Introduction
Erlangen, Nuremberg, November 24, 2025
With more than 120 participants from academia, government agencies, industry, and start-ups, the first Security & Innovation Forum took place at the Zollhof Nuremberg.
The event sent a strong signal about the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation, technological sovereignty, and practice-oriented security research in Germany.
In his keynote speech, Minister of State Joachim Herrmann emphasized Bavaria's central role in internal security and underscored the importance of state-of-the-art technologies for hazard prevention, crisis preparedness, and the protection of critical infrastructure.
Forum
The Security & Innovation Forum highlights the growing importance of technological and social resilience in the face of geopolitical tensions, hybrid threats, and digital attacks.
It combines the expertise of FAU, DITS.center, start-ups, and security authorities to bring security-related research together with real-world needs.
Examples such as the BMBF ISAKI project show how successful cooperation between practitioners, scientists, and innovative companies works.
The forum focuses on critical infrastructures, cyber and IT security, drone defense, and modern situation assessments that link data, sensor technology, and AI to actionable insights.
A central concern is overcoming fragmented individual approaches in favor of integrated ones.
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DITS Pressenotiz- StMI Pressenotiz des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums des Inneren, für Sport und Integration
- FAU Forum Impulse für die Sicherheit von morgen