Global gathering · berlin 2026

The Global Operational Excellence, Business Transformation & Process Improvement Forum

25–27 November 2026 Berlin, Germany 1200+ senior executives
📍 NYX Hotel Berlin Köpenick by Leonardo Hotels Grünauer Str. 112557 Berlin, Germany
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What you will learn

This is not a theoretical summit. Every session is designed to give you actionable frameworks, proven methodologies, and the confidence to lead change.

1. Lead Transformation

Move from managing projects to leading enterprise-wide change. Learn how to align strategy, culture, and leadership to create unstoppable momentum. You'll leave with a blueprint for building genuine buy-in from the boardroom to the front line.

2. Build a Sustainable OpEx Culture

Go beyond tools and techniques. Discover how to embed continuous improvement into the DNA of your organization, overcoming change fatigue and making excellence a daily habit, not a quarterly initiative.

3. Leverage AI & Automation Strategically

Cut through the hype. You'll learn exactly where and how to apply AI and hyperautomation to drive efficiency and create new value, with practical roadmaps for governance and implementation.

4. Govern for Success

Establish the frameworks and accountability systems that ensure your transformation initiatives deliver lasting results. Learn from years of real-world successes and failures.

5. Future-Proof Your Organization

Understand the trends shaping the next decade – from business reinvention to workforce transformation – and learn how to pivot from incremental improvement to continuous reinvention.

About the forum

This is the definitive event for senior leaders who need to make transformation stick. Based on insights from three previous editions (2021, 2022, 2025), we've built a program that tackles the real reasons initiatives fail: culture, change fatigue, and poor governance.

You'll hear from practitioners who have led successful (and sometimes failed) transformations. They'll share not just the highlights, but the pitfalls to avoid, the frameworks that worked, and the leadership behaviors that make all the difference.

  • AI & hyperautomation
  • lean & design thinking
  • culture & change
  • process mining
  • agile at scale
  • people empowerment

Your takeaway

A cross‑industry blueprint for building a resilient, efficient, and future‑proof organization. You'll leave with practical tools to drive AI adoption, lead cultural change, and sustain strategy deployment year after year.

Key topics & your takeaways

Building Commitment to Change

Learn a step‑by‑step framework to diagnose stakeholder resistance and build engagement plans that turn skeptics into champions.

📘 takeaway: practical framework

Navigating Process Governance Challenges

Design a governance model that aligns strategy, processes, and transformation initiatives.

⚙️ takeaway: governance blueprint

Process Management as the Cornerstone

Elevate process management from a "dull exercise" to a strategic capability.

📊 takeaway: strategic BPM roadmap

Fueling Success with the Lean Business System

Connect the gemba to the boardroom. Learn how an integrated Lean system powers corporate performance.

📈 takeaway: lean performance link

Accelerate Business Outcomes with AI

Gain clarity on high‑impact use cases for AI in process automation and data analysis.

🤖 takeaway: AI pilot blueprint

Driving Enterprise Level Transformation

Master the essential skills to facilitate change across your entire enterprise.

🏢 takeaway: scaling framework

Sustaining Strategy Deployment

Avoid the "flavor of the month" trap. Learn how to implement accountability systems.

🎯 takeaway: accountability systems

Shifting to Business Reinvention

Challenge your assumptions. This session helps you think beyond optimization to true business model innovation.

🚀 takeaway: reinvention mindset

Agenda focus

Business Transformation
Digital Transformation
Operational Excellence Strategy
Transformational Leadership
Process Continuous Improvement
Change Management
AI & Intelligent Automation
People & Mind-set Transformation

Why attend?

Hands-On Learning

Experience practical design thinking tools and R&D methods you can apply immediately.

State-of-the-Art R&D Topics

Engage with forward-looking perspectives on innovation strategy and human-centered design.

Industry-Relevant Insights

Explore how leading organizations are transforming across industries.

Stay Ahead of Innovation Trends

Understand emerging trends shaping the future of operational excellence.

Meaningful Networking

Exchange leading-edge practices with influential peers and partners.

Designed for

Heads of OpEx / CI VP Transformation Process Excellence Leads Automation & AI Directors Change Management Plant / Operations Directors BPM / CoE Leads R&D OpEx

Industries represented

AutomotivePharmaEnergyLogisticsManufacturingBankingRetailHealthcareTechnologyAerospaceTelecomChemicalsInsuranceConsumer goodsMining

2026 multi‑track agenda

Day 1 · workshops

  • Design thinking for OpEx (off‑site)
  • Process governance & alignment
  • Cultivating commitment to change
  • Hyperautomation blueprint
  • High‑performance teamwork

Day 2 · main conference

  • Leadership & innovation keynote
  • Breakouts: wellbeing, hybrid EVP, authentic leadership
  • Sustaining strategy deployment
  • AI's impact on roles & governance
  • Celebration gala dinner

Day 3 · deep dives

  • Intelligent automation & hyperautomation
  • Process mining, RPA, BPM synergies
  • Conquering mountains of change
  • From standardization to automation
  • Igniting transformation closing talk

investment

conference
€2899 +VAT

3‑day full access · workshops, keynotes, lunches, gala dinner

speaker pack
€3999 +VAT

full delegate pass + speaker lounge & VIP networking

virtual online
€2499 +VAT

livestream main hall + selected breakouts · interactive Q&A

exhibition
€5999 +VAT

2x2m booth, 2 full passes, logo visibility

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Berlin, 25–27 November 2026 · 1200+ attendees expected

🏨 Official venue: NYX Hotel Berlin Köpenick by Leonardo Hotels
Grünauer Str. 112557 Berlin, Germany