Advantech are hosting a series of webinars throughout 2026 sharing insights into the latest trends and innovations. Whether you’re looking to expand your knowledge, explore new technologies, or connect with professionals, Advantech’s webinars provide valuable opportunities to learn and grow.
Here’s a closer look at what is coming up:
Advantech + ctrlX OS: Edge Computing Secure & Simplified
Join Advantech’s webinar to discover the powerful partnership between Bosch Rexroth and Advantech. Learn how they are making it easier than ever to get Out-Of-The-Box ready IoT gateways or Edge controllers featuring the secure and open ctrlX OS.
They are combining Advantech’s leading hardware portfolio with the flexible ctrlX OS ecosystem to create the most modular and open edge platform.
- Ready-to-use: Get started immediately with pre-configured ctrlX OS and apps on Advantech’s UNO family gateways.
- Open & Flexible: Leverage a rich app ecosystem (Node-RED, Grafana) and build your own solutions on a Linux-based, API-first platform.
- Secure & Future-Proof: Benefit from a CRA-ready architecture, IEC 62443 certified security, and simplified lifecycle management.
Date: Thursday 15th January 2026
Cybersecurity (CRA) – for Edge/OT Layer
In 2026, the world of automation has entered a new era of hyper-connectivity, unlocking unprecedented value, efficiency, and intelligence across industries, but with greater connectivity comes greater exposure. Cybersecurity has now become one of the most critical strategic priorities for any modern industrial application.
With cyberattacks increasing by an astonishing 146% year over year, the question is no longer if you will be targeted, but how ready you are when it happens. Today, cybersecurity is not just protection, it’s business survival. Regulations are rapidly evolving to address these new risks, and staying compliant is essential to ensure operational continuity.
In this exclusive webinar, discover how to safeguard your operations in 2026 and beyond through the must-have:
- Strategies
- Technologies
- Compliance requirements
Date: Thursday 12th February 2026
Industrial, Secure and Robust Cellular 5G with Advantech 
In today’s increasingly connected world, remote industrial islands are being brought together. Once air-gapped, these environments are now pooling and concentrating valuable operational data to drive greater efficiency and deeper insight. Secure connectivity sits at the very core of this transformation. In this webinar, you’ll learn how secure and robust industrial 5G connectivity can help your business unlock data value and improve operations.
- Secure and robust connectivity.
- Mining data gold from remote locations.
- Operational efficiency, predictive maintenance and streamlined operations
Date: Thursday 26th March 2026
AI – Integrating AI and IoT for Scalable, Future Ready Factory Automation
iFactory solutions are reshaping industry through scalable, data driven automation. Two major developments are driving this transformation: AI powered intelligence and flexible, future ready operator interfaces. Automation is increasingly merging IoT and artificial intelligence to unlock new levels of performance.
In this webinar, explore these two trends, with a specific focus on a market where their impact is particularly strong secondary line packaging:
The evolution AI Server
- Which AI workloads need high-density MGX servers
- How Advantech MGX supports multiple GPUs and multi-workload deployments
- Digital Twins, NVIDIA Omniverse at the Edge
The evolution for stand alone visualisation
- Secondary Packaging, a growing market
- Stand-Alone HMIs as a trend
- The importance of long distance visualisation
- New SPC-800 V2 Series, features and smart configurator (hands-on)
Date: Thursday 23rd April 2026
Virtualisation on Automation Controllers – Continuation. Modernizing Control: Containerised Virtualisation on PC
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Date: Thursday 28th May 2026
Edge Server
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Date: Thursday 25th June 2026
Mobile Manipulator Robot – IPC/MIC
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Date: Thursday 10th September 2026
AI – mix iA and iS
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Date: Thursday 15th October 2026
Edge AI & Vision AI in Industrial Equipment Manufacturing
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Date: Thursday 19th November 2026
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