Thinking together: digitization and sustainability

The inno­va­tions pre­sent­ed by the Karl­sruhe Insti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy (KIT) at Han­nover Messe 2022 from May 30 to June 2 revolve around the top­ics of cli­mate pre­dic­tion and risk pre­ven­tion, data secu­ri­ty and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, ener­gy tran­si­tion, and cir­cu­lar econ­o­my. The exhibits and pre­sen­ta­tions at the two main booths in the “Future Hub” (Hall 2, Booth B40) and at the “Ener­gy Solu­tions” (Hall 13, Booth D62) show how KIT researchers think dig­i­tal­i­ty and sus­tain­abil­i­ty togeth­er. The insti­tute will also present cur­rent mobil­i­ty research projects at the Baden-Würt­tem­berg Inter­na­tion­al booth (Hall 12, Booth D15).

Cli­mate fore­casts and risk pre­ven­tion, data secu­ri­ty and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, ener­gy tran­si­tion and cir­cu­lar econ­o­my: These are the top­ics of the inno­va­tions pre­sent­ed by the insti­tute at Han­nover Messe 2022 from May 30 to June 2. The exhibits and pre­sen­ta­tions at the two main booths in the “Future Hub” (Hall 2, Booth B40) and at the “Ener­gy Solu­tions” (Hall 13, Booth D62) show how researchers are think­ing dig­i­tal­i­ty and sus­tain­abil­i­ty togeth­er. The insti­tute will also present cur­rent mobil­i­ty research projects at the Baden-Würt­tem­berg Inter­na­tion­al booth (Hall 12, Booth D15).

“Dig­i­tal tech­nolo­gies can con­tribute to sus­tain­able devel­op­ment, among oth­er things via resource-effi­cient pro­duc­tion or net­worked mobil­i­ty. Con­verse­ly, it is impor­tant to make dig­i­ti­za­tion sus­tain­able. Thanks to its inter­dis­ci­pli­nary research, KIT is ide­al­ly posi­tioned to meet these chal­lenges, espe­cial­ly in the fields of infor­ma­tion, ener­gy, mobil­i­ty, cli­mate, mate­ri­als, and man and tech­nol­o­gy. How rel­e­vant the work on renew­able ener­gies, their stor­age, and dis­tri­b­u­tion is, for exam­ple, is cur­rent­ly shown by the effects of the war in Ukraine.”

- Pro­fes­sor Hol­ger Hansel­ka, President

At the Han­nover Messe 2022 from May 30 to June 2 under the main theme “Indus­tri­al Trans­for­ma­tion”, the Insti­tute will present some high­lights from research and inno­va­tion. KIT Pres­i­dent Pro­fes­sor Hol­ger Hansel­ka will par­tic­i­pate as a speak­er in the “Light­weight­ing Sum­mit” of the Ger­man Fed­er­al Min­istry of Eco­nom­ics and Cli­mate Pro­tec­tion, which will take place on May 31 under the patron­age of Fed­er­al Min­is­ter of Eco­nom­ics Dr. Robert Habeck. The focus of this con­fer­ence is on link­ing light­weight con­struc­tion with hydro­gen tech­nol­o­gy — both pro­mote resource and ener­gy effi­cien­cy and thus sup­port cli­mate protection.