NEO2025 Innovation Award

With its NEO Innovation Award, the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion (TRK) sets standards in the promotion of future-oriented developments. Every year, it emphasizes its role as a prestigious platform for decision-makers from business and science with a topic relevant to the future. The prize is endowed with 20,000 euros and is awarded throughout Germany and across the border in Alsace.

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NEO2025 - Innovation Award of the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion

For NEO2025, we were looking for your innovations in the field of artificial intelligence.
Look forward to the nominees and the winner! 

The jury

The NEO2025 Innovation Award is characterized by clear guidelines: A renowned jury from science, business and politics selects up to five finalists from the entries in a two-stage process and chooses the winner. 

The following jury members are involved in NEO2025:

  • Walter Bantleon
    Managing Director of the Karlsruhe Chamber of Skilled Crafts
  • Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Rose Marie Beck
    Rector of Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
  • Jean-Jacques Bernardini
    Grand E-Nov+, Head of European Affairs Department
  • Jenny Geis
    Deputy Managing Director of the IHK Karlsruhe
  • Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth
    Vice President for Transfer and International Affairs at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
  • Prof. Dr. Katharina Hölzle
    Technology Commissioner to the Minister of Economic Affairs of Baden-Württemberg, Director of the IAT at the University of Stuttgart and Fraunhofer IAO
  • Matthias Hornberger
    Managing Director of KIZOO Technology Capital GmbH and Chairman of the Board of CyberForum e.V.
  • Sandra Rohner
    Managing Director of the KI-Allianz Baden-Württemberg
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Schenkel
    Rector of DHBW Karlsruhe
  • Christian Schwab
    Board of the Südpfalz Innovation Hub eG
  • Amir Sharazi
    Nussbaum Media, Innovation and Digitalization Manager 
  • Dr.-Ing. Thomas Usländer
    Fraunhofer IOSB, Business Developer AI-Engineering

The previous award winners

Here you will find an overview of the award winners since 2010

Rement, KIT spin-off:

Rement - Creating added value from concrete and CO2

nanoshape GmbH:

Using nanostructures to combat implant infections

INLYSE GmbH:

Virus search using image recognition and neural networks

Rosswag GmbH:

New materials for metal 3D printing

PLAFCO from the DHBW Karlsruhe:

Bio-based and sustainable replacement material for plastic packaging and products

Holo-Med from KIT:

Artificial intelligence and augmented reality-supported glasses that support surgeons in the operating room

EVA shuttle buses from VBK:

Public transport feeder system through the use of autonomous electric minibuses

Volocopter from Volocopter GmbH:

Aircraft for two passengers with purely electric drive

Phontasia from DHBW Karlsruhe:

Learn the German language playfully, both in writing and phonetically

KIT:

Breast cancer early detection method using 3D ultrasound computed tomography

Frauenhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation (IOSB):

Universal interfaces for the automation of elements for integration into the production process

MeRegio from EnBW AG:

Intelligent electricity meter that recognizes when electricity is particularly cheap and then switches on appliances

ORGANOTRACE from UNISENSOR Sensorsysteme GmbH

Determination of hazardous substances in drinking water

SEW-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG:

Development of an inductive energy and data transmission system for wireless battery charging of cars and two-wheelers

Hydro-Energie Roth GmbH:

Pioneering, mobile, overflowing and underflowing waterworks

Do you have any questions?
Please feel free to contact us!
Nora Schäfer
Project management
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