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Hightech Summit: Visions of future robotics and AI

Intelligence empowering tomorrow - June 24, 2025

Human-artificial intelligence interaction

The munich_i Hightech Summit is a top-level event in the field of AI and robotics, and will continue its success story at automatica 2025. Renowned figures from across the sector will discuss the most relevant visions, innovations, findings, and theories on the second day of the trade fair. Their intention? To consider artificial intelligence and robotics from various angles relevant to society—for a clear-sighted outlook to our future.

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Visionaries taking the stage: munich_i Speaker

The expert panel at the munich_i Hightech Summit 2025 on June 24 is both interdisciplinary and international. Visionaries from renowned companies and with various scientific backgrounds will present and discuss the latest developments and their impact on our economy, work environments, society, and the environment.

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Intelligence empowering tomorrow

What will be the next steps in AI and robotics development and what questions—particularly ethical ones—will such development raise? Under the theme of intelligence empowering tomorrow, the summit highlights the interaction between human and artificial intelligence, and responsible technological change. munich_i is under the auspices of the Bavarian Minister President Dr. Markus Söder who also opened the 2022 Hightech Summit in person.

Bavarian Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder, MdL
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Bavarian Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder, MdL

The perfect combination of theory and practice

The summit program includes a guided tour of the nearby AI.Society exhibition and dialog platform. This is an opportunity for you to experience first-hand how robotics and AI will be used in the fields of health, mobility, work, and environment. A concluding get-together provides perfect opportunities to discuss your take-away from the inspiring presentations and to make new contacts in an informal atmosphere.

munich_i Pioneers Committee 2025

The Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) combines the expertise of 80 professors of various disciplines at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) to conduct research into machine intelligence. The MIRMI cooperates with several other universities and institutions. A team of scientists from this network is responsible for designing the program of the munich_i Hightech Summit 2025.

Committee members

Prof. Dr. Angela Schoellig
Member of the Board of Directors at the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI)
Coordinator of the Robotics Institute Germany (RIG)
Professorship Safety, Performance and Reliability of Learning Systems at the Technische Universität München (TUM)

Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Masia
Executive Director of MIRMI

Chair of Intelligent Bio-Robotic Systems at the Technische Universität München (TUM)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alin Albu-Schäffer (Chairman Science)
Director of the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics at DLR -German Aerospace Center

Prof. Dr. Edward G. Krubasik (Chairman Industry)
Honorary Professor, TUM School of Management

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tamim Asfour
Chair of Humanoid Robotics Systems and Director H²T (High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab (H2T) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Darius Burschka
Head of the Machine Vision and Perception Group at TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology

Prof. Dr. Majid Khadiv
Professorship of AI Planning in Dynamic Environments at TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology

Prof. Dr. Achim Lilienthal
Chair of Perception for Intelligent Systems at TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology

Prof. Dr. Ruth Müller
STS Deputy Department Head of Department of Science, Technology and Society at TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology

Prof. Dr. Cristina Piazza
Professorship for Healthcare and Rehabilitation Robotics at TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Speidel
Head of Department for Translational Surgical Oncology National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT/UCC) Dresden

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eckehard Steinbach
Chair of Media Technology at TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology

Prof. Dr. habil. Alois Knoll
Chair of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Real-time Systems at TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology

Prof. Dr. Patrick van der Smagt
Roboton® Grand Challenge Jury Member, Speaker Hightech Summit 2021

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Birgit Vogel-Heuser
Chair of Automation and Information Systems at TUM School of Engineering and Design