Connected to the future: automatica Innovation Bridge
Tech networking for start-ups, established players, and investors
Advancing future technologies: automatica Innovation Bridge is a new format jointly presented by UnternehmerTUM and Messe München. The exclusive networking event brings visionary start-ups, established industrial companies, and leading investors together at the confluence of technology, market access, and investment. Learn about visionary solutions, explore the potential for cooperation, and initiate lucrative new business—a trade fair day couldn’t be any more inspiring!
Devised as a tech breakfast in a small, select circle, automatica Innovation Bridge brings together all key players required to achieve the go-live stage of future technologies. It is a place where visionary start-ups meet established players and investors to discuss innovative products and business models and to identify potential for joint market development. Look forward to inspiring keynotes, an exciting panel discussion, and interactive expert panels exploring new perspectives.
Hard-coded success: digital twins
The 2025 focus topic: digital twins for production and logistics. How do precise real-time simulations and optimizations of production and supply chain processes impact the industry? What can smart sensor technology and low/no-code solutions contribute the industry’s transformation? Which innovative software solutions can help make physical processes more transparent, resilient, and efficient?
Take the Innovation Bridge as an opportunity to learn about new technologies—and talk to their developers.
Strength through cooperation
One thing is clear: Numerous social issues cannot be overcome without deep-tech innovations. Particularly start-ups and their visionary solutions make pivotal contributions to strengthening our economic resilience. Venture Clienting not only promotes collaboration between start-ups and established players, but offers you a strategic approach to transforming your entire innovation ecosystem. Because this approach helps change or improve processes, develop new product lines, promote internal innovation capabilities, and gain access to solutions that strengthen your competitiveness and resilience.
Core competency: successful networking
UnternehmerTUM is Europe’s leading entrepreneurship center supporting start-ups and established companies in their efforts to develop and implement new technologies and business models. U/TUM Venture Labs, a cooperation between UnternehmerTUM and the Technical University of Munich, makes a significant contribution to translating scientific research findings into successful scalable companies such as AlephAlpha, DeepDrive, FruitcoreRobotics, ISAR Aerospace, or ProximaFusion. UnternehmerTUM has been focusing on building bridges between large groups of companies, innovative SMEs, and aspiring start-ups for more than 20 years, thus promoting economic activities in Germany and securing prosperity across Europe.
Why you should attend
For CEOs and business owners
Learn about visionary solutions for your industry and find tech partners to help ensure the future viability of your company. Experience exciting innovations—boiled down to just 90 minutes.
For investors
Discover promising technology start-ups focusing on industrial applications – for investments and strategic holdings with good prospects.
For start-up founders
Take the stage as an opportunity to present your solutions to decision-makers and potential investors – and gain strong partners for pilot and scaling phases.
Please note: participation on invitation only.
Key facts
Date: Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Time: 08:00 – 9:30
Location: Bavaria Lounge, Entrance WEST
Format: brief pitches + curated exchange over coffee & croissants
Partners: Messe München and UnternehmerTUM
