The program offers a diverse range of sessions designed to inspire innovation and foster meaningful connections across academia and industry. Attendees will gain insights into emerging research, real-world applications, and future trends through presentations, demonstrations and collaborative discussions.
Check back regularly as the schedule is updated with speakers, session details and special events leading up to the conference.
Schedule Overview
September 27 - October 2
Doctoral Consortium
Workshops
Welcome Reception
Main Conference (Industry Forum)
Gala Dinner at Casa Loma
Main Conference (Closing)
FRID-AI Day @ BPM2026
Monday, September 28: Workshops
| Time | Workshop 1 | Workshop 2 | Workshop 3 | Workshop 4 | Workshop 5 | Workshop 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Workshop on Possible Futures of Business Process Management (BPMFutures) I | Object-centric Process Management I | 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 | Workshop on Forgotten, Overlooked, and Rejected Topics in Business Process Management (FOR-BPM) I |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | |||||
| 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | BPMFutures II | Object-centric Process Management II | Natural Language Processing for Business Process Management (NLP4BPM) II | AUTOMATE II | Innov8BPM-2026 II | FOR-BPM II |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||||
| 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. | BPMFutures III | Object-centric Process Management III | Workshop on Change, Drift, and Dynamics of Organizational Processes (ProDy) I | AI4BPM 2026 I | 1st Business Process Management for Sustainability Workshop I | |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | |||||
| 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. | BPMFutures IV | ProDy II | AI4BPM 2026 II | BPM for Sustainability II | ||
| 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception |
Tuesday, September 29: Main Conference Day 1
| Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | Opening Ceremony | |||
| 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. | 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 | Process Technology Forum 1 (Keynotes) | |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. | Main Track 2 | BPM Forum 2 | Process Technology Forum 2 - Process Mining, Modeling, and Analysis | Journal First 1 |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break | |||
| 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Main Track 3 | Educators Forum 1 | Responsible BPM Forum 1 | Journal First 2 |
| 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. | Celonis Industry Dinner |
Wednesday, September 30: Main Conference Day 2
| Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. | State of the Process: Challenges, Opportunities, and an Invitation to Shape What's Next Chair of SC, Hajo Reijers | |||
| 9:30 – 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 3 | Industry Forum 1 | Tutorial 1 - Neuro-Symbolic AI for BPM: A Tutorial on Predictive and Prescriptive Process Analytics |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break | |||
| 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. | Main Track 5 (Rounds) | Journal First 3 | Industry Forum 2 | Tutorial 2 - Green Business Process Management: Approaches, Challenges, and Ways Forward |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break | |||
| 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Demos (Rounds) | Industry Forum 3 | Tutorial 3 - In the Object-Centric Zoo: a Petri Net Perspective | |
| 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. | Gala Dinner at Casa Loma |
Thursday, October 1: Main Conference Day 3
| Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 | Room 4 | Room 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 – 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 | Responsible BPM Forum 2 | Celonis Master Class | Educators Forum 1 | |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break | ||||
| 1:30 – 3:00 p.m. | Main Track 7 | Responsible BPM Forum 3 | SAP Signavio Master Class | Educators Forum 2 | Celonis Education Meeting |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Coffee Break | ||||
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Closing |