BAIOSPHERE CONFERENCE MOBILITY - BAI.CON 2025

The THI AI conference

Join us at the BAIOSPHERE CONFERENCE MOBILITY - BAI.CON 2025!
You can look forward to a first-class programme dealing with the exciting future of mobility through artificial intelligence.

The focus will be on the following topics:

Autonomous driving
Unmanned flying
AI in production
AI-supported transport & public transport (ÖPNV)

You can also get to know the BAIOSPHERE AI compass and explore this innovative AI tool together with us.

In addition to inspiring presentations, there will be ample opportunity for networking and exchange during lunch and breaks.

When: 22 May 2025, 8:30 - 17:00
Where: Maritim Congress Centrum Ingolstadt, Gießerei-Platz 1, 85049 Ingolstadt

Registration for the conference

Programme

Morning

08:30 a.m. | Registration

09:00 a.m. | Welcome and greetings

Prof. Dr Walter Schober, President of Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences

Lord Mayor of the City of Ingolstadt Dr Michael Kern

09:15 a.m. | Presentation of research at Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences - Dr Christian Lösel

10:00 a.m. | Keynote - Google

10:30 a.m. | Coffee break & networking

11:00 a.m. | Keynote - Alexander Thamm

11:30 a.m. | Baiosphere AI Compass: A guide to getting started with AI - Andreas Preißer, Baiosphere Agency

12:30 pm | Lunch & Networking & Exhibition

Afternoon in various research forums

Moderation: Prof Dr Michael Botsch

13:30-13:45 | Introduction to the topic: "AI in motion: Challenges for smart mobility solutions"
Prof. Dr Michael Botsch, THI

13:45-14:45 | Urban Air Mobility at the THI

Prof. Dr Christian Seidel: "Paths to unmanned aviation"
Prof. Dr Gerhard Elsbacher: "Intelligent distributed navigation for a network of UAVs in GPS disturbed environments"
Prof Dr Simon Schwerd: "Challenges of human-swarm interaction: coordination, communication and scalability"

14:45-15:15 | Coffee break

15:15-17:00 | Autonomous driving

Prof. Dr Torsten Schön: "Autonomous Driving Research at AImotion Bavaria"
Prof Dr Stefan Kugele: "The Software Highway: Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Automotive Software Engineering"
External company

Moderation: Prof. Dr Stefanie Schmidtner

13:30-13:45 | Introduction to the topic
Prof. Dr Stefanie Schmidtner, THI

13:45-14:45 | Mobility concepts for sustainable, intelligent and user-centred public transport

Prof. Dr Harry Wagner
Prof. Dr Pirmin Fontaine: "Use of AI in on-demand buses: Increasing efficiency and insights using the example of VGI Flexi"

15:00-15:15 | Coffee break

15:15-17:00 | Innovative solutions for the future of public transport

Dr Frank - VGI
Fairtiq
GoFLux: "Rethinking public transport: How carpooling closes the gap between private transport and public transport"
Panel discussion, moderated by Prof Dr Stefanie Schmidtner

13:30 - 13:45 | Welcome & Introduction
Prof Dr Alexander Schiendorfer / Prof Dr Jürgen Bock

13:45 - 15:00 I Building blocks of the factory of the future at Ingolstadt University of Applied Sciences
Live demos with robot R10-D10, haptically controlled robot applications, virtual reality in factory planning, LLMs in everyday processes, live training of an optical AI

15:00 - 15:30 I Coffee break

15:30 - 16:45 | Pitch & Match - SME meets Professor / Researcher
Science meets practice: networking and idea pitch between production experts and scientists on various key topics
(key topics to follow)

16:45 - 17:00 | Conclusion & outlook
Summary of the most important findings

Location

Congress Centrum Ingolstadt (in the Maritim Hotel)

Gießerei-Platz 1
85049 Ingolstadt

You can find out more about the Congress Centre here.

How to get here:

...by car: Parking underground car park Congress, Schloßlände 25, 85049 Ingolstadt

...by train/bus:

Ingolstadt Hbf stop --> buses in the direction of the city centre to the "Technische Hochschule" stop
Alternatively: Ingolstadt Nord stop --> 15-20 min. walk