The morning centered on the joint panel with Japan's Robot Revolution & Industrial IoT Initiative (RRI), titled "Joint Strategy for the Future of Industry." Both sides discussed how to further strengthen resilient value chains, shared standards, and a common understanding of Industrial AI — reaffirming the long-standing cooperation between Germany and Japan. Against this backdrop, the renewed cooperation agreement underscores mutual trust as a productivity factor and a foundation for the competitiveness of both nations.

Throughout the day, the Platform welcomed international delegations from Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Tunisia, and China at its booth for talks on opportunities for cooperation and the current state of national Industrie 4.0 strategies.

Bild: Niederländisch-deutscher Austausch zu neuen Entwicklungen

There were also prominent visitors from the business community: Tim Höttges, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, took an in-depth look at 8ra and exchanged views with those involved on building a digitally sovereign infrastructure for Europe. Airbus CTO Sabine Klauke visited Aerospace-X and was briefed on the current status of the data space for the aerospace industry.

Leading figures from economic and digital policy were also strongly represented. Several decision-makers came to the booth to learn about the Platform's progress, the role of Industrial AI, and the development of the Manufacturing-X data ecosystems.

Another substantive highlight came from the working group "Digital Business Models," which presented its new study and discussed the findings together with Cofinity-X and Factory-X. The central question was what the monetary value contribution of data ecosystems can be.