The program for OVE Innovation Day 2026 is currently being planned and will be published here once finalized.
Here you can get an impression of the of the varied program of the OVE Innovation Day 2025, which has already taken place, with exciting presentations, keynotes, and audience discussions:
| 9:00 am | Registration of participants Get together |
| 10:00 am | Welcoming remarks Wolfgang Bösch, Vice President OVE Georg Konetzky, Director General at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy and Tourism |
| KEYNOTES | |
| 10:10 am | Leveraging Research for Competitiveness: Austria’s Response to Global Disruptions Brigitte Bach, AIT |
| 10:35 am | Global impact fund Jo Cops, IEC |
| 11:00 am | Standardization for the Emerging Future Vimal Mahendru, IEC |
| 11:25 am | Coffee Break |
| STANDARDIZATION | |
| 11:45 am | HAS system dilemma Christian Marian, DKE |
| 12:10 am | Standardization and global issues Bernhard Spalt, OVE |
| 12:30 am | Panel discussion – The future of standardization Brigitte Bach, Vimal Mahendru, Christian Marian, Bernhard Spalt |
| 1:10 pm | Lunch break |
| INNOVATION INSIGHTS – INDUSTRY, START-UPS & RESEARCH | |
| 2:00 pm | Current situation in the lighting industry, with a focus on innovation and standardization/regulation Klaus Vamberszky, Zumtobel |
| 2:25 pm | Realizing Embedded AI Applications – from Development to Deployment Nico Teringl, Danube Dynamics |
| 2:50 pm | Smart grid rethought – with high-tech towards the energy transition Carina Lehmal, Tele Haase |
| 3:15 pm | Swarm intelligence as a new optimization tool Melanie Schranz, Lakeside Labs |
| 3:40 pm | Coffee Break |
| INNOVATORS IN THE OVE UNIVERSE | |
| 4:00 pm | Strategic impact of global public funding Karin Ronijak, ams-OSRAM |
| 4:20 pm | OVE Innovation Award – The nominations |
| 4:30 pm | OVE Innovation Award – The winning project |
| 4:40 pm | Girls! TECH UP-Role Model-Award Michaela Leonhardt, Chairwoman OVE Fem |
| 4:55 pm | Closing remarks by OVE Peter Reichel, OVE General Secretary |