Cyber Valley Day 2026

On September 9, 2026, we are celebrating Cyber Valley's tenth anniversary at the Cyber Valley building in Tübingen. The event shines a spotlight on the scientific backbone of our ecosystem, the Cyber Valley Innovation Campus, while bringing together the people, ideas, and organizations that make Cyber Valley what it is today. Throughout the day, you can look forward to inspiring talks from leading researchers and innovators, an exhibition showcasing cutting-edge research projects, and plenty of opportunities to connect across disciplines and organizations. Beyond the stage program, the anniversary celebration is designed as a meeting point for the entire community. Our shared goal is to strengthen Cyber Valley, create new connections, and further grow the sense of community that has shaped the ecosystem over the past decade. We are all Cyber Valley, and this celebration is something we create together. Join us to network with distinguished guests from science, politics, industry, and society, enjoy the exhibition and start-up showcase, and end the day with refreshments from a food truck food court. AGENDA Main Stage 9:00 Registration and check in 10:00 Welcome adresses from Cem Özdemir (Minister President of Baden-Württemberg), Boris Palmer (Mayor of Tübingen), Karla Pollmann (President of the University of Tübingen), Simone Schwanitz (Secretary General of the Max Planck Society), and Florian Mayer (Managing Director Cyber Valley GmbH) 10:45 Keynote by Manuela Veloso (Herbert A. Simon University Professor Emerita, Carnegie Mellon University) 11:30 Cyber Valley Voices: Bernhard Schölkopf (ELLIS Institute Tübingen), and Matthias Bethge (Tübingen AI Center, University of Tübingen) 12:00 Lunch break 13:15 Cyber Valley Voices: Katherine J. Kuchenbecker (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems), Steffen Staab (University of Stuttgart), Tamim Asfour (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), and Werner Kraus (Fraunhofer IPA) 14:15 Input talk by Rafael Laguna de la Vera (Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation (SPRIN-D)) 14:30 Break 15:00 Panel Discussion "Building what's next - How bold ideas move from research to impact" with Aline Defranceski (Data Coffee), Antonia Georgopoulou (MPI-IS), Maike Kaufmann (Polybot), and Katharina Schmidt (apic.ai), moderated by Larissa Holzki (Handelsblatt) 16:00 Cyber Valley Start-up Voices: Prashanth Halady (Bosch), Mario Krenn (Feyer), and Jonas Müller (Black Forest Labs) 17:00 Networking with food and drinks PLUS Ground Floor: an exhibition from our academic partners and projects, with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Haptic Intelligence Lab), Max Planck Foundation, the IIMPRS-IS, the University of Stuttgart (IntCDC, IRIS, MLIP, KI-SIR), the University of Tübingen (ML Cluster, Tübingen AI Center), Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart (BITS), ELLIS Institute Tübingen, Hertie Institute for AI in Brain Health, ARENA 2036, BWKI, Cyber Valley GmbH & PAB, High Performance Humanoid Technologies Lab (H²T) from KIT, KE:SAI, Oktonex, Polybot, Prior Labs, and more! 6th Floor: Talks by Chandan Kumar (Fraunhofer IAO) and C. David Remy & Philipp Rothemund (University of Stuttgart) in the Auditorium a Start-up Basecamp with start-up presentations an Investor speed dating session an "Ask me anything-session" and much more! Registration for Waiting list: Due to the high demand, we have already reached our full capacity. However, you can still register for the waiting list. Once a free ticket becomes available, you will be contacted with further instructions on how to receive your ticket. Please note that a shuttle bus from KIT to Tübingen is planned. Further details and timings will be communicated closer to the event. We look forward to celebrating this special anniversary with you.