2026 Control Expert Days – New Event Format with Focus on Quality Assurance
Why won’t Control be held again until 2027? And what can the industry expect in its place in 2026? Peter Ebert, editor-in-chief of inVISION News, and Fabian Krüger, project manager for Control Expert Days, discussed these and other questions in a recent podcast episode. Attention was focused on the transformation of the trade fair concept and the new event format for the Control Expert Days, which will take place for the first time in Stuttgart on the 20th and 21st of May, 2026.
New Schedule – New Opportunities
Control is recognized throughout the world as a leading international trade fair for quality assurance. In order to better meet changing requirements within the industry sector, the trade fair will now take place once every two years – with the next event scheduled for 2027. “We’re responding in this way to the wishes of many exhibitors for greater plannability and efficiency,” explains Fabian Krüger. In addition, the Control Expert Days have been launched as a new event format held alternately with the world’s leading trade fair, providing exposure, opportunities for exchange and impetus for innovation.
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First-Hand Insights: Why Exhibitors are Banking on the 2026 Control-Expert Days
Photo: Eleven Dynamics AG
The 2026 Control Expert Days are setting new standards for the exchange of ideas and an expert dialogue in the field of industrial quality assurance. What’s so special about the new format? Our new event series allows exhibitors speak for themselves – and demonstrate why they’re convinced by the concept and which specific added value they gain from participation.
“The 2026 Control Expert Days focus on the source of genuine innovation: personal exchange amongst leading minds in industrial quality assurance.
As a leader in the field of inline and at-line measuring technology, direct dialogue is extremely important to us – not only do we meet up with our customers here, but rather with partners as well who share our vision of an open, intelligent smart factory operating system.
The compact format and in-depth content offered by the new event in Stuttgart have thoroughly convinced us. It doesn’t focus on quantity, but rather on genuine expertise – which fits in perfectly with our philosophy: no empty promises, just concrete solutions.
We’re particularly excited about the presentation programme. The carefully curated content delivers exactly what the industry needs right now: in-depth expertise, genuine best practices and a forward-looking perspective. We’re looking forward to helping to shape the event and, at the same time, gaining new inspiration for our daily work.
For Eleven Dynamics, the 2026 Control Expert Days aren’t just an industry event – they provide a venue of genuine relevance.”
Statement by Hanna Obermeier, Head of Marketing, Eleven Dynamics AG
Expert meeting Control-Expert Days 2026
The “Control-Expert Days” from 20 to 21 May 2026 are getting underway. With this new event format, trade fair company Schall is preparing a two-day event for the quality assurance industry that will present specialist knowledge and technical innovations in a compact format. The focus will be on sustainability and artificial intelligence. The two days will be characterized by topical specialist presentations, lively discussions and varied business networking, as well as an accompanying exhibition of innovative companies.
The launch of the new ‘Control-Expert Days’ series of specialist events organized by trade fair company Schall promises to be a high-calibre industry event at which suppliers and users of quality assurance (QA) solutions can exchange information exclusively and efficiently. “The Control-Expert Days will be a unique platform for presenting specialist knowledge and industry innovations in a compact and streamlined way,” says project manager Fabian Krüger. “With this two-day event format in Stuttgart, the entire QA industry will have a unique opportunity to get up to date with the latest knowledge of QA technologies directly and at eye level. The agenda is now taking shape with keynote speeches, specialist presentations and discussion panels on both days. We are focusing on the topics of sustainability through quality assurance and artificial intelligence. All industry experts are invited to actively participate, contribute their respective expertise and exhibit their latest innovative products.”
Added value through exclusive business exchange
Suppliers of QA technologies can participate in the Control-Expert Days with specialist lectures, presentations and various networking formats. “With this event format, we want to achieve tangible added value and a high level of benefit for all participants and visitors,” explains the project manager. “Everyone involved is interested in efficiency, including in the acquisition of knowledge, and even greater cost-effectiveness with the application of new QA solutions. To this end, we are creating this new platform that combines the features of the trade fair and specialist presentations. It will have an attractive business impact for participants and trade visitors,” says Fabian Krüger. An accompanying exhibition will round off the expert meeting. “We are looking forward to an entertaining program all about up-to-the-minute quality assurance,” says Krüger.
Efficient meeting of the control expert community
The Control-Expert Days 2026 are part of the Control brand, which is relevant across all industries. The highly international Control trade fair is the most important specialist event in the QA and metrology industry and will take place again from May 11 to 14, 2027. In future, the new Control-Expert Days format will alternate with the trade fair – Control, the international trade fair for quality assurance, will take place in odd-numbered years, while in even-numbered years the industry will gather for the two-day Control-Expert Days at the same location in Stuttgart. This is where industry innovations are condensed and presented in a compact format. “The QA expert community continues to meet annually under the umbrella of the important and established Control brand,” states Bettina Schall, Managing Director of the trade fair company P. E. Schall. The new event format and the classic trade fair complement each other. “The Control-Expert Days and the adapted trade fair rhythm support the aspects of efficiency, productivity, resource conservation and sustainability for everyone involved,” emphasizes Bettina Schall. “The overall package results in a reliable, annual milestone in the trade fair and specialist event calendar for the QS industry. We are now looking forward to highly interesting Control-Expert Days 2026 and cordially invite the QS community to join us!”
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63 Years of Trade Fairs for Markets – Schall Trade Fairs’ Recipe for Success
Schall has developed successful business platforms with internationally recognised trade fairs for quality assurance (Control), optical technologies, components and systems (Optatec), stamping technology (Stanztec), automation in production and assembly (Motek), bonding technology (Bondexpo), plastics processing (Fakuma), sheet metal working (Blechexpo) and joining technology (Schweisstec). This has given rise to completely new markets in various sectors, whose protagonists are characterised by a high level of innovative strength, comprehensive system competence and practical application solutions.
Control-Expert Days 2026: QA industry highlights in a nutshell
A new event format, the “Control-Expert Days”, will kick off a new event rhythm for Control, the international trade fair for quality assurance, in 2026: In future, the trade fair will take place in odd-numbered years – next time again from May 11 to 14, 2027. In even-numbered years, the industry will gather for the two-day Control-Expert Days. The debut of the two-day congress event, which presents specialist knowledge and industry innovations in a compact format, will take place from 20 to 21 May 2026.
The 38th Control, international trade fair for quality assurance (QA), will take place in Stuttgart from Mai 11 to 14, 2027. For 2026, the industry can look forward to a new specialist event format – the Control-Expert Days. This two-day event from 20 to 21 May 2026 will provide a working and communication platform for presenting specialist knowledge and industry innovations in a compact and streamlined format. The high-caliber expert meeting offers all participants a high level of added value through an exclusive and direct business exchange in lectures, discussions and best-practice presentations. An accompanying exhibition rounds off the Control-Expert Days 2026.
“The Control brand is relevant across all industries. It is considered indispensable by many companies worldwide,” states Bettina Schall, Managing Director of the trade fair company P. E. Schall. “It therefore remains a reliable, annual milestone in the trade fair and specialist event calendar. The new format marks the start of a new event rhythm in 2026: Control, the international trade fair for quality assurance, will take place in odd-numbered years, while the industry will gather for the two-day Control-Expert Days in Stuttgart in even-numbered years. This gives all suppliers of QA technology an efficient and up-to-date opportunity to present themselves. At the same time, the expert community continues to meet annually under the umbrella of the important and established Control brand. Exhibitors and trade visitors will benefit from newly generated benefits, greater cost-effectiveness and an attractive business impact with intensive networking.”
Control-Expert Days for more efficiency and benefits
The Control-Expert Days event format combines the characteristics of a trade fair and a congress. The two-day exclusive meeting of experts will be a high-caliber and concentrated meeting of decision-makers, which will bring together specialist knowledge and industry news in a compact format. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., industry news will be communicated in an entertaining and practice-oriented manner during specialist lectures, discussion rounds and presentations. All traditional Control exhibitors are invited to actively participate and contribute their respective expertise.
“Control is the most important trade event in the QA and measurement technology sector,” continued the Managing Director of the trade fair company. “This year’s Control, with 36 percent international participation, has once again proven that it has a global impact across all industries.” The focus of all companies is on efficiency, productivity, resource conservation and sustainability. The trade fair organizer wants to support these framework conditions with the new trade fair rhythm and the supplementary event format. Exhibitors and trade visitors should therefore make a note of the next dates: Control-Expert Days from 20 to 21 May 2026 and the 38th Control, international trade fair for quality assurance, from 11 to 14 May 2027 in Stuttgart.
Keep up to date
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Specialist information on the trade fair and industry: control-messe.de/control-expertdays/news-stories
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63 Years of Trade Fairs for Markets – Schall Trade Fairs’ Recipe for Success
Schall has developed successful business platforms with internationally recognised trade fairs for quality assurance (Control), optical technologies, components and systems (Optatec), stamping technology (Stanztec), automation in production and assembly (Motek), bonding technology (Bondexpo), plastics processing (Fakuma), sheet metal working (Blechexpo) and joining technology (Schweisstec). This has given rise to completely new markets in various sectors, whose protagonists are characterised by a high level of innovative strength, comprehensive system competence and practical application solutions.
The Start-up Area - for pioneering networking
Young start-ups are bringing a breath of fresh air to industrial quality assurance – with innovative ideas, smart technologies and disruptive approaches. The Control-Expert Days offer precisely these companies a stage to present themselves at the center of the community – right in the heart of the European technology region. Prerequisite for participation: Your solutions must have a clear connection to industrial quality assurance.
Young start-ups participating in the START UP AREA of the Control-Expert Days receive an all-round carefree package that includes both a stylish stand construction package and an attractive marketing package.
The innovative young entrepreneurs profit from these three top benefits during the Control-Expert Days:
- Increase awareness and brand image through Control’s tremendous reach internationally.
- The best and most lasting business contacts can be made here in two days.
- Decision-makers take innovative solutions from the Control-Expert Days directly into their investment projects.
For further information and individual advice, please contact the Schall team:
Phone: +49 (0)7025 9206-651
E-mail: control-expertdays@schall-messen.de