Autonomous Systems: THE NEXT BIG THING
Announcement | 2nd Dutch conference on autonomous systems (NCAS'26).
We're back!
After the resounding success of the first edition, the National Congress Autonomous Systems returns on April 2, 2026 as the stage for The Next Big Thing: Autonomous Systems.
Deployment of autonomous(er) systems is the fastest route to higher productivity, increased earning power and addressing more complex societal challenges, and thus represents the innovation challenge for the technology industry.
With NCAS'26 we want to inspire both users (service providers, process owners) and technology providers to embrace autonomous(er) systems and profile the Netherlands as a frontrunner in the upcoming Autonomy Economy.
What to expect.
- Focus on technology, solutions and business models, therefore mainly CTOs speaking.
- The central challenge: realizing autonomous processes in increasingly dynamic environments. Which IT/OT technologies do we deploy for this purpose?
- Best practices from leading technology providers, successful users and leading scientists.
- Examples from manufacturing, distribution, physical environment, agro, defense, medtech etc.
- Three tracks: Business, Science & Live demos, plus a demo plaza with inspiring examples and explanations by their developers.
- Tripple A line-up: NVIDIA (AI for Autonomy) / AIRBUS (Defense) / KUKA (Materials Handling) / Volkswagen (Autonomous Driving, ovb) / Picnic (retail) & Apollo (logistics) / Fizyr (robot vision) & Pallet Sorting Systems (handling) / TenneT (vital infrastructure) / UMCG (medtech) / Wallenberg AI (Theory of Autonomy) et al.
Watch the aftermovie of NCAS '25:
NCAS'26: EXPLORE, LEARN, GET INSPIRED - AND THEN GET STARTED YOURSELF
Ticket sales, program and speakers
We will announce in January.