THE September 16 and 17, 2026the Cité Internationale de Lyon will host the twelfth edition of the SIDOan appointment now established in the agenda of industrial and technological decision-makers. In eleven editions, the event has gradually shifted its center of gravity. From a technological bricks show, it has become a strategic reading space of the convergence between IoT, artificial intelligence, XR and roboticsat a time when these technologies are leaving the laboratory to become part of concrete industrial trajectories.
From technological promise to execution
Since its creation in 2015, SIDO has supported companies in their digitalization projects, covering the entire value chain. This continuity explains its unique positioning. Here, technology is not approached as an end in itself, but as a operational leveragesubject to cost, integration, skills and governance constraints.
The 2026 edition takes place in a context marked by a form of technological maturity. Industrial AI is becoming widespread, robotics is gaining autonomy, XR interfaces are finding targeted uses in maintenance, training or design. The question is no longer so much that of the possible as that of sustainable and industrialization on the scale.
Lyon, a structuring industrial anchor
The choice of Lyon is not a coincidence. Located in the heart of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, SIDO benefits from a dense and diversified industrial fabric. Metallurgy, chemistry, electronics, pharmaceutical industry, food industry, machinery and equipment constitute an environment conducive to experimentation and scaling up.
This territorial anchoring gives the show a particular credibility. The use cases presented are part of proven industrial realities, where technological convergence must deal with existing systems, long cycles and high reliability requirements.
A 2026 edition with a change of scale
The 2026 edition announces more than 380 exhibitorscovering the entire technological spectrum, from software building blocks to integrated solutions. Startups, SMEs, ETIs and large groups coexist in a sector logic, illustrating the progressive structuring of these ecosystems.
Two spaces particularly embody this rise in power. Innorobo by SIDO brings together the robotics ecosystem around industrial, logistics, medical or mobility applications. The issue is no longer demonstration, but integration into existing production or service chains.
Impact by SIDO reflects another evolution of the show. The question of responsible digital technology now stands out as a parameter in its own right for technological decisions. Sobriety, energy efficiency, social and environmental responsibility are involved in the choices of architecture and deployment, without normative discourse, but through feedback and operational practices.
A feedback-oriented program
With more than 70 conferencesthe 2026 edition reinforces an already established editorial line. The formats favor feedbackprospective plenaries and workshops for sharing good practices. The objective is to provide decision-makers with elements of method, points of comparison and transposable lessons.
This approach reflects a growing expectation from businesses. Faced with the density of the technological offer, the need is less for discovery than for clarification of trajectoriesrisk assessment and understanding organizational impacts.
A show as an arbitration observatory
As technologies converge, decisions become more complex. Integrating AI into industrial environments raises questions of data governance, security, skills and technology dependency. Robotics and XR question the organization of work and the improvement of team skills. Digital sobriety imposes new trade-offs between performance and impact.
SIDO thus positions itself as a advanced observatory of these tensions. A place where technological convergence is approached not from the angle of disruption, but as a progressive process, made of adjustments, compromises and structuring choices.
A realistic reading of the transformation
In 2026, the SIDO confirms a fundamental evolution. The show no longer seeks to celebrate innovation, but to include it in credible industrial trajectories. For decision-makers, the challenge is not to add up the technologies, but to understand how they interact, complement or constrain each other.
In a fragmented and tense technological landscape, SIDO stands out as a meeting point for clarification. A space where the convergence of IoT, AI,
