One of the main focal points continues to be the digital twin. The main question here is how industrial companies are preparing for EU regulations that will soon come into force - such as the Digital Product Passport and the Cyber Resilience Act - at a technological level. In order to make the topic of the digital twin a fun experience, the community activity and the "Follow The Digital Twin" competition will take place with even more members and will be made even more interoperable by changing the platform used. Participating organizations are member companies, partner organizations and end users. The aim of the competition is to give all trade fair visitors the opportunity to find out about the concept of the digital twin, experience it in a playful, hands-on way and dispel any concerns about its supposedly high level of complexity. At the exhibitors' stands, QR codes mark the digital twin of a device, which trade fair visitors can scan to open a corresponding web app with further information. Participants who are able to identify and scan the digital twins will be entered into a prize draw at the Allianz stand. Products and solutions from member companies will also be on display at the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance stand. A second key topic is the Digital Product Passport (DPP) - an EU initiative under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) directive. The DPP is currently being defined by the European standardization organization CEN/CENELC and is set to become mandatory for the first product groups - such as batteries in electric cars - from 2026. In order to tackle this regulatory challenge in a practical way, the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance launched a cross-working group project last year which, in addition to basic technical work, is looking at how a manufacturing company can make a virtue out of necessity with regard to the cost aspects of this regulation. As part of a practical demonstration, visitors to the trade fair were given concrete insights into how the product flow and end-to-end lifecycle management can be implemented with DPP using the example of bicycle production.