Robotics Symposium 2026 MedTech
2 December 2026
KRAFTVERKEHR, Chemnitz
From Bench to Bedside
A day where research meets clinical practice — and where
you meet the people and ideas bringing medical robotics to the bedside.
Live
robot-assisted surgery from Klinikum Chemnitz
6
research keynotes from Saxony's medtech labs
200+
professionals from clinic, research & industry
#keynote
Who's on stage
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefanie Speidel
NCT/UCC Dresden · TU Dresden · CeTI
Robotic Surgery
Dr.-Ing. Richard Nauber
TU Dresden, Vodafone Chair
AI in Medical Robotics
Prof. Dr. Florian Röhrbein
TU Chemnitz
Robotic Surgery
Prof. Dr. Thomas Neumuth
ICCAS, Leipzig University
tba
Dr. habil. Ronny Grunert
Fraunhofer IWU, LEGEND
AR in Neurosurgery
More speakers, the panel and the impulse talks will be announced in the coming weeks.
#panel
Who's on the panel
From Bench to Bedside:
Who decides whether an innovation reaches the patient?
Bringing robotic systems into everyday clinical practice is anything but trivial, and the road is full of hurdles. Voices from research, the clinic, a medtech startup and the robotics ecosystem discuss what it really takes to get from the lab to the patient, and who makes the call along the way.
André
Rauschert
Chief Transformation Officer,
University Hospital Dresden (UKD)
Clinical Practice
Dr. rer. nat. Christian
Münzenmayer
Head of Digital Health and Analytics Department, Fraunhofer IIS
Research
Dr. Jonas
Steinhäuser-Meerz
CEO & Co-Founder, NGScopes
Startup
Michael
Kaiser
CEO, Robot Valley · Robotics Saxony
Ecosystem
Further panelists will be announced in the coming weeks.
#programme
One day, three phases
The day follows an innovation on its way to the patient: research in the morning, the hard question of transfer at midday, real applications and a live operation in the afternoon.
bench
Research
Morning
Arrival
Doors open & networking brunch
Easy start, the exhibition is already open.
Keynotes
Opening & six research keynotes
AI in radiology, AR in neurosurgery, medical microbots, AI-based training for robot-assisted procedures and more, from Klinikum Chemnitz, Fraunhofer IWU, TU Dresden, TU Chemnitz, NCT/UCC and ICCAS.
transfer
From lab to clinic
Midday
Panel
Who decides whether an innovation reaches the patient?
Research transfer and international collaboration, with voices from clinic, research, industry and our international delegations.
Panellists: [to be announced]
Impulses
Manufacturer & user impulses
Short talks across the four fields: surgery, AI, microrobotics, care and hospital logistics.
bedside
Application
Afternoon
Highlight · from approx. 15:00
Live surgery from Klinikum Chemnitz & wrap-up
A robot-assisted procedure in real time, broadcast into the hall. You ask, the OR answers.
Running through every talk
#four topics
Robotic Surgery
Minimally invasive systems, AI-assisted navigation and the next generation of surgical robots.
AI in Medical Robotics
Machine learning, decision support and human-machine collaboration in healthcare.
Rehabilitation Robotics
Exoskeletons, assistive systems and collaborative robots for therapy and care.
Hospital Logistics
Autonomous systems from medication distribution to OR preparation.
Exhibit or take the stage
Exhibitors & partners
Reach the right people
Meet decision-makers from clinic, research and industry in one room. Exhibitor spots and partner packages from €300.
Speakers, Pitch & Match
Bring your topic to the stage
Show the path from research into care: propose an impulse, a panel topic or a pitch.
Backed by the ecosystem
The symposium is created with strong partners from the healthcare sector, research and economic development.
Exhibitors & further partners
MedTech Germany – China
Already in November we invite you to a digital roundtable: an open MedTech exchange between Germany and China, in cooperation with Medical Valley and the Sino-Cooperation Platform. Compact, online — and your first way into the network before it continues in Chemnitz in December.
How to find us
A former industrial hall, now a space for exchange and new ideas. Central and easy to reach by car, train or on foot from the city centre.