The engine for interdisciplinary exchange
Networks, initiatives, partnerships, memberships and committees
Strong together through networking: The FZI is involved regionally, nationally and internationally in initiatives, associations, committees and networks, and maintains its partnerships. In this way, we actively shape knowledge and technology transfer while providing research policy support. Everyone benefits from an intensive exchange and mutual impulses from science and industry.
The FZI as shareholder
As a regional, cross-state action alliance, the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion shapes the development of the region with the aim of strengthening and advancing the economic, scientific and innovation zone. The focus is on the topics of mobility, energy, and IT/digitization.
The Digitales Innovationszentrum (DIZ) is advancing the digital transformation in Baden-Württemberg. And it supports companies in their digitization efforts through specific offerings. At the same time, the DIZ works closely with business, science and the public sector.
innoWerft is a non-profit organization with the goal of promoting IT and deep-tech startups in the Rhine-Neckar region. It supports founders in an early phase their business startup and accompanies the further development process.
EICT initiates and supports collaborations between partners from industry, academia and applied research in the pre-competitive area. As a neutral third party, EICT manages distributed work and communication in projects. And in doing so, brings proven tools for collaborations to bear.
FZI Partner
We are an innovation partner of the
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
We have an innovation partnership with KIT that strengthens scientific excellence. Of our 25 scientific directors, 21 hold a professorship at KIT.
We are a strategic partner of the
German Informatics Society
Together with the German Informatics Society (GI), we actively promote educational pathways in the field of computer science, as well as in technical and professional development and political agenda setting.
AUTOSAR – AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture
AUTOSAR is a worldwide development partnership of automotive manufacturers, suppliers and other companies from the electronics, semiconductor and software industries. Its goal is to develop and establish a standardized software architecture for electronic control units.
The expansion of hydrogen and fuel cell technology in Baden-Württemberg is being driven forward by the Cluster Fuel Cell BW together with science and industry. It unites companies, research institutes, the public sector and associations and aims to achieve market maturity for hydrogen mobility with marketable and customer-friendly series products.
Cluster Electric Mobility South-West and AG Intelligent Move
As the southwest regional association for mobility of the future, the Cluster Electric Mobility South-West bundles competencies from business, science and politics and actively shapes the transformation of the mobility system. The AG Intelligent Move is a working group of the network.
de:hub - Digital Hub Karlsruhe Applied Artificial Intelligence and de:hub-Netzwerk
The Digital Hub networking initiative connects SMEs and corporates with new partners from science and the startup scene at twelve competence locations in Germany. At the Digital Hub in Karlsruhe, the focus is on the development and application of artificial intelligence.
Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft für Automatisierung und Mikroelektronik e.V. (DFAM)
The DFAM association is a network for electronics developers from large and small companies who work together with competent research institutions to develop solutions in production of microelectronics and automation processes.
Digital Hub Netzwerk Baden-Württemberg
The Baden-Württemberg regional digital hubs are digitization centers where a wide variety of competencies, disciplines, ideas, technologies and creativity come together. They are regional points of contact for small and medium-sized enterprises in all sectors with questions about digitization and digital innovations.
edacentrum e.V.
The edacentrum association is the network for electronics, design and applications in business and science. It shapes research & development for an end-to-end design methodology along the entire value chain and is a recognized innovation accelerator for the microelectronics industry.
Forum MedTech Pharma e.V. – Netzwerk für Medizintechnik und Pharma
Forum MedTech Pharma e.V. is the largest healthcare network in Germany and Europe. The association promotes cooperation, arranges contacts and provides information about the latest trends and innovations in specialist circles, targeted conferences and further training.
microTEC Südwest
microTEC Südwest is the competence and cooperation network for intelligent microsystems technology solutions in Germany’s southwest. The association offers a platform for professional exchange and networking, well-founded information on current topics and enables collaborations as well as insights into research, development and manufacturing of the members.
Mittelstand-Digital
Mittelstand-Digital is a funding measure of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action that provides information to small and medium-sized enterprises on the topic of digitization to strengthen them for competition. In this context, the SME 4.0 competence centers are the most important point of contact for companies.
Plattform Lernende Systeme
The platform brings together experts from the fields of learning systems and artificial intelligence. Together, they discuss the opportunities, challenges and framework conditions for the development and responsible use of learning systems to derive scenarios, recommendations, design options or roadmaps.
Profilregion Mobilitätssysteme Karlsruhe
The Profilregion Mobilitätssysteme is the merger of the Karlsruhe institutions for research, teaching and transfer in the field of mobility systems in a performance center. This bundles people and competencies as well as equipment and preliminary work of the institutions to conduct research in a network.
Smart Grids-Plattform Baden-Württemberg e.V.
This Baden-Württemberg platform is a network of central players from the energy industry, plant manufacturers, grid operators, IT, politics, and interested private individuals. The purpose of the association as a platform is to promote smart energy grids and to generate largely CO2-free energy in the long term.
Innovation Alliance of the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion
The alliance offers easy and fast access to the Karlsruhe technological innovation research landscape. It supports especially small and medium-sized companies with their innovation projects by providing access to numerous experts, technologies and infrastructures.
TMF – Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung e.V.
The TMF is the umbrella organization for collaborative medical research in Germany. It is the platform for interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration across projects and sites to jointly identify and solve the organizational, legal-ethical and technological problems of modern medical research.
TeleTrusT and TeleTrusT “IT Security made in Germany” Initiative
TeleTrusT is a competence network comprising members from industry, administration, consulting and science as well as thematically related partner organizations. “IT Security made in Germany” is the TeleTrusT seal of reliance for association members.
Test Area Autonomous Driving Baden-Württemberg (TAF BW)
The TAF BW is an autonomous driving project of several Baden-Württemberg research institutions, municipalities and state government. The consortium is developing, planning and expanding the test field under the leadership of the FZI Research Center for Information Technology.
VDE FNN – Forum Network Technology/Network Operation in the VDE
In the VDE network forum, manufacturers, grid operators, suppliers, plant operators, authorities and scientific institutions develop electricity grids with foresight. The goal is to always ensure reliable system operation with 80 percent renewable energies.