Future Now! Hub

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12 + 13 May 2026

Learn how AI in robotics is already creating real value in manufacturing processes today:

Sustainability and Cost Efficiency in Automation Through AI, Digitalization, and the IIoT

Artificial intelligence makes robots more flexible, intuitive, and cost-effective—precisely where traditional automation reaches its limits. Whether it’s picking items from a bin, visual quality assurance, predictive maintenance, or human-robot collaboration: the first AI applications are already in use in everyday industrial settings, demonstrating how companies can boost productivity, mitigate labor shortages, and make processes more resilient.

The Future Now! Hub is more than just a special exhibition area—it’s a dynamic meeting place for experts, decision-makers, and visionaries from the SME sector. Here you’ll find answers to pressing questions about how your company can become more sustainable and efficient, how to address the skills shortage, and what use cases already exist.

Experience the Future Now! Hub:

  • Solution Talks in the Speakers Corner: Discover use cases and success stories—straight from industry experts. View the program
  • Use Cases Hub Gallery: Exhibitors’ use cases in the Future Now area are presented in a visually striking way. Get inspired and identify opportunities for your business.
  • Direct interaction with experts: In the open exhibition area of the Future Now! Hub, the exhibitors’ experts are available to assist you. Ask your questions, discuss specific challenges, and find tailored solutions for your business.
  • Networking opportunities: Make valuable connections and expand your professional network. The Future Now! Hub is the ideal place to exchange ideas with like-minded professionals and forge new business relationships.

Visit the Future Now! Hub at all about automation in Heilbronn and experience how the future of automation is already becoming a reality today.

Exhibitor: Future Now! Hub

Exhibitors at the Future Now! Hub demonstrate how AI, digitalization, and the IIoT are already being put into practice today—with concrete solutions, use cases, and direct points of contact to help you take your next steps in automation.

The exhibitors at the Future Now! Hub will be announced here approximately six weeks before the start of the trade show.

Speakers Corner Future Now! Hub

The Future Now! Hub at the all about automation event in Heilbronn brings key technologies—AI, digitalization, and IIoT—to life for small and medium-sized businesses, showcasing concrete use cases for greater efficiency and sustainability, complemented by a Speakers’ Corner featuring exciting insights for the industry.

Attendance is free of charge and does not require registration.

The program will be published here approximately 6 weeks before the start of the trade show.

Use Cases Future Now! Hub

The use cases will be presented and demonstrated in a visually striking manner on-site.

May we help you further?

Contact for exhibitors
Tel.: +49 711 217267 70
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Contact for visitors
Tel.: +49 711 217267 10
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