Onsite B2B Matchmaking Event at European Robotics Forum 2025

On-site B2B meetings at European Robotics Forum | March 24.-25. March 2025, Liederhalle Stuttgart
The European Robotics Forum 2025 (ERF2025), the most influential meeting of the robotics community in Europe, comes to Stuttgart! The ERF is the most important European event for robotics and AI and this year’s theme is “Boosting the Synergies between Robotics and AI for a stronger Europe”. The aim is to bring together research and industry, present the current state of robotics and AI on a large stage and help shape future technological developments.
In addition to the keynotes, lectures, and workshops that make up a large part of the very diverse program, the B2B-matchmaking event of the Enterprise Europe Network on 24. and 25. March will offer ideal opportunities for exchanging experiences and for personal networking.
The aim of the Matchmaking is to encourage 1:1 contacts and generate meaningful business opportunities among attending participants. You can arrange meeting-slots of 15 minutes prior to the event in order to manage your day as efficient as possible.
Why participate?
- Get to know key players and latest innovations & solutions of the diverse and complex robotics field
- Showcase and discuss your products, projects, services or business needs to event participants
- Discover and share views with experts within your business
- Stay one step ahead of your competitors by being seen and visibly present at the event
- The organizers offer you support before, during and after the event
Registration will open soon!
The matchmaking event is being organised by Handwerk International Baden-Württemberg, Steinbeis Europa Zentrum, bw-i and IHK Stuttgart in cooperation with the Enterprise Europe Network.
About the ERF
The European Robotics Forum 2025 (ERF2025), the most influential meeting of the robotics community in Europe, will take place in Stuttgart, Germany, from 25. to 27. of March. It is organised by euRobotics, an international non-profit association for all European robotics stakeholders, together with the local hosts Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, University of Stuttgart, Cyber Valley GmbH & the State capital Stuttgart.
Cutting-edge robotics and AI innovation. This year’s theme is “Boosting the Synergies between Robotics and AI for a stronger Europe”. The aim is to bring together research and industry, present the current state of robotics and AI on a large stage and help shape future technological developments.
One event, many formats
ERF features a diverse range of event formats and is therefore unique in the European robotics community. Keynotes, lectures, and workshops make up a large part of the very diverse program. For example, attendees can select between more than 50 workshops with topics like application trends in industrial and service robotics, generative AI in robot programming and control, regulatory AI Act or humanoid robots. In addition, individuals and companies can apply for several euRobotics awards, which will be presented during ERF. These include the Tech Transfer Award for outstanding success in transferring research results into business applications, the Renaud Champion Entrepreneurship Award, which is given to the most promising robotic start-up idea, and the Georges Giralt PhD Award for the best doctoral thesis in the field of robotics in Europe.
An exhibition of robot and AI-based applications, presented in the style of a trade fair, complements the program. Networking and professional exchange also play a major role – which include two evening events and site visits to the regional robotic ecosystem.
Scientific Track and Public Engagement
The “Scientific Track”, i.e. the scientific part of the program organized by the University of Stuttgart and Fraunhofer IPA, is being held for the second time. The Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO will contribute with program items on the topic of “Future of Work”. ERF will also provide a platform for major national and international initiatives such as the Robotics Institute Germany, RoX – Digital Ecosystem for AI-based Robotics, and the ROS Industrial Consortium for open-source software.
For the first time, free program items in the weeks leading up to and during the ERF are planned, which, in the spirit of “public engagement”, shall address interested parties from all areas of society, to inform and start an exchange about robotics and AI. As a cooperation partner, Cyber Valley, Europe’s center for excellence in AI and modern robotics, is contributing this part of the program to the event.
Great appeal for European robotics
The event will have a major impact on European robotics. The fact that it is being held in Germany for the first time is a perfect fit, as it is the country with the highest number of euRobotics members and the highest robot density in Europe, with 429 robots per 10,000 employees. This puts Germany in fourth place worldwide, with South Korea in first place with 1012 robots, according to an annual survey by the International Federation of Robotics. AI-based robotics is also an important strategic cornerstone of German and European economic and science policy to tackle social challenges such as demographic change and labour shortages. Important impetus for this will also come from the conference “AI-based Robotics 2025” (KIRO), which will be integrated into ERF and is carried out by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs (BMWK) and of Education and Research (BMBF).
Many well-known guests
In this context, numerous well-known guests lend ERF additional significance. The current Federal Minister of Economic Affairs, Robert Habeck, is announced for the official opening on March 25, 2025. Professor Holger Hanselka, President of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, will also be part of the official opening of ERF. Contributions by Baden-Württemberg’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism, Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, and by Lucilla Sioli, Director for AI and Digital Industry at the European Commission, are further official items on the program. The local Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism is a co-organizer of the ERF 2025. Finally, the state capital Stuttgart, and the Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation are also supporting the ERF. Stuttgart’s Lord Mayor Dr. Frank Nopper will be giving a welcome speech at the pre-Forum reception on March 24th that will be hosted by the City of Stuttgart.
Press conference and panel discussion
Following the opening on March 25, a press conference and panel discussion about Europe’s status and possibilities with respect to robotics and AI technologies is planned, which is aimed in particular at media representatives. The General Chair of the event, Dr. Werner Kraus from Fraunhofer IPA, as well as the Co-Chairs Dr. Matthias Peissner (Fraunhofer IAO), Professor Alexander Verl and Professor Marco Huber (both from the University of Stuttgart) and Rebecca C. Reisch (Managing Director of Cyber Valley GmbH) will also take part. From euRobotics, Dr. Bernd Liepert, President euRobotics, will join. Journalists from the daily, weekly and trade press can register free of charge for ERF.
Further information for interested parties, media representatives, potential sponsors, and exhibitors, as well as all program and registration details: www.erf2025.eu
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The matchmaking event is being organised by Handwerk International Baden-Württemberg, Steinbeis Europa Zentrum, bw-i and IHK Stuttgart in cooperation with the Enterprise Europe Network.
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