Side Event IAA MOBILITY 2025: „From the Frontline of Israeli Innovation – Technologies That Secure Our Future and Build Resilience“

Präsenzveranstaltung

• DefenseTech and DeepTech are converging – creating new business fields for automotive and industrial suppliers in mobility, autonomy, and protection.
• Israel’s dual-use innovation model shows how technologies built for defense can scale into civilian applications – and vice versa.
• Industrial players are becoming investors, integrators, and co-developers in a market shaped by AI, sensors, cyber resilience, and autonomous systems.
• What Europe can learn from Israel’s innovation engine: speed, focus, and how to build relevance in high-stakes tech ecosystems.

ALPHAZIRKEL, together with the Economic and Trade Mission of the Israeli Consulate General in Munich, the Israel Export Institute, Mobilion VC, and Lupp + Partner cordially invite you to a special side event during the IAA Mobility 2025.

This side event during IAA MOBILITY 2025 presents Israel’s startups reshaping mobility, autonomy as well as defense, and explores how European suppliers can engage as co-developers, investors, or early adopters of frontier technologies.

AGENDA:

FIRESIDE CHAT | Israel’s innovation engine

• Nikolai Ardey (Managing Director | Volkswagen Connect)
• Omer David Keilaf (CEO and Co-founder| Innoviz Technologies)
• Moderation: Hemdat Sagi (Director of Strategic Partnerships | Start-Up Nation Central)A strategic conversation about the mindset, speed, and structure behind Israel’s innovation success – and how European industrial players can adopt elements of that model. Where do corporates and startups meet – and how can these synergies create resilience and new momentum?

PANEL 1| Deep Tech in Motion – Chips, Sensors & Systems for a Smarter World

• Startups: VisIC Technologies · Alango · EVR Motors · Polyn AI · EyeNet Mobile · Click-Ins
• Moderation: Anat Lea Bonshtien (PhD, Partner | Mobilion Ventures)From energy-efficient power electronics to neuromorphic chips and sensor-driven safety systems – this panel showcases Israel’s physical layer of innovation. These technologies are not distant future bets; they are already becoming the building blocks of next-generation vehicle platforms, smart mobility systems, and industrial automation.

This panel explores:

• How hardware-led innovation can open new business fields across mobility, automation, energy, and even defense.
• How sensor fusion, edge-AI and chip-level breakthroughs enable smarter, safer and more autonomous systems.
• How European suppliers can move beyond pure manufacturing – and become system integrators, solution providers, or strategic co-developers.

Core message:

• This is not a technology showcase – it’s a strategic entry point into new markets.
• Deep Tech creates leverage – for those who combine industrial scale with startup speed.
• Suppliers who engage early can shape the standards and platforms of tomorrow.

PANEL 2 | Generative Intelligence – How Israeli AI & Cyber Startups Build a Resilient Future

• Startups: Cloudwise · Upstream Security · XTEND · Haim Piratinskiy, Head of Israeli innovation and technology, Festo
• Moderation: Albert Geiger (CEO | Alphazirkel)As critical infrastructure becomes increasingly digital and exposed, the global race to secure systems, assets, and people is accelerating. At the same time, billions in funding are shifting into DefenseTech, Cybersecurity, and AI-powered safety technologies – across Israel, the US, and increasingly also in Europe.

This panel explores:

• How Israel’s most advanced startups are building the next generation of AI-based cyber defense, predictive intelligence, and robotic protection systems.
• What types of business models are emerging at the intersection of dual-use innovation, industrial scale, and real-world security challenges.
• How traditional manufacturers and suppliers can take part – not just as users or customers, but as investors, co-developers, or execution partners.
• What viable models for investment and execution are gaining traction in the DefenseTech ecosystem – and what can be adapted to the European context.

Core message:

• DefenseTech is no longer a niche – it’s a strategic growth field.
• Cyber resilience is not just an IT function – it’s an industrial capability.
• And for those who move early, it’s a chance to shape new markets – not just react to them.

Cover: Simon Gehrke Kommunikationsdesign