AUTOMATE 2026

The goal of AUTOMATE is to target a family of process automation techniques that combine human expertise with intelligent technologies to enhance the execution and monitoring of business processes. Today, process automation tools range from lightweight solutions, including centrally provisioned tools (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform), business-driven applications (e.g., Robotic Process Automation), and user-driven solutions (e.g., ChatGPT), to more advanced solutions empowered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Large Language Models (LLMs).

The spectrum of process automation offers both significant opportunities and complex challenges. This workshop aims to provide a holistic perspective on process automation and to discuss managerial and engineering problems associated with both lightweight and advanced process automation solutions from a Business Process Management (BPM) perspective.

AUTOMATE 2026 will be held in conjunction with the 24th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2026) in Toronto, Canada, 27 September - 2 October 2026.