At the Innovation Congress RLP NEXT 2025 on October 6, Professor Herwig Ott, spokesperson of the Quantum Initiative Rhineland-Palatinate (QUIP), presented the goals and activities of the initiative in a compelling way. He demonstrated how QUIP supports Rhineland-Palatinate in expanding research networks, fostering young talent, and transferring quantum knowledge directly into industry and society.
Around 500 participants from science, industry, and start-ups experienced how QUIP contributes to strengthening Rhineland-Palatinate as an innovation hub for quantum technologies. Ott’s talk made it clear: quantum research is not a niche topic here—it is becoming tangible, application-oriented, and future-shaping.
The congress offered a cross-sector platform for exchange between politics, industry, and research. Other prominent speakers included:
- Daniela Schmitt, Minister of Economics, Transportation, Agriculture, and Viticulture for the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Prof. Dr. Feiyu Xu, AI thought leader and member of the supervisory boards at Siemens Energy and Airbus
- Dr. Alex von Frankenberg, Managing Director of High-Tech Gründerfonds
- General Christian Badia a.D., former Deputy Commander of NATO Allied Command Transformation
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Zaby, Innovation Strategist at SPRIND
With contributions such as Prof. Ott’s, RLP NEXT 2025 demonstrated how diverse, visionary, and future-oriented the innovation landscape in Rhineland-Palatinate is. The event served as a key platform for setting impulses for technological development and for intensifying collaboration between science, industry, and start-ups.