#FAUinsights: Technologies for a mobile world

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May 9, 2025

Lecture series from Wednesday, May 21 at Energie Campus Nürnberg

The way in which we travel in the future will be fundamentally different from what it is today. On seven evenings starting from Wednesday, May 21, 2025, experts from science and business will explore the topic during the #FAUinsights lecture series and will illustrate extremely diverse aspects such as how is mobility in the urban environment developing? How safe is autonomous driving? What are the limits of e-mobility? Which technologies will shape mobility in the future? #FAUinsights is held by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) in conjunction with Energie-Campus Nürnberg (EnCN).

The lecture series kicks off on Wednesday, May 21 with the current revolution in automobile manufacturing. After the official welcome by FAU president Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger, Prof. Dr. Jörg Franke ventures to take an initial look into the future. Prof. Franke is Chair of Factory Automation and Production Systems and will show the completely new possibilities offered by electric motors for vehicle architectures and for individualization.

Audiences can expect an extremely wide range of topics during the other dates in the lecture series, ranging from mobility in the urban environment and environmentally-friendly air travel to quantum computing and train delays. The lectures provide insights into the latest research, technological advances and political frameworks to interested members of the public, students and representatives from business and politics.

The lecture series will take place at Energie Campus Nürnberg, “Auf AEG”, Fürther Strasse 250, Nuremberg from 5.30 pm to 7 pm.

A live stream will also be provided of all lectures.

Link to live stream

All dates and topics:

Rethinking e-mobility: Where are the limits?
Bastian Ritter, Bayern Innovativ
Prof. Dr. Florian Risch, Professorship for Assembly Technologies for Electrical Energy Storage

The third revolution in automobile manufacturing – pole position for the German automobile industry?
Prof. Dr. Jörg Franke, Chair of Factory Automation and Production Systems

Mobility in the urban environment: Where are we heading?
Dr. Sebastian Rauch, Institute for Empirical Sociology at FAU
Frank Jülich, Transport Planning Office of Nuremberg City Council

From science fiction to reality: How safe is autonomous driving?
Jürgen Hildebrandt, ADAC
Prof. Dr. Reinhard German, Chair of Computer Networks and Communication Systems 2

Environmentally-friendly air travel: Visions and challenges
Markus Meindl, Fraunhofer IISB
Prof. Dr. Martin März, Chair of Power Electronics

Electric and hydrogen-powered buses: challenges and solutions
Jean-Marc Gales, CEO Wrightbus

Combustion engine, electric car or hydrogen: Which will come out on top in the future?
Dr. Tobias Knorsch, Bosch Motorsport
Prof. Dr. Michael Wensing, Professorship for Fluid Systems Technology

From chaos to precision: Can quantum computing make trains run on time?
Manfred Rieck, DB Systel
Prof. Dr. Michael Hartmann, FAU, Chair of Theoretical Physics
Further information

About #FAUinsights

#FAUinsights involve discussing topics for the future with members of the public. During the lecture series, renowned FAU experts and their partners from science and industry present the audience the latest developments in areas that already affect our lives today and will change the way we live in future. The aim is to make knowledge accessible to interested members of the public. During summer semester 2025, the series of lectures, discussions and talks will be held with the motto “Mobility of the Future”.

Further information:

Communications and Press
Phone: +49 9131 85 70229
presse@fau.de