BMFTR: Dorothee Bär: Germany’s High-Tech Agenda for greater competitiveness and sovereignty through research and technology

Federal Minister of Research, Technology and Space Dorothee Bär explains: 

“With today’s decision on the High-Tech Agenda Germany, the Federal Government has given the go-ahead for greater competitiveness, value creation and sovereignty through research and technology. We will invest more in future technologies and create better framework conditions and incentives to accelerate the transition from research to application. We want to move from the forefront of research back to the forefront of competition. It is important to me that people in Germany once again feel that technologies lead to prosperity, make our lives easier and reduce dependencies. As a federal government, we are therefore starting directly with implementation. Ultimately, however, the High-Tech Agenda Germany will only be a success if we work together. That is why it is also aimed at the federal government’s partners in science, business and society, as well as in the federal states and the EU.”

Background

With the High-Tech Agenda Germany, the federal government is giving the starting signal for its new direction in research and technology policy. It is thus implementing a central project of the coalition agreement. As a first step, the High-Tech Agenda Germany focuses on six key technologies:

• Artificial intelligence,
• Quantum technologies,
• Microelectronics,
• Biotechnology,
• Fusion and climate-neutral energy production
• Technologies for climate-neutral mobility

In each of these areas, the High-Tech Agenda Germany defines ambitious goals, underpinned by concrete flagship initiatives. The agenda also describes technology-driven projects in strategic research fields and refers to structural levers for a successful innovation system (e.g. knowledge and technology transfer, reducing bureaucracy, attracting skilled workers).

In a second step, the agenda marks the start of an agile and results-oriented implementation process. Individual roadmapping processes will be created for each key technology, starting in fall 2025. Implementation partners of the federal government from science, industry and (civil) society as well as in the federal states and the EU are invited to help shape and implement the roadmaps.

The success of the High-Tech Agenda Germany will be measured by concrete results. To this end, 360° monitoring will be established.

Further links

👉www.hightech-agenda-deutschland.de

👉https://www.bmftr.bund.de

Image: Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR)