Megatrends—mega-informative: the automatica Forum, for the first time with AI real-time translation

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From trend analyses to best practice examples: The automatica Forum in Hall A5 offers you first-hand expert knowledge and valuable know-how transfer around the three megatrends of automation "Digitalization and AI", "Sustainable Production" and "Future of Work".

"Digitalization and AI", "Sustainable production" and "The future of work" define our industry - and therefore also the automatica Forum 2025. Together with the topics "Humanoid robotics", "Next generation RobotX" and "Healthtech and life sciences", they form the common thread that runs through a large number of keynotes, practical presentations and other knowledge formats - and is of course also reflected in the daily panel discussions and exhibitor presentations, for which we have extra slots available. The automatica Forum will be presented even more prominently in Hall A5 in 2025 and will therefore be located in the immediate vicinity of the automatica TestZone - a perfect match of theory and practice.

In 2025, the forum will once again be largely organized by the Konradin Media Group under the leadership of Automationspraxis and will cover all relevant application areas of robotics and automation. There will also be very different formats - for example the munich_i Executive Roundtable or the IFR Executive Roundtable.

All lectures will be AI real-time translated into English, French, Italian, Korean and Chinese.

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Speakers and program highlights 2025

munich_i Executive Round Table: AI robotics – the competitiveness booster?

What characterizes robust and overarching AI systems? How do AI robots impact work environments? How does generative AI affect learning processes in robotics? And how to ensure safe interaction between robots and humans? Tomorrow’s munich_i Executive Round Table covers everything you need to know in this context.

Time: June 24, 2025, 13:00
Location: automatica Forum

Listen to top-class experts such as:
Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Masia	TU Munich and munich_i Director
Wendy Tan White	CEO intrinsic
Dr. Corina Apachiţe	Head of Artificial Intelligence, Continental Automotive Technologies
Dr. Francesco Nori	Director Google Deepmind Robotics
Marc A. Theermann	Chief Strategy Officer, Boston Dynamics

IFR Executive Round Table: Global Robotics Market: How can Europe step up its game?

Speaker	Moderation
Takayuki Ito, IFR President	Dr. Susanne Bieller, General Secretary at IFR
Wilfried Eberhard, Vice President Governmental Affairs at KUKA
Francesco Ferro, CEO at PAL Robotics
Dr. Nikolas Blümlein, AI, Robotics and Process Optimization Expert at Schwarz Digital
Lucilla Sioli, Director for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Industry at the European Commission
Nicole Clement, Chief Business Unit Officer (CBO) Robotics and Advanced Automation Solutions at COMAU

Future of work / Humanoid robots

Speaker	Lecture
Carolin Richter, Head of Next Generation Robotics, BMW Group	"Humanoid robots in practical use at BMW"
Melonee Wise, Chief Product Officer, Agility Robotics	"How humanoids can fill automation gaps"
Dr. Johannes Kurth, Founder, ROBUEN – Robotics Business Engineering	"From cobots to humanoids: opportunities and limits"

Next Generation RobotX

Speaker	Lecture
Katharina Jessa, Chief Revenue Officer, Wandelbots Jens Kotlarski, CEO, voraus robotik Torsten Kroeger, Chief Science Office, Intrinsic	"Can software democratize robotics?"
Georg Stieler, Managing Director Asia, Stieler Technologie- & Marketing-Beratung GmbH & Co. KG	"Robotics and AI: From China to the world?"

AI and digitalization

Speaker	Lecture
Henrik Schunk, Chairman of the Board of Directors SCHUNK Tom Schneider, Global Head of R&D, TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen	"Manufacturing X: Why the industry needs a sovereign data space"
Julius Bockamp, Specialist for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Schaeffler Claus Romanowsky, Senior Business Development Manager, Siemens	"AI and humanoid robots in production – chances and challenges"
Dr. Michael Suppa CEO and Co-Founder, Roboception GmbH Dr. Rainer Bischoff General Manager, Intrinsic Innovation GmbH Dr. Arne Raulf Head of Algorithms and Hybrid Solutions department, DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.	"Industrial Use Cases of AI Robotics in the RoX Ecosystem"

Sustainable production

Speaker	Lecture
Guido Bachmann, Director Engineering R&D Electronics and Software, Schaltbau GmbH	"Saving energy with direct current in production: NExT Factory as a prototype for the factory of tomorrow"
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt.-Ing. Heiner Hans Heimes, Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University	"Sustainable battery production in Europe"

Robotics and automation for healthtech and life sciences

Speaker	Lecture
Oliver Bleher, Senior Sales Manager Life Science, ASYS Automatisierungssysteme	"Best practices for robotics and automation in the life science industry: a look at project practice"
Stephan Trunk, Sales Director Packaging, Member of the Management Board, Goldfuß engineering GmbH	"Closing the last automation gaps: robotic automation in the medical and pharmaceutical industry"

For sustainable production, innovative energy technology and smart automation must go hand in hand. With a focus on the megatrends of AI and sustainable production, automatica is focusing on the right priorities for this and offers valuable information on this topic at the automatica Forum.

Dennis Bauer Dr.

e-con AG Stuttgart

Automatica is a must attend event for the entire robotics and automation industry. I enjoyed meeting global players as well as newcomers. The automatica Forum offers a great conference program covering mega trends such as sustainable production, future of work and my personal passion digitalization and AI. See you in 2025!

Erik Norman Hansen

Futurist

Artificial intelligence will influence automation and robotics, but also human work and many other areas in companies and society. The automatica Forum is the ideal platform for visitors who wanted to learn more about and discuss the various aspects of this development.