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Global Robotics Market: How Can Europe Step Up its Game?
June 12, 2025 | IFREstimated reading time: 1 minute
The European Union is responsible for installing around 80% of all industrial robots in Europe each year. The EU´s automotive industry is highly automated on a global scale.
At the IFR Executive Round Table, the IFR will present new preliminary data: This will show how EU countries are coping in the global automation race, particularly in comparison with the United States, Japan and China.
Experts will discuss the need for greater resilience in times of increasing uncertainty: What efforts are governments making — or should they be making — to keep up in the race? How can robots ensure Europe's competitiveness and open up new markets?
When: June 25, 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00 hrs CEST
Where: Messe Munich, automatica forum / Halle A5.330
EXPERTS at the ROUND TABLE:
- Dr. Nikolas Blümlein, AI, Robotics and Process Optimization Expert at Schwarz Digital
- Nicole Clement, Chief Business Unit Officer Robotics and Advanced Automation at COMAU
- Wilfried Eberhard, Vice President Governmental Affairs at KUKA
- Francesco Ferro, CEO at PAL Robotics
- Lucilla Sioli, Director for AI and Digital Industry at the European Commission
Agenda
- Welcoming to the Executive Round Table by Dr. Susanne Bieller, IFR General Secretary
- Preview: New preliminary data of World Robotics Industrial Robots for Europe by Takayuki Ito, President of The International Federation of Robotics
- Discussion: “Global Robotics Market: How can Europe step up its game?”
- Q&A
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