2026

At SPIE Photonics West 2026, participants can expect a wide range of exciting topics revolving around lasers, biomedical optics, optoelectronics, and technologies for biophotonic, quantum, and image processing applications. Our colleague Georg von Freymann, Head of the »Materials Characterization and Testing« department, will be chairing plenary speeches on January 19, 2026.

E-world Energy and Water is the industry meeting place for the European energy sector. International companies present sustainable technologies, smart services, and approaches for achieving climate targets. E-world focuses on innovative solutions for the energy supply of the future—from generation, transport, and storage to trading, efficiency, and green technologies.

Our expert Dr. Franz-Josef Pfreundt from the division »Analytics Computing« is presenting a poster prepared by Mario Fernandez for our project »DLseis«.

Die Maintenance in Dortmund ist die Leitmesse für industrielle Instandhaltung, auf der jährlich Expert:innen und Unternehmen aus diversen Branchen zusammenfinden, um Innovationen und Trends kennenzulernen. Forschende aus den Schwerpunkten »Dynamik, Lasten und Umgebungsdaten« sind vor Ort und stellen spannende Themen vor.

Participants gain an overview of the key concepts, technologies, and business applications of Quantum Computing, along with insights into the current state of the development of quantum software and quantum hardware and future trends.

The Tire Technology Expo is the leading European conference and trade fair for tire manufacturing technologies. Our colleagues from the »Mathematics for Vehicles, Systems and Equipment« department are representing our institute at the event.

The workshop offers science and industry the opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience in the field of terahertz technology. The potential of the technology for analysis, testing and measurement tasks has been impressively demonstrated for various applications in recent years. However, there are still some challenges to be overcome before it can be used in industry.

The JEC World trade fair brings together companies, start-ups and experts in the field of composite materials. Participants can find out about applications in various industries and expand their networks. Experts of the Fraunhofer ITWM presents the exhibit »Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung von Verbundwerkstoffen« (Non-destructive Testing of Composite Materials) at the Fraunhofer joint booth 5L142.

ModVal 2026 is the 22nd edition of an annual international symposium on modeling and experimental validation in the field of electrochemical energy technologies. Our colleagues Dr. Jochen Zausch and Katrin Bitzer from the »Flow Processes« department are on site with a poster entitled »Bridging Cell and System Scales: Coupled Electrochemical and Thermal Simulation of Batteries with Silicon-Dominant Anodes« and »A Time-Dependent 0D Model of Redox Targeting-Based Flow Batteries with Two-Step Electron-Transfer Reactions.«

The Embedded World Exhibition and Conference is the industry meeting place for the embedded community, leading experts and industry associations. A team from the »Analytics and Computing« department and the Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) from the »Design of Microelectronic Systems (EMS)« department presents our AI system »Neural Architecture Search for Embedded Applications (NASE)« at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's joint booth.