AEF Spring Plugfest 2026
March 16 – 18
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
at
The Westin Milwaukee
Milwaukee, US
Plugfest Registration
The AEF is pleased to announce that registration for the upcoming AEF Spring Plugfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, North America, is now open via the AEF ISOBUS database.
Please take a few minutes to register:
Participants
AEF Membership is required for participant registration and applies to anyone who is directly or indirectly involved with testing activities.
Costs
600 € (December 15 – February 01)
700 € (February 02 – March 01)
Visitors
Visitor registration is available to those who are observing the AEF activities and are not involved in testing activities.
Costs
500 € (December 15 – February 01)
600 € (February 02 – March 18)
Product Registration
Following Event Registration, Participants provide details of the products they intend to test by following an Equipment link on the Plugfest page within AEF ISOBUS Database. AEF uses the product information to determine whether products should be scheduled at dedicated test stations, or scheduled to be moved among the test stations for tests.
After the test station list is finalized, AEF will prepare a schedule of tests known as a Plugfest Test Matrix.
Plugfest Test Matrix is intended to maximize the combination of connections between service-type products (e.g. terminals) and client-type products (e.g. implements) over the course of the Plugfest. Service-type products are typically scheduled to stay at a fixed test stations, while client-type products are scheduled to be moved from station to station by the tester. Please keep the following guidelines in mind when registering products for the Plugfest:
- When more than one client-type product is registered to the same Tester name, all products are scheduled for the same time slot at each station. Additional Testers are necessary to schedule each product to its own time slot.
- Products will be scheduled through the available testing time slots on all Plugfest days; scheduling for a reduced number of days is not available.
- Suppliers of products with both UT and TC service-type functionalities, are required to register separate test stations (additional product and Tester) for managing full tests of each functionality in parallel.
Participants must register equipment details within the AEF ISOBUS Database following event registration until March 1, 2026.
Participants will have the opportunity to review the Plugfest Test Matrix until March 9, 2026.
If you would like to have equipment delivered directly, please send it to the hotel:
The Westin Milwaukee
-AEF Plugfest-
550 North Van Buren Street
Milwaukee, WI, 53202
US
Preliminary schedule
All times refer to the Central Standard Time (CT).
Monday, March 16, 2026
09:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Team meeting TC2 – Task Controller
09:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Team meeting HSI – High Speed ISOBUS
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Plugfest preparation
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: HSI Testing
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Plugfest Testing
09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.: HSI Testing
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting CM – Communication & Marketing
06:30 p.m. – 08:30 p.m.: Plugfest reception
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
09:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Plugfest Testing
01:00 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.: Team meeting INT – ISOBUS Integration
Key Dates
Lodging
AEF has blocked a limited number of rooms in the Westin Milwaukee (Plugfest location).
Please find below a link to the hotel and use “AEF Plugfest” for your registration.
Please note:
The contingent will be limited, do not wait too long.
We strongly recommend to book your hotel room as soon as possible.
Become a sponsor
for AEF Plugfest now
We would like to provide the opportunity for our member companies to become a sponsor of the AEF Plugfest.
Please read the official letter under following link:
Download PDF
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor,
please contact the AEF Office via office@aef-online.org.
Thank you, Sponsors!
Bronze package Sponsors
