FZI Live

Name: Future Made in Germany
Start: 2025-09-16
End: 2025-09-16
Location: FZI House of Living Labs

Future Made in Germany

Promoting innovation, strengthening businesses

Germany is confronted with significant economic and social challenges, and at the same time, offers a wealth of opportunities. Whether it’s digitalization, sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, or new mobility concepts, the innovative strength of companies is the key to actively shaping the future. But how can a good idea be developed into a viable business model? What funding is available for bold projects? And how can business, science, and politics work together more effectively to bring breakthrough innovations to fruition? An event on September 16 at our FZI House of Living Labs will provide answers.

Under the motto “Future Made in Germany,” we bring together exactly the right players from business, science, and politics. The event creates a platform for decision-makers, innovators, and funding experts to learn from each other, develop solutions, and collect concrete ideas for implementation in their own companies.

We invite you to join us to discuss new ways to promote innovation and secure the future of Germany as a business location. The focus will be on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups, and scale-ups from the Karlsruhe and Pforzheim region, as well as on intensive exchange with the research community.

The event, organized by dhmp NEXT GmbH & Co. KG, the FZI Research Center for Information Technology, and DIZ | Digitales Innovationszentrum GmbH, will focus on exciting ideas, a panel of experts, and concrete examples of success that will inspire and encourage participants. In addition, you can look forward to an exclusive tour of the FZI’s real-world laboratories, where you can experience future technologies such as robotics, cybersecurity, and intelligent mobility solutions up close.

Registration

Whether you are looking for tailored funding, research partners, or simply new ideas for your company, this event will bring you together with the right people.

Highlights

4:00 p.m.:

Hands-on technology

Tour of 2–3 of 12 real-world laboratories, such as robotics, mobility, and cyber security

4:45 p.m.:

Welcome & coffee

5:00 p.m.:

Opening

5:30 p.m.:

„Sprunginnovationen – Wie aus Ideen Zukunft wird“ (“Breakthrough Innovations – How Ideas Become the Future”)

With Mirko Holzer, SPRIN-D – Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation

6:15 p.m.:

Practice panel: Research meets funding – paths to tomorrow’s innovative strength

With best practices, discussions, and audience questions

7:00 p.m.:

Dinner & networking

Participation is free of charge.

Note on the event:

Please note that the event language is German.

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Date

16 Sep 2025

Time

16:00 - 20:00