Richard J. Simoncic, COO Microchip Technology, will open the embedded world 2026 with his keynote “Learning from the Octopus: Nature's Blueprint for Intelligence Everywhere”.
Rich Simoncic will share how nature’s blueprint inspires Microchip’s vision and how it can benefit the industry’s collective journey; moving beyond centralized “brains” to intelligent, secure, and sustainable nervous systems at every touch point.
Consider the octopus: two-thirds of its neurons are distributed throughout its tentacles and skin, enabling each to sense, decide, and act independently—an evolutionary strategy for intelligence that is both resilient and efficient. In the embedded world, we have long recognized the value of distributed intelligence. Today, as we scale to tens of billions of connected devices, the challenges and opportunities of managing power, integration complexity, and future security threats are more relevant than ever.
The Conference Keynote is free for all visitors and exhibitors of the embedded world 2026.
Date & Time: Tuesday, 10 March 2026 from 10:00 - 10:45am.
Location: NCC Ost, Room TOKIO
Welcome to the 24th edition of embedded world Exhibition & Conference held in Nuremberg during 10 - 12 March 2026! The unique combination of an exhibition for engineers and technical management and a world-leading conference at the intersection of applied research and industrial applications has proven extremely successful. embedded world is driven by technology as well as by applications with a strong focus on system and cross domain aspects.
The steering board of embedded world 2026 wishes all participants stimulating discussions about new ideas and solutions enabling the community to more efficiently cope with the immense challenges that lie ahead for our industries and societies. We welcome you to gain great insights in a pulsating atmosphere. It will be good to see all of you in Nuremberg.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Sikora, Offenburg University
Chairman of the embedded world Conference
Established in Nuremberg back in March 2003, the embedded world Conference is now going into its 24th edition in 2026. The original concept of a unique combination of an exhibition for engineers and technical management on one hand and a world-leading conference at the intersection of applied research and industrial applications on the other hand has proven extremely successful.
embedded world Exhibition & Conference is driven by technology as well as applications with a strong focus on system and cross domain aspects. And it is driven by the embedded community – and its annual meeting.
We look forward to another thrilling execution for the embedded world Conference 2026 in Nuremberg.
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2. Embedded OS
3. Safety & Security
4. Hardware Design
5. Software & Systems Engineering
6. Embedded Vision
7. Edge AI
8. Use Cases for Embedded
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