Embedded World is the leading international trade fair and conference dedicated to embedded systems engineering. It brings together the companies and practitioners shaping modern electronic design.
Held annually at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre in Nuremberg, Germany, the 2026 edition takes place on March 10-12. Since its launch in 2003, the event has grown into the sector’s primary forum for technical exchange, product launches, and ecosystem alignment across industrial, automotive, IoT, communications, medical, and consumer applications. It is geared toward professionals, particularly embedded developers, hardware and firmware engineers, system architects, and technical product leaders seeking practical insight rather than high-level promotion.
What can visitors expect? Nothing less than comprehensive insights into the entire embedded value chain, from semiconductor components and modules through operating systems, middleware, and application software to development tools, test solutions, and integration services. The exhibition floor emphasizes current engineering priorities such as edge AI deployment, real-time connectivity, distributed intelligence, functional safety, cybersecurity, embedded vision, advanced HMI technologies, and IC/IP design.
For design engineers evaluating architectures or suppliers, the ability to compare silicon platforms, toolchains, and software stacks side-by-side – and to engage directly with the engineers behind them – makes this event one of the industry’s best place for fact-finding and decision-making.
Alongside the exhibition itself, a substantial conference program and multiple technical forums deliver in-depth content on emerging architectures, safety-critical design, time-sensitive networking, secure systems, and machine learning on constrained hardware. Sessions are typically led by industry practitioners and researchers, with an emphasis on implementable methods, standards, and case studies. This technical focus, combined with the density of exhibitors across multiple halls, makes Embedded World an ideal environment where attendees can validate design approaches, troubleshoot integration challenges, and identify partners for complex development programs.
Beyond technology discovery, the show also functions as an annual trend barometer for the embedded sector, revealing where investment and innovation are concentrating in the coming product cycles. It is widely used by engineering leaders to benchmark capabilities, monitor competitor direction, and establish supply-chain relationships.
Open exclusively to industry professionals and operating over three consecutive days, Embedded World has evolved from a modest two-hall gathering into a global stage hosting thousands of exhibitors and tens of thousands of visitors. For expert design engineers, it remains a brilliant opportunity to gain technical insights, expand networks, and anticipate the trajectory of embedded systems development.
Sign up for visitor tickets here: https://www.embedded-world.de/en/visitor
We look forward to meeting you on the show floor!