The future of the energy transition: Smart cities, smart factories
The energy transition is transforming our lives – in cities, businesses and our daily lives. Electricity from wind and solar energy is environmentally friendly, but fluctuates...
Innovation Day Robotik meets AI – looking at the future of flexible production
On 24 September 2025, the innovation day ‘Robotik meets AI’ opened its doors at ZEMA – Centre for Mechatronics and Automation Technologies in Saarbrücken, offering nearly two dozen participants from industry, research and technology enthusiasts...
Smart City Kirkel: How a municipality with LoRaWAN and open source digitalisation can experience
The municipality of Kirkel in the Saarpfalz district is impressively showing how digitalisation can be achieved at municipal level. With the development of an open LoRaWAN (Long Range Wide Area Network) network, Kirkel is laying the groundwork for a wide range of smart city applications...
#SWD25 South-West Digital 2025 – 2. & 3 July – The Festival for AI and Digitalisation in the Region
#SWD25 South-West Digital 2025 – 2. & 3 July – The AI and Digitisation Festival in the region adapted to technology and innovation enthusiasts: On 2 and 3 July, it was again! Then the second edition of the Southwest Digital Festival will be launched at the Innovation Center of the University of Saarland (UDS) in 2025 and this time...
The startup ecosystem in Saarland
©Adobe Stock/311601121 This was the Southwest Digital Festival 2024: A full success for the digital future On 19 and 20 September 2024, Saarbrücken turned into a vibrant hub for technological innovation and digitalisation: The 2024 Southwest Digital Festival attracted more than 250 technology and innovation enthusiasts. Organised by the European Digital Innovation Hub Saarland (EDIH),...
Borderless innovation: EDIH Saarland & the Greater Region*
In an increasingly interconnected world, innovation does not end at national borders. Therefore, the European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) Saarland works closely with the EDIHs and the Enterprise Europe Networks (EENs) of the Greater Region...
The start-up ecosystem in Saarland
Saarland aims to become an attractive location for start-ups and to develop one of the most start-up-friendly ecosystems at the heart of Europe. A strong multi-actor network and support are key in this regard...