KPMG at the Hannover Messe 2026

Location: Chief Executive Club

Technologies, rising cost pressure and increasing regulatory demands are reshaping the role of CFOs. Our CFO Roundtable will explore how financial leaders can actively drive this transformation and unlock new data driven opportunities.

Location: Chief Executive Club

Cyber threats across IT, OT and IoT are rising rapidly, while regulations such as NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act increase the pressure on companies. Join leading experts in a trusted setting to explore these developments and discuss actionable, future ready security strategies.

Location: Chief Executive Club

Together with our experts and senior leaders from legal and compliance departments, we will focus on the growing demands placed on in-house legal teams. We will discuss practical solutions, best practices and current developments.

Location: Hall 11, Solution Lab Research & Technology Transfer 

Cyber threats across IT, OT and IoT are rising rapidly, while regulations such as NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act increase the pressure on companies. Join leading experts in a trusted setting to explore these developments and discuss actionable, futureready security strategies.

Location: Hall 11, Solution Lab Research & Technology Transfer 

Digital sovereignty is becoming a critical issue, especially for the defence industry operating between national security, international collaboration, and complex production systems. This session explores how geopolitical shifts are challenging trust in digital vendors and highlights the key sovereignty questions around cloud technologies.

Experience the unique combination of deep industry know-how, technical and solution expertise of KPMG and SAP. Together we will explore how AI creates measurable value and drives meaningful progress in reshaping manufacturing operations. The tour begins with Coffee & Chat at KPMG (hall 15, G90) and an opportunity to explore our use cases. Then, the tour continues at SAP (hall 15, F08) gaining insights into AI powered manufacturing and supply chain solutions.

KPMG and ServiceNow combine modern workflow technology with industry and functional expertise to sustainably, efficiently, and resiliently transform industrial companies. Together, we support organizations in making their IT/OT processes more resilient and unlocking the potential of AI. The tour begins at 1:30 pm with Coffee & Chat at the KPMG booth, accompanied by a short keynote and the opportunity to explore our use cases. At 2:00 pm, it continues at the ServiceNow booth with further insights into industrial applications. 

Location: Hall 11, Booth B69

Global tariffs, economic tensions, and rising regulatory demands are transforming international trade. This session highlights how companies can leverage technology to build supplychain visibility, reduce tariff risks, and stay competitive in an increasingly volatile market.

Location: Hall 11, Booth B69, Solution Lab Research & Technology Transfer, Masterclass Room

The U.S. tariff and trade landscape remains highly dynamic, requiring manufacturers to rethink duties, sourcing, and compliance. In this session, KPMG U.S. Trade and Tax professionals outline key trends, demonstrate how tariff modeling uncovers mitigation opportunities, and show how companies are leveraging automation through SAP S/4HANA and SAP GTS to stay ahead.

Energy is becoming a strategic factor for businesses as markets shift and regulations tighten. This session explores how companies can optimize energy costs, leverage relief options and subsidies, and advance decarbonization while ensuring resilience in a rapidly changing environment. 

Location: Hall 11, Booth B69, Solution Lab Research & Technology Transfer, Masterclass Room

The latest Business Destination Germany study shows the country entering a major transformation phase, creating new opportunities for international investors. This session explores key location factors and how companies can turn challenges such as energy costs, digital gaps, and bureaucracy into strategic advantages in a rapidly changing market.

Location: Hall 26, Booth E43, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization, Masterclass Room 2

Manufacturing cybersecurity often struggles when theoretical frameworks meet realworld production constraints. This session shares 25 years of industrial experience, offering practical methods to assess OT risks, avoid common pitfalls, and turn regulations like NIS2 and IEC 62443 into actionable, valuedriven strategies.

Location: Hall 12, Booth F56, Masterclass Room

This masterclass challenges the notion that sustainability and competitiveness are mutually exclusive. Using practical use cases, we show how sustainability can drive value creation, how initiatives can be quantified, and how environmental and social goals can be aligned with financial performance. The session provides practical insights and encourages exchange on making sustainable transformation measurable and economically viable.

Location: Hall 26, Booth E43, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization, Masterclass Room 1

Companies entering the defense sector must navigate complex regulations, strict compliance, and sensitive supply chains. This session highlights common challenges and shows how a transformational approach can build trustworthiness, strengthen security awareness, and ensure efficient, reliable operations in the defense ecosystem.

Location: Hall 11, Booth B69, Solution Lab Research & Technology Transfer, Expert Stage

Uncertain times require new strategic thinking, as many organizations struggle by recognizing longterm risks too late. This session introduces a practical approach to scenario-based foresight that helps uncover blind spots, challenge assumptions, and navigate technological and geopolitical uncertainty.

Location: Hall 26, Booth E43, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization, Expert Stage 1

Uncertain times require new strategies. Many industrial companies do not fail because they make wrong decisions, but because they recognize risks too late. This session presents a practical, scenariobased approach to strategic foresight that helps uncover blind spots, challenge assumptions, and avoid strategic path dependencies. It focuses on how to design foresight processes, assess longterm risks, and integrate future insights into strategy and governance illustrated through scenarios such as “AI 2040” and “Geopolitics 2030+.”

Location: Hall 26, Booth E43, Solution Lab Automation & Digitalization, Expert Stage 2 

By 2028, nearly one third of enterprise applications will use agentic AI. Companies must innovate rapidly while complying with the EU AI Act and security requirements. This best practice talk presents a project at a leading industrial company, showing how Copilot Studio prioritized risks, engaged developers, and integrated results into architecture and inventory processes—ensuring compliance by design from the start.