey water reuse offers.

For water companies, industrial clients, and policymakers alike, this session offers a roadmap for breaking through inertia transforming reluctance into action and grey water from waste into opportunity.

11:30 - 11:55
Accelerate stage two

12:30 - 12:55
This panel explores how international knowledge sharing can accelerate the transition to more resilient, flexible and digitally enabled energy grids. As demand grows and systems become more complex, operators face shifting market dynamics, regulatory pressures and the need to unlock capacity from existing infrastructure. We'll hear from Alliander on their approach to grid digitalisation with reflections on connecting data with action in UK grids to create capacity, support decarbonisation, and deliver more responsive, future-ready energy systems.

13:00 - 13:25
The journey to becoming cyber-resilient in critical national infrastructure:
Meeting the demands and expectations of regulatory bodies whilst tackling the inherent challenges of scaling cyber across a large fleet of operational technology designed primarily to ensure safe provision of essential services, is a balancing act. Managing expectations and timelines, whilst delivering a change programme that will challenge culture and principles of operation in a fundamentally conservative industry needs strategic focus and strong leadership. Please join us to hear from leaders who are at the ‘coal-face’ of driving cyber-resilience for our critical national infrastructure to learn about the tactics they are using, and the role that the supply chain needs to play to ensure that they are successful.

13:30 - 13:55
Human-interactive Robotics (HRI) will increasingly have a role to play in food production to counter the sectors challenges to optimise operations, address labour shortages and boost efficiency. The widespread availability of Cobots is allowing them to be deployed in domains such as packaging, sorting & food preparation allowing efficiency, safety and hygiene improvements, while our human operators focus on more complex tasks. Looking ahead as AI, machine vision and Human-Robot collaboration develop at pace, we can expect to see greater deployment of these systems in areas we hadn't previously imagined. Robbie Cato will briefly talk about where the field of HRI began, where it is now and where it may likely be particularly around food manufacturing.

Speakers:
Robbie Cato, Myton Food Group
Keith Thornhill, Siemens UK

14:00 - 14:25 (TBC)
Accelerate stage two

14:30 - 14:55
AI is reshaping data centres from power-hungry infrastructure into engines of digital intelligence. Today, the challenge is amplified by growing power needs required by data centres infrastructure from reliability and scalability. This shift tightly couples energy systems, grid capacity, and AI performance like never before. For operators, utilities, and policymakers, power availability is now a strategic differentiator. This session explores how electrons and tokens together redefine competitiveness in the AI era.

15:00 - 15:25
Power utilities and grid operators worldwide are under unprecedented pressure from growing electrification, aging infrastructure, and rising system complexity – pushing today’s protection and control systems to their limits. With virtualised protection & control, Siemens introduces next-generation innovation: shifting from hardware-bound systems to software-defined that unlocks new levels of scalability and simplification while ensuring uncompromised security. In this session, discover how SIPROTEC V is redefining what’s possible by virtualising proven SIPROTEC technology beyond the limits of dedicated hardware. Join us to explore how this transformation lays the foundation for digital substations and opens the door to advanced applications, including artificial intelligence.

15:30 - 15:55
At Transform, this session brings together leading-edge digital twin capability with the visionary engineering philosophy of Gordon Murray to explore how virtual models are reshaping design, performance and sustainability. From Formula One heritage to next-generation automotive manufacturing, the discussion will examine how real-time data, simulation and AI enable faster innovation, reduced cost and lower carbon impact. Attendees will gain insight into how digital twins accelerate prototyping, enhance collaboration across complex supply chains and unlock new business models—showing how precision engineering and digitalisation combine to drive the future of high-performance, sustainable mobility, and practical lessons for industry leaders shaping transformation today.

Speaker:
Robert Lloyd, Body Structure Senior Engineer at Gordon Murray

11:00 - 11:25
Hydrogen is no longer just a future concept, companies like GeoPura are already using it to replace diesel generation with zero-emission power. This session will showcase how GeoPura is helping drive the UK’s energy transition by delivering clean, reliable power across construction, events, and critical infrastructure. Their hydrogen-powered solutions enable organisations to decarbonise without compromising performance, supporting the shift to a lower-carbon energy system. We’ll explore what it takes to scale innovation like this - and how the combination of technology and finance from a specialist partner enables growth. Through its partnership with Siemens Financial Services, GeoPura has expanded its fleet and accelerated adoption, demonstrating how finance can help turn emerging clean technologies into real-world solutions.

11:30 - 11:55
Join SP Energy Networks’ Nia Lowe and Siemens Grid Software’s Paul Bancroft as they explore how UK DSOs are addressing growing grid pressures through digitalisation. The session will highlight the importance of enhanced network visibility, data-driven decision-making across planning horizons, and stronger stakeholder engagement. It will also touch on dynamic protection approaches and the role of integrated platforms like Gridscale X in enabling a more resilient, future-ready grid.

12:00 - 12:25
Explore how manufacturers can apply AI where it delivers measurable impact: improving productivity, quality, energy efficiency and resilience on the shopfloor. Drawing on real-world examples, it will show how combining industrial data, domain expertise and trusted automation unlocks smarter decision-making at scale.

13:00 - 13:25
Identical twins that won’t accept IT, or mavericks marching to their own drum?

In this keynote, Bart Schouwenaars-Harms from Siemens explores the state of IT/OT convergence and its blockers. Through his research Bart has highlighted three challenges that he will address: organisational, personal, and technical blockers. Attendees will be given real-world examples of halted IT/OT convergences and what restored their momentum, leaving this session with tools to help them in their own IT/OT convergence.

13:30 - 13:55
From a unique UK woodland to the Amazon rainforest, this session explores how advanced Siemens automation and control systems, designed and delivered with Transicon, are enabling the precision, reliability and data quality essential for long-term environmental research at the University of Birmingham - demonstrating how engineering expertise can be applied to global sustainability challenges. Learn how industrial innovation is being applied beyond traditional settings to support groundbreaking science and generate insights that could shape our understanding of climate resilience for decades to come.

14:00 - 14:25
Accelerate stage two

14:30 - 14:55
The energy industry is at a critical turning point as SF₆ switchgear faces growing regulatory, environmental, and commercial pressure. This practical, expert-led session gives engineers, specifiers, and decision-makers a clear understanding of medium voltage switchgear fundamentals, safety standards, and Internal Arc Classification (IAC). Explore the real differences between AIS, SF₆ GIS, and modern SF₆-free technologies including Clean Air and vacuum solutions. Gain insight into UK and Ireland regulations, debunk common myths, and compare real-world performance, dimensions, and maintenance considerations. This session equips you to make confident, future-ready decisions aligned with safety, sustainability, and evolving industry standards.

15:00 - 15:25
Accelerate stage two

15:30 - 15:55
Accelerate stage two