ACHEMA 2027
ACHEMA is the world forum and leading show for the life science and process industries. From June 14 to 18, 2027, it will take place in Frankfurt am Main and bring together international stakeholders from engineering, technology, and industry.
DEXPI e.V. will be present at ACHEMA 2027 with a joint exhibition stand, bringing together companies such as AUCOTEC, AVEVA, CADMATIC, Cognite, Graph Co., Octave, Semantum powered by Yokogawa, Siemens, and Plants and Bytes to showcase DEXPI’s industrial readiness. This shared presence reflects the collaborative approach behind the initiative and provides an opportunity for direct exchange on open standards, semantic interoperability, and standardized data exchange across lifecycle phases.
For many companies in the process industry, engineering data still has to be transferred between different systems, disciplines, and organizations with considerable manual effort. This can lead to information gaps, inconsistent interpretations, and loss of semantic context, especially when P&IDs are exchanged across software boundaries. The DEXPI standard addresses these challenges by providing an open, vendor-independent data exchange standard that supports semantic interoperability and helps preserve engineering information across the asset lifecycle.
Visitors will be able to meet DEXPI members on site and learn more about current implementation activities and collaboration across the ecosystem. Each participating partner will present a dedicated use case that helps make these challenges and approaches more tangible in different organizational and technical contexts. This will give visitors a more concrete view of how the DEXPI standard and related approaches are being applied, discussed, and further developed across the ecosystem.
Beyond the exhibition stand, DEXPI will also contribute to the content program through PIDMIC, the Process Industry Data Model Integration Congress. PIDMIC is a recurring congress format organized by DEXPI e.V. that focuses on the integration, alignment, and application of data models and information standards in the process industry. It brings together experts from industry, standardization initiatives, academia, and software vendors to discuss interoperable data models across the asset lifecycle.
If you are planning to attend ACHEMA 2027, we invite you to visit DEXPI on site to exchange expiriences with industry-experts and discover how open standards can help overcome engineering data silos.
In October 2026, DEXPI participated in two industry events highlighting a common priority: making engineering data interoperable and usable across systems and applications. While the Cognite IMPACT World Tour in Amsterdam focused on the role of structured data in Industrial AI, the CFIHOS Face-to-Face in Pau demonstrated the importance of connecting open standards for seamless information exchange. Dr. Michael Wiedau represented DEXPI at both events, contributing insights into these closely related topics:
DEXPI at CFIHOS Face-to-Face 2026 in Pau
From October 26 to 29, 2026, the CFIHOS Face-to-Face event took place in Pau, France, bringing together industry experts and representatives of international standards initiatives to discuss standardised information exchange, semantic interoperability and the practical implementation of open standards.
For DEXPI, the event highlighted the importance of collaboration between standards initiatives. Connecting established standards and demonstrating their combined use are important steps towards reducing information silos and building a more reliable digital thread throughout the industrial asset lifecycle.
Representing DEXPI, Dr. Michael Wiedau (DEXPI / Evonik) contributed to two sessions focusing on practical approaches to standards-based data exchange:
Together with Gladys Vinyard, Michael explored how Microsoft 365 solutions can support data exchange based on international open standards, connecting familiar workplace tools with standards-based information exchange.
Another highlight was a joint reference implementation presented with Anders Thostrup and Ian Cornwell, showcasing how DEXPI, CFIHOS, Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) and FL3DMS can work together to connect engineering and project information across disciplines and lifecycle phases.
DEXPI e.V. would like to thank the CFIHOS community, the organisers and fellow presenters for the valuable discussions and collaboration.
Cognite IMPACT World Tour Amsterdam 2026
On October 15, 2026, Dr. Michael Wiedau (DEXPI / Evonik) represented DEXPI at the Cognite IMPACT World Tour in Amsterdam with his presentation “The Core of Industrial-Grade AI”.
His central message: Engineering does not lack data. It lacks structured, semantic and interoperable data that AI can effectively use. Much of today’s engineering information remains fragmented across proprietary systems or locked in documents such as PDF-based P&IDs, limiting its potential for AI applications.
Michael demonstrated how DEXPI provides an open, vendor-neutral foundation for machine-readable engineering data, enabling P&ID information to be exchanged across software systems and reused throughout the asset lifecycle.
Building on this foundation, the presentation explored how structured P&ID data can be represented in knowledge graphs and combined with AI to enable new engineering applications, including flowsheet auto-completion, PFD-to-P&ID translation, P&ID auto-correction and AI-augmented HAZOP.
The presentation highlighted a key prerequisite for Industrial AI: moving from exchanging documents to exchanging structured engineering data. DEXPI provides a foundation for this transition, making engineering information more accessible and usable for future AI-driven applications.
Our thanks go to the Cognite team for hosting the event and providing a platform to explore the role of structured engineering data in advancing Industrial AI.