Where maintenance, reliability, asset management and digital innovation come together
Asset Performance 2026 brings together maintenance, reliability and asset management professionals from asset-intensive organisations across Europe to explore how better practices, data, AI and digital technologies can improve the performance of physical assets.
Better decisions. Stronger assets. Measurable results.
On 18 & 19 November 2026, more than 300 professionals from 20+ countries meet in Antwerp to exchange real-world experience, discover new approaches and explore how better practices, data, AI and digital technologies can improve asset performance.
Participants come from across the asset-intensive economy: from manufacturing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and food production to energy, utilities, water, infrastructure, transport and other organisations where the performance of physical assets is business-critical.
The conference focuses on improving reliability, availability, lifecycle performance, cost efficiency, safety and operational resilience — and on understanding which technologies, methodologies and organisational approaches actually help achieve those results.
Real cases. Real challenges. Real lessons learned.
The programme puts practical experience from asset-intensive organisations centre stage. Here are just a few examples from 2026.
AI for Reliability at Domtar: Hype, Help, or Hard Truths?
Group reliability manager Tor Idhammar shares how Domtar is evaluating and piloting AI and other emerging technologies, and why strong reliability fundamentals still matter.
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Value-Driven Global Maintenance & Reliability at Sanofi
Gunnar Markus, Global Head of Reliability & Maintenance at Sanofi, and Remco Jonker of Mainnovation show how maintenance and reliability can become a measurable source of organisational value.
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Aquafin: From Manual Asset Data to AI-Driven Extraction
Joris Dircx, Manager Asset Data at Aquafin, shows how AI can reduce manual asset-data work and create better information for asset management decisions.
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Turning Asset Health Assessments into Action at INEOS
Toon Van Melckebeke explores how asset health assessments can be translated into clear priorities, risk decisions and action across complex production assets.
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OQ RPI: Turning Reliability into a Measurable EBITDA Driver
Attila Kiss, Tamás Balla and Salim Al-Maghdri share how OQ RPI connects reliability improvement with business performance and measurable financial value.
Discover the sessionAI & Agentic AI — beyond the hype
AI is moving rapidly from experimentation towards practical applications in maintenance, reliability and asset management. That is why AI and Agentic AI are a major focus of Asset Performance 2026.
- Faster access to technical knowledge
- Less administrative work
- Better capture of frontline expertise
- Improved maintenance data
- Faster work preparation and troubleshooting
- Better decision support
- More effective use of scarce technical expertise
More than 10 presentations dive into the practical application of (agentic) AI. Here are some examples:
AI and Digitalising: From Buzzword to Value Generator
How do you move from AI experimentation to measurable operational value? PwC explores common implementation pitfalls and the foundations needed to scale AI successfully.
Discover the sessionAI Voice Agents for Maintenance
Voice-based AI can help technicians retrieve information, capture observations and interact with maintenance systems while working in the field.
Discover the sessionAgentic AI in EAM: From Digital Coworkers to Real-World Maintenance at Berkvens
The session shows how AI is evolving within IFS Ultimo and how Berkvens is building the data foundation required to make this possible.
Discover the sessionClosing the Loop: From Maintenance Strategy to AI-Driven Execution
The session explores how AI integrated in SAP can connect maintenance strategy, asset information and operational execution — helping organisations move more quickly from insight to action.
Discover the sessionFrom strong fundamentals to the next generation of Asset Performance
AI is an important focus in 2026, but it is only one part of the programme. Asset Performance combines proven maintenance and asset management practices with emerging technology.
The common question behind them all: How can we make better decisions about our assets and turn them into better performance?
Why Asset Performance is different
Independent & peer-driven
Organised by BEMAS and developed with experienced maintenance, reliability and asset management professionals.
Real-world experience
Cases show what organisations are actually doing, what they have learned and what others can apply.
Technology meets fundamentals
New technologies matter, but only when supported by strong maintenance, reliability and asset management practices.
Cross-sector learning
Different assets, shared challenges: reliability, risk, data and lifecycle performance.
An international peer community
Meet professionals from across Europe and beyond, compare approaches and learn from peers facing similar responsibilities.
Dedicated peer learning for Multi-Site Asset Leaders
Managing maintenance and reliability across several sites creates a different set of challenges. What should be standardised? What stays local? How do you compare sites? How do you transfer successful practices?
Asset Performance 2026 hosts the first live meeting of the new Multi-Site Asset Performance Community on Thursday 19 November. The dedicated morning is designed for professionals with maintenance, reliability or asset management responsibilities across multiple sites, business units or countries.
Multi-Site Maintenance Contracts & Scalable Contractor Management
With Jos Vermylen, VP Industrial Assets & Joint Ventures at TotalEnergies, participants explore contractor management, governance, standardisation and knowledge transfer across sites.
Creating a Uniform Maintenance Methodology Across Sites
A second peer session looks at how common maintenance principles, KPIs and governance can be implemented without creating a rigid one-size-fits-all model.
The Antwerp meeting also marks the start of a year-round Multi-Site Asset Performance Community.
Sending Spare Parts to Mars is a Bad Business Case
Dr. Stefaan De Mey — European Space Agency
The European Space Agency works on missions where reliability, autonomy and lifecycle thinking are not optional. What can asset-intensive organisations learn from systems that have to keep functioning when spare parts, specialists and immediate intervention are simply unavailable?
Drawing on human and robotic space exploration, Dr. Stefaan De Mey connects lessons from space to challenges on Earth — from industrial assets to infrastructure.
For the people responsible for physical asset performance
Asset Performance is designed for professionals responsible for the performance, reliability, maintenance and lifecycle management of physical assets.
- Maintenance Managers & Engineers
- Reliability Managers & Engineers
- Asset Managers
- Technical & Engineering Managers
- Plant & Operations Managers
- Asset Performance & Maintenance Excellence Leaders
- Asset Integrity Professionals
- Condition Monitoring & Asset Health Specialists
- Digital Transformation Managers
- Asset Data, Data Science & AI Specialists
- EAM / CMMS Leaders
- Corporate and Multi-Site Maintenance & Reliability Leaders
They work across manufacturing, process industries, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, food & beverage, energy, utilities, water, transport, logistics, infrastructure and other asset-intensive environments.
Whether you are responsible for one critical installation, a production site, an infrastructure network or assets across dozens of locations, the challenge is the same: making smarter decisions throughout the asset lifecycle.
Continue learning after the conference
The value of Asset Performance does not end when you leave Antwerp.
Participants receive access to the AI-driven Asset Performance Intelligence Hub, bringing together knowledge from Asset Performance presentations and previous conference editions.
It helps you return to relevant insights when you actually need them — when evaluating a new approach, preparing a project or investigating a reliability challenge.
In our post-conference programme, several webinars are organised on our Online Platform. You can watch them live or re-watch them afterwards whenever it suits you best. Access is free for conference participants.
An independent professional foundation
Asset Performance is an initiative of BEMAS — the Belgian Maintenance Association, a not-for-profit professional association dedicated to maintenance, reliability and physical asset management.
BEMAS connects asset owners, professionals, experts, solution providers and knowledge organisations through communities, training and knowledge exchange. That independent professional foundation is an important part of what makes Asset Performance different.
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Join more than 300 maintenance, reliability and asset management professionals and discover how better practices, stronger fundamentals and emerging technologies can help your organisation get more from its physical assets.