Industry Innovation DayRequirements Engineering 2026
The Industry Innovation Day focuses on bridging between Industry and Academia. Join the Industry Day to collect a condensed view of the latest results from RE research, with a clear focus on applications in Industry.
Industry members can consume RE’26 in a nutshell through paper pitches from reseand research on RE and AI applications in Industry addressing:
- Business cases behind the research
- Insights on what is needed to apply these
- Collaboration opportunities
The distinguished lineup of speakers for the keynote and innovation presentations allows you to learn from leading researchers in RE, who understand the application of RE and AI in industry contexts from firsthand experience.
- Keynote:
- Prof. Dr. Jane Cleland-Huang
- Speaker:
- Christopf Ebert
- Lionel Briand
- Ethan Hadar
In the embedded workshop session, we will start with RE use cases from Industry, match them with RE research fields, and collaboratively provide guidance on how to apply RE methods in the selected use cases.
Tue 18 AugDisplayed time zone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) change
08:00 - 17:30 | |||
08:00 9h30mRegistration | Registration Catering | ||
09:00 - 10:30 | Paper pitches and networking Industry Innovation Day at E-2033 Authors of papers accepted to the Industry Innovation Track present a pitch of their work. These pitches focus on the industry perspective, addressing the business case and application. In the related discussion, the focus is on networking and industry applications. For more details, we invite the audience to join the full presentations from Wednesday to Friday. In addition, Christof Ebert shared insights on his work with a focus on an industry audience. | ||
09:00 20mTalk | Welcome to the Industry Day Industry Innovation Day | ||
09:20 5mTalk | Eliciting Requirements for a Conversational Agent to Assist the Software Staging Process in DevOps Industry Innovation Day David Mosquera Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Marcela Ruiz Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Leandra Willie Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Thomas Riedel Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Olivier Mann Swiss Digital Network, Markam Hanin Swiss Digital Network | ||
09:25 5mTalk | What Domain Knowledge Do AI Agents Need for Requirements Analysis? An Empirical Study on Requirements Consistency Verification at Industry Industry Innovation Day Hiroki Takamoto DENSO CORPORATION, Yoshiyasu Ushida DENSO CORPORATION, Keiichi Iwashima DENSO CORPORATION, Akira Kuroda DENSO CORPORATION, Toshihiro Nakae DENSO CORPORATION | ||
09:30 5mTalk | Agentic Persona Generation with Critique-Refinement: An Industrial Evaluation Industry Innovation Day Mohammad Hossein Amini University of Ottawa, David Dewar Kinaxis, Shiva Nejati SnT Centre, University of Luxembourg senior PC member FT full, Mehrdad Sabetzadeh University of Ottawa | ||
09:35 10mOther | Discussion & Match making Industry Innovation Day | ||
09:45 5mTalk | Exploring GenAI for Regulatory Requirements Traceability: Lessons from Sustainability Software Industry Innovation Day Michael Kormann SAP SE, Mark Kreitz University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Daniel Mendez Technische Universität München, Tobias Schimmer SAP Labs, Philipp Hoffmann SAP SE | ||
09:50 5mTalk | Supporting the Adoption of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies through Requirements Engineering Industry Innovation Day Oleksandr Kosenkov Blekinge Institute of Technology, Vadym Honcharenko Google, Abhinava Pratap Singh MAYA Data Privacy, Volodymyr Spirin Under Non-Disclosure Agreement, Danica Vranjanin JAGGAER | ||
09:55 5mTalk | A Serious Game for Cross-Functional Alignment in Industrial Goal Modeling Industry Innovation Day | ||
10:00 10mOther | Discussion & Match making Industry Innovation Day | ||
10:10 20mTalk | From Requirements to Intelligent Testing—Closing the Quality Gap with AI Industry Innovation Day Christof Ebert Vector Consulting | ||
10:30 - 11:00 | |||
10:30 30mCoffee break | Break Catering | ||
11:00 - 12:30 | |||
11:00 90mKeynote | Recovering Hidden Assumptions in Physical AI: From Operational Incidents to Better Requirements Industry Innovation Day | ||
13:45 - 15:15 | |||
13:45 90mOther | Workshop session – Requirements Engineering Industry Innovation Day | ||
15:15 - 15:45 | |||
15:15 30mCoffee break | Break Catering | ||
15:45 - 17:15 | |||
15:45 30mTalk | Applied RE Industry Innovation Day Ethan Hadar Accenture | ||
16:15 30mTalk | LLM-Driven Requirements Engineering: Automating Dependencies, Regulatory Tracing, and Impact Analysis Industry Innovation Day Lionel Briand University of Ottawa, Canada; Lero centre, University of Limerick, Ireland | ||
17:45 - 18:00 | |||
18:00 - 21:00 | |||
18:00 3hSocial Event | Conference Reception Catering | ||