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Bridges AI, Robotics & Data

Bridges

AI, Robotics & Data

21-22 October | Munich, Germany

Expert-Led Training & Matchmaking for Horizon Europe Consortia

Co-Led By

Ecosystem Partner

From Connection to Action – Take Your Consortium in AI, Robotics & Data to the Next Level

Bridges – AI, Robotics & Data is a focused, two-day programme taking place in Munich, designed to drive successful cross-border Horizon Europe submissions. Building on the Bridging the Horizon matchmaking round tables, the Bridges programme is tailored for experienced consortium coordinators and partners looking to take the next step, moving from initial connections and abstract project concepts to concrete, competitive proposals. 

Through a combination of expert-led masterclasses, practical workshops, and facilitated peer exchange, participants will refine their project concepts, strengthen their consortium strategy, and advance proposal development for Cluster 4 open calls.

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Thematic Focus
Digital: AI, Robotics & Data
The in-person Bridges Munich programme will focus on the 4 selected open calls featured in the online Bridging the Horizon – AI, Robotics & Data round table in June 2026:
AI-Driven Robotics for Industry: Enabling System Integration and Adoption
HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05
This call focuses on the “last mile” of deployment, specifically the interoperability and integration of AI-powered robots into existing industrial production lines. Proposals must include a clear pathway for adoption in strategic sectors, with a mandatory focus on the Automotive industry as a primary use case. Key requirements include the development of a “Step-by-Step Adoption Guide” for SMEs and advances in high-speed autonomous navigation and human-robot collaboration safety. Learn more
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Human/AI Collaboration for the Workforce of the Future
HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-52-two-stage
This call focuses on the “Workstation Level,” creating environments where AI acts as a synergistic teammate to enhance human expertise in manufacturing. Key pillars include “Knowledge Capture” to prevent brain drain from retiring experts, and “Natural Teamwork” via intuitive voice or gesture interfaces. Projects must ensure “Digital Humanism” by designing interfaces that adapt to a worker’s physical or cognitive load. Learn more
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Decentralised, Federated and Sustainable AI Data Processing
HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-03
This call focuses on developing innovative approaches, tools, and techniques for decentralised, federated, and sustainable AI data processing. It aims to overcome the bottlenecks of centralised AI—such as energy constraints, compute capacity, and latency—by leveraging distributed resources across the Cloud-Edge-HPC continuum. Proposals should support the entire AI lifecycle, integrating heterogeneous hardware architectures (including neuromorphic and quantum) while implementing end-to-end energy efficiency monitoring. Key priorities include ensuring data quality, integrity, and privacy, alongside the optimisation of data transfer volumes in distributed environments. Learn more
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Demand-Side 3C Pilot Demonstrators on Converged Telco Edge Cloud Infrastructure
HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-08
This call focuses on establishing large-scale pilot demonstrators based on the convergence of Computing, Communication, and Control (3C) within telco edge-cloud infrastructures. The objective is to validate distributed architectures that enable real-time data processing, ultra-low latency, and high reliability for strategic sectors such as smart manufacturing, energy, and autonomous mobility. Projects must demonstrate seamless interoperability between diverse hardware and software providers while integrating AI tools at the network edge, with a strong emphasis on energy efficiency. The initiative seeks to transition technological concepts into tangible solutions that meet complex operational requirements in dynamic industrial environments. Learn more
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Human/AI Collaboration for the Workforce of the Future
HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-52-two-stage
This call focuses on the “Workstation Level,” creating environments where AI acts as a synergistic teammate to enhance human expertise in manufacturing. Key pillars include “Knowledge Capture” to prevent brain drain from retiring experts, and “Natural Teamwork” via intuitive voice or gesture interfaces. Projects must ensure “Digital Humanism” by designing interfaces that adapt to a worker’s physical or cognitive load. Learn more
Read More
AI-Driven Robotics for Industry: Enabling System Integration and Adoption
HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05
This call focuses on the “last mile” of deployment, specifically the interoperability and integration of AI-powered robots into existing industrial production lines. Proposals must include a clear pathway for adoption in strategic sectors, with a mandatory focus on the Automotive industry as a primary use case. Key requirements include the development of a “Step-by-Step Adoption Guide” for SMEs and advances in high-speed autonomous navigation and human-robot collaboration safety. Learn more
Read More
Decentralised, Federated and Sustainable AI Data Processing
HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-03
This call focuses on developing innovative approaches, tools, and techniques for decentralised, federated, and sustainable AI data processing. It aims to overcome the bottlenecks of centralised AI—such as energy constraints, compute capacity, and latency—by leveraging distributed resources across the Cloud-Edge-HPC continuum. Proposals should support the entire AI lifecycle, integrating heterogeneous hardware architectures (including neuromorphic and quantum) while implementing end-to-end energy efficiency monitoring. Key priorities include ensuring data quality, integrity, and privacy, alongside the optimisation of data transfer volumes in distributed environments. Learn more
Read More
Demand-Side 3C Pilot Demonstrators on Converged Telco Edge Cloud Infrastructure
HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-08
This call focuses on establishing large-scale pilot demonstrators based on the convergence of Computing, Communication, and Control (3C) within telco edge-cloud infrastructures. The objective is to validate distributed architectures that enable real-time data processing, ultra-low latency, and high reliability for strategic sectors such as smart manufacturing, energy, and autonomous mobility. Projects must demonstrate seamless interoperability between diverse hardware and software providers while integrating AI tools at the network edge, with a strong emphasis on energy efficiency. The initiative seeks to transition technological concepts into tangible solutions that meet complex operational requirements in dynamic industrial environments. Learn more
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Programme Framework

Programme Framework

Bridges Munich is designed to transform initial matchmaking connections into structured, high-scoring proposals through four core pillars: 

  • Call Alignment: Gain strategic insights into high-priority Horizon Europe open calls in AI, Robotics, and Data, unpacking evaluator expectations and understanding how to shape your project to maximise funding success.  
  • Curated Matchmaking: Participate in targeted, moderated roundtables designed to flesh out technical synergies and complementary areas of expertise among curated partners from across Europe and Horizon Europe Associated Countries.  
  • Hands-On Collaborative Proposal Drafting: Move directly from abstract concepts to concrete project design through interactive working blocks guided by proposal writing experts.  
  • Expert-Led Masterclasses: Access advanced training modules focused on the operational execution of large-scale European projects, from budget management to risk mitigation.   

Impact & Benefits

Secure Pre-Vetted Partnerships

Establish concrete partnerships with 35-40 top-tier research, innovation, and industry professionals from across Europe and Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

Accelerate Proposal Maturity

Transition abstract concepts into structured project objectives and high-scoring impact narratives in just 48 hours.

Build Execution-Ready Frameworks

Walk away with a concrete operational blueprint covering optimised partner roles, budget structures, and balanced work packages.

De-Risk Your Submission

Eliminate critical technical flaws through direct, intimate validation sessions with experienced Horizon Europe assessors.

Why Munich?

Munich is Europe’s premier deep tech capital and industrial automation powerhouse, making it the ultimate strategic environment to develop winning Horizon Europe bids.
  • €5.5B+ in Public Investment: Funded by Bavaria’s landmark High-Tech Agenda to create an unprecedented tech infrastructure. 
  • 200+ AI Startups & Robotics Hub: Home to the continent’s largest AI-driven robotics training facility (TUM RoboGym). 
  • 4 World-Class Academic Institutions: TUM, LMU, Fraunhofer, and Max Planck. 
  • MNC Central: Munich is home to major headquarters and key tech hubs for industry leaders like BMW, Siemens, Allianz, Google AI, Apple, and IBM Watson. 
  • 23% Application Success Rate: Significantly higher than the European Union average (17%) for Horizon Europe applications. 
  • 16.3% of Horizon Europe Budget: Germany leads the programme’s funding, capturing over €5B in its first three years. 
  • #1 Rank for ERC Excellence: Backed by elite institutions consistently breaking funding records across deep tech clusters. 

*Data compiled from official Bavarian State Government reports (Hightech Agenda Bayern), the BAIOSPHERE AI Network, Technical University of Munich (TUM) and LMU institutional publications, regional deep-tech industry statistics, the European Commission’s Horizon Europe dashboard, and the Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR), alongside global ecosystem benchmarks from Startup Genome and StartupBlink.

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The Ideal Participant

The Ideal Participant

Bridges Munich is intended for experienced organisations from the EU and Horizon Europe Associated Countries ready to lead or significantly strengthen high-quality EU-funded consortia under Horizon Europe.  

  • Industry & Systems: Automotive OEMs, Industry 4.0, autonomous mobility, and Telco Edge Cloud infrastructure.
    • CTOs, R&D Directors, Automation Strategists, Chief Digital Officers
  • Domain Applications: MedTech (surgical/assistive robotics) and AgriTech (precision farming).
    • Innovation Leads, Product Managers, Lab Directors
  • AI & Data Research: Human-AI collaboration, decentralised processing, and federated data systems.
    • Principal Investigators, Professors, Lead Researchers
    • Heads of EU Projects, Partnerships Director
      Consortium Management: Experts experienced in structuring and managing EU collaborative bids.

* The programme is not suitable for consultants.

Call Document

It’s Time to Build Your Next Consortium

15 June
2 September
8 September
16 September
21-22 October
Applications Open
Applications Close
Selection Notification
Kick-off Webinar (for participants only)
Programme Meeting in Munich
15 June

Applications Open

15 June
2 September

Applications Close

2 September
8 September

Selection Notification

8 September
16 September

Kick-off Webinar (for participants only)

16 September
21-22 October

Programme meeting in Munich

21-22 October

Agenda Highlights

  • Evaluator Expectations Masterclass: Firsthand insights from an experienced Horizon Europe assessor on proposal evaluation and the "dos and don’ts" of bidding in the field of Digital AI, Robotics & Data
  • Expert Proposal Trimming: Practical work with Horizon Europe experts to align project concepts with EU strategic targets.
  • Consortium-Building Workshops: Intensive matchmaking sessions designed to co-create and structure winning Horizon Europe proposals.
  • Consortium Consolidation: Facilitated working tracks to define partner roles, work packages, and baseline project structures.
  • Strategic Proposal Review: Interactive pitch-and-review sessions with immediate feedback from EU funding experts and evaluation insiders.
  • Networking & Exchange: Dedicated spaces to finalise agreements and seal strategic partnerships with key European deep tech stakeholders.
  • Munich AI Innovation Tour: An exclusive site visit to one of Munich’s premier technology and innovation hubs, exploring cutting-edge infrastructure firsthand.
* The agenda above is subject to change.

Assessment Criteria

All submitted applications will be formally evaluated and ranked by a professional review panel based on the following weighted metrics:  

  • Experience as a Coordinator: Prior track record of leading Horizon Europe or other EU-funded projects in a coordinator role.  
  • Winning Consortium Participation: Demonstrated history of participating as a partner within successful, funded EU project consortia.  
  • Thematic Relevance: Direct alignment of your organisation’s current technical work and strategic focus with the selected Robotics and/or Data calls.  
  • Bridges Online Participation: Active engagement and presence during the Bridging the Horizon Robotics, AI & Data online roundtables held in June 2026.  
  • Winning AI, Robotics & Data Consortium: Specific historical success in winning and implementing EU consortia centred around AI, Robotics & Data.  
  • Track Record Quantity: Number of Horizon Europe/EU projects your organisation has successfully coordinated to date.  
  • Coordination Readiness for Open Calls: Explicit intent, readiness, and capacity to actively coordinate a consortium for upcoming calls. 
  • Diversity & Inclusion: Evaluation of gender diversity, combined with priority points allocated to European applicants originating from EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) regions. 

Funding & Logistics

  • Participation Fee: The programme is free of charge. The full value of this training is estimated at ~1,050 EUR per participant, but it is entirely subsidised by the leading partners for accepted cohort members. Participants are expected to cover their own travel, accommodation, and any additional personal costs.  
  • Travel & Accommodation Scholarships: A limited pool of up to 18 selected participants (9 EU / 9 IL organisations) will be awarded a scholarship, providing reimbursement of up to 750 EUR towards travel and accommodation expenses.  
  • Travel & Accommodation Scholarships are merit-based, calculated from application scores and financial justifications. Awarded recipients commit to progress reporting and writing a reflective ecosystem blog post following the summit.  

Co-Led By:

ISERD, the Israel-Europe Research and Innovation Directorate, operates under the Israel Innovation Authority and supports Israeli participation in European research and innovation programmes. As Israel’s official National Contact Point for the EU Framework Programmes, ISERD helps organisations access funding, build international partnerships, and join European consortia.

The EU Delegation to Israel is the official representative of the European Union in Israel. It helps strengthen EU–Israel relations by promoting political dialogue, economic cooperation, research and innovation partnerships, and public diplomacy. The Delegation engages with senior decision–makers, supports EU–funded programmes and projects, facilitates trade, and enhances collaboration between Israeli and European institutions, particularly in innovation, civil society, and academia. 

As a global outreach location of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), EIT Hub Israel creates synergies between the EIT community and the Israeli innovation ecosystem, supporting the growth of innovative start ups and increasing EU-Israel collaborative projects.

Since 2021, EIT Hub Israel has been actively operating in the Horizon Europe space through its consortium-building programmes Bridging the Horizon and Bridges, bringing together 1,108 participants from across Europe and Israel, delivering 22 events, presenting 60 open calls, and facilitating the formation of 25 cross-border consortia across health, energy, civil security, food-tech, smart mobility, and aquaculture.

Ecosystem Partner:

The Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR) has provided comprehensive advisory services on EU research and innovation funding since 2007, supporting Bavarian universities, research institutions, SMEs, public authorities, and other stakeholders in accessing European funding programmes. It offers scientific advice and practical support for preparing proposals, particularly for Horizon Europe and other international funding opportunities. BayFOR also helps build strong research partnerships and networks, connecting local actors with collaborators across Europe and beyond.

FAQ

Yes, absolutely. Selected participants must commit to fully attend the in–person programme in Munich. 

You will collaborate with senior decision-makers and tech leaders from Europe, Israel, and Horizon Europe-associated countries. The cohort is highly curated and includes top-tier academic researchers, industry executives, start-up founders, successful project coordinators, and active funding specialists. 

Bridges Munich 2026 is strictly designed for experienced organisations from Europe, Israel, and associated countries that are ready to lead or strengthen high-quality consortia for upcoming Horizon Europe AI, Robotics, and Data calls. Ideal participants include experienced coordinators and expert partners from academia, industry, research and technology organisations (RTOs), tech startups, and government sectors. Eligible roles include senior decision-makers, CTOs, R&D Directors, Principal Investigators (PIs), and EU project managers. Please note that this programme focuses purely on direct ecosystem players and is not suitable for consultants.  

The intensive two-day summit covers the complete operational lifecycle of consortium building and competitive proposal development. Key topics include an overview of targeted Horizon Europe AI, Robotics, and Data open calls; expert-led masterclasses on managing budgets, work packages, and multi-stakeholder timelines; and strategic guidelines for integrating AI tools safely into your drafting workflow. Participants will also engage in hands-on collaborative proposal drafting, analyse winning case studies, and receive bespoke feedback during 1:1 expert consultations and validation sessions with an experienced Horizon Europe assessor.  

Participation is completely free of charge for accepted applicants, as the €1,050 training value is fully funded by the partners. Flight and hotel expenses are covered by the participants, though up to 18 high-ranking applicants will receive a €750 travel subgrant

While active participation in the online roundtables (Bridging the Horizon) is not a strict eligibility exclusion criterion, it is highly recommended and accounts for 15% of your total evaluation score for the Munich summit. Engaging in the online session allows you to pitch your expertise early, explore the participant gallery, and identify initial synergies, thereby accelerating your face-to-face collaborative drafting and consortium assembly during the physical event.  

You will leave Munich with a structured, vetted consortium blueprint, validated connections with international partners, practical strategies for budgeting and timeline management, and direct feedback on the evaluation of your proposal concept from a Horizon Europe expert.

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Connect & Experience offers more than training. The C&E community network is an active EU online and offline community offering easy access to opportunities, curated content, matchmaking, soft landing services, and support. The community provides a space for community builders from Europe and Horizon Europe associated countries to interact, share best practices, and collaborate to enhance your startup community.

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Access to Healthcare

The Health not The Death is a fundamental human right. A healthy population is not to be seen as human and social capital, an input, or by-product, towards economic growth. Alongside a healthy and sustainable environment, a solidarity, a healthy population must be the ultimate goal especially nowadays in helping Ukrainian migrants with cancer and their families.

Solidarity in health is a cornerstone of EU health policy. There are wide disparities in many health outcomes across the region and those outcomes. The access rules dramatically affect healthcare systems which are at the forefront of the migrant way, the people who are searching for help and the way how we could enhance and support their healthier and wellbeing status.

In order to ensure their access to care and continued cure in need, the probability of receiving a timely diagnosis and of surviving differs greatly from country to country where they are now. There is lack of information, help and inequalities in access. People need help in navigating cancer knowledge, diagnostics, secondary monitoring and prevention, way of treatments, and care.

Shifting our mindset, supporting healthcare connectivity, removing inequalities overall across Europe is our mission and even more now in a time of crisis, helping the Ukrainian people dealing with cancer is a good place to begin this transformative revolution.

1) Whether we have a chance to foster more holistic and integrated approaches to receive information and care, by supporting coordination and maximising an enabling and health-enhancing effect of care across services from different countries?

2) Whether actions should address the social determinants of health, the countries where they are now, the health need which they have, the social and language barriers are the conditions which have to be taken into consideration in a coordinated manner?

How might we improve patients and /or people who seek healthcare support, access to healthcare services at an EU & the Member States Healthcare systems level? Especially in a time of crisis in Europe.

How might we support refugees fleeing from their countries by navigating them to medical centres to receive best available care?  

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Predictive Treatment

Precision medicine aims to personalise care for every individual. Nongenomic and genomic determinants, combined with information from patient symptoms, clinical history, and lifestyle (nutrition, physical activity, stress etc.), can facilitate personalised diagnosis and prognostics. Yet this goal requires access to massive amounts of data which may come from different structured and unstructured sources; these can be our medical records, laboratory testing, a range of medical devices as well as from the patient himself. AI & ML can combine input from these multiple sources, analyse them and identify biomarkers that can support health professionals make more informed decisions. The convergence of precision medicine with the advanced AI capabilities will improve the ability to personalise care – improve diagnosis, risk prediction as well as therapy planning.  

HCPs want to better predict treatment response, given uncertainty around which treatment to prescribe to which patient and when to prescribe. How do we risk assess the patients, match them with the right treatment (personalised). How can we transform the wealth of data and link it to the predictive nature of how the patient will respond?

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Patient Journey Navigation

Being diagnosed with cancer is overwhelming and comes as a blow. Patients may feel on a roller coaster of emotions—they are scared, lost & confused not knowing what to expect, who to refer to, what to do and how to tell their loved ones.  They directly refer to “Dr. Google” to look for information about their disease, possible treatments, QoL strategies with the aim to have better understanding of their disease and learn how to better cope with their disease & treatment, yet information is not always valid, accessible, nor personalised or tailored to the patient’s status and needs therefore left with huge amounts of non-relevant information. Coming to the doctor, the physician’s time is limited and mostly focusing on the physical aspects of the disease & treatment, not leaving much time to ask questions nor discuss more holistic aspects of the disease such as emotional, psychological, social aspects. The patient (& caregiver in many cases) leaves the room with unanswered questions, doesn’t remember much of what has been said, and feels he is not heard, nor seen as a whole.

The need for navigating this journey along the emotional psychological stress is overwhelming & patients and their caregivers look for support (case manager/companion/partner) to help manage their disease holistically – starting from having clarity around their disease and treatment by having access to reliable and personalised information during their journey as well as having an integrated holistic care system , supporting them and their loved ones to navigate through the different aspects of their disease – medical, emotional, logistical, psychological, social, rights.

How can we support patients to navigate through the complexity of their disease and treatment ensuring they have validated holistic information about their disease journey & treatment and be empowered to  effectively manage their care 

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Peer-to-Peer Medical Exchange

As medical events pivoted from conference centres and meeting rooms to the virtual settings, learning opportunities continue. Lectures and presentations are translated to the new digital world, yet the ability to connect and network is relatively lost. Peer interaction is essential not only for information exchange but to share practical insights, allows consultation & in-person experience cross country and across borders leading to better disease management.

This peer-based learning/ consultation is highly valued amongst practising clinicians and was generally achieved when HCPs and KOLs met their peers in national & Intl conferences, group debates, advisory boards and even during quick corridor conversations. Attempting to replicate these in-person experiences into the digital space creates challenges and are not effective nor impactful as face-to-face engagements. 

How might we improve HCP medical exchange enabling physicians to easily communicate, consult, exchange opinions leveraging individual experts & centres of excellence knowledge, experiences, and practices?

How can we leverage the technological expertise to allow HCPs to connect with leading experts across countries to get advice / counselling for their cases?

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