Learn more about this year's schedule for the conference.
Schedule Overview BPM 2026
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctoral Consortium | Workshops | Main Conference (Opening) | Main Conference (Industry Forum) | Main Conference (Closing) | Special AI Events |
| Evening Reception | VIP Industry Dinner | Gala Dinner |
Monday: Workshops
| Time | Workshop 1 | Workshop 2 | Workshop 3 | Workshop 4 | Workshop 5 | Workshop 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Natural Language Processing for Business Process Management (NLP4BPM) I | AUTOMATE: International Workshop on Implementation and Management of Intelligent Process Automation Solutions I | Innov8BPM-2026: Managing Process Innovation in the Era of Digital Transformation I | AI4BPM 2026 I | Object-centric Process Management I | 1st Business Process Management for Sustainability Workshop I |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | |||||
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | NLP4BPM II | AUTOMATE II | Innov8BPM-2026 II | AI4BPM 2026 II | Object-centric Process Management II | BPM for Sustainability II |
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||||
| 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Workshop on Possible Futures of Business Process Management (BPMFutures) I | Workshop on Change, Drift, and Dynamics of Organizational Processes (ProDy) I | Workshop on Forgotten, Overlooked, and Rejected Topics in Business Process Management (FOR-BPM) I | AI4BPM 2026 III | Object-centric Process Management III | BPM for Sustainability III |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | |||||
| 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. | BPMFutures II | ProDy II | FOR-BPM II | AI4BPM 2026 Review / Discussion | Object-centric Process Management IV | BPM for Sustainability IV |
Tuesday: Main Conference Day 1
| Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Opening Ceremony / Keynote - Tom Davenport | |||
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Main Track 1 | BPM Forum 1 | Forum | Forum |
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | Main Track 2 | BPM Forum 2 | Forum | Journal First 1 |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break | |||
| 3:30 – 5:30 PM | Main Track 3 | Educators Forum 2 | Tutorial | Journal First 2 |
| Evening | Reception / Social Event |
Wednesday: Main Conference Day 2
| Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Keynote - Opher Baron | |||
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Main Track 4 | BPM Forum 2 | Industry Forum 1 | Tutorial |
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | Main Track 5 | Tutorials 3 | Industry Forum 2 | Forum |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break | |||
| 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Demos | Celonis Tutorial / Industry Tutorial | Journal First 3 | EMPTY |
| Evening | Casa Loma Gala Dinner |
Thursday: Main Conference Day 3
| Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Keynote - Emmanuelle Vaast | |||
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | |||
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Main Track 6 | Forum | Tutorial | Forum |
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | Main Track 7 | Forum | Tutorial | Forum |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break | |||
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Closing |
FRID-AI @ BPM2026 Tentative Schedule
| Time | Session | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Opening | |
| 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. | Keynote #1 (Scientific) | Marco Montali Free University of Bolzano (Italy) Framed Autonomy for AI-augmented BPM |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. | Invited Talk (Scientific) | Timotheus Kampik SAP-Signavio / Umeå University (Sweden) Introduction to the Agentic-BPM Manifesto |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Panel #1 (Scientific) | Agentic Business Process Management: Vision, Opportunities, Challenges Participants: M. Montali, T. Kampik, A. Gal, S. Rinderle-Ma, Andreas Metzger |
| 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Lunch Break | |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. | Invited Talk (Industrial) | Soren Frederiksen CTO of mindzie |
| 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. | Panel #2 (Industrial) | The Missing Elements for Effective AI-Enabled BPM in Enterprises Participants: 4-5 Industrial speakers from different companies |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Break | |
| 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Keynote #2 (Scientific) | Sheila Mcilraith BPM Through the Lens of hardcore AI |
| 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. | Closing |