4. DHBW AI Transfer Congress – 24.4.2026 Heilbronn, Germany
With the DHBW AI Transfer Congress we want to promote an ongoing exchange between researchers and practitioners in order to discover new ideas and build cooperation to advance the use of Artificial Intelligence in all aspects of society and economy. Talks, workshops, poster presentations and networking opportunities will focus on various aspects related to Artificial Intelligence. The conference session focusses on current research in AI with a special focus on applications. The workshop session will discuss use cases, success stories of AI in industry, discussions of responsible AI as well as networking between science, economy, industry and society.
The workshop sessions will be in German or in English; the talks and poster presentations in English.
Submissions are free to focus on the following topics but are not limited to:
- Responsible AI
- Explainable AI
- Theoretical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
- Artificial Intelligence Tools and Applications
- Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
- Ethics in Artificial Intelligence
- Human–AI Coworking and Cooperation
- Agentic AI Applications
- Smart City and Smart Systems Development
- Artificial Intelligence in Industry 4.0
- Artificial Intelligence in Health Care
- Artificial Intelligence in Business Processes and Applications
Important Dates
Workshop proposals: 2 February 2026
Full Paper Submission (talks & poster): 16 February 2026
Author Notification: 12 March 2026
Camera Ready Submission: 30 March 2026
Main Conference: 24 April 2026
The AITC is co-located with the EU4Dual Annual Conference 2026.
Registration
Participants can register for the one day conference as follows:
day ticket price : 160 Euro
student ticket price : 25 Euro
The ticket price includes catering in coffee breaks and a lunch break.
For employees of DHBW the ticket prices are waived. This option is for DHBW employees only. External lecturers and dual partners need a regular registration.
Registration opens 1. March 2026.
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Program Chairs
Contact: aitc[at]dhbw.de
Call for Contributions
Call for Papers & Posters (English only)
Only attendees’ papers will be accepted for publication provided they are related to the theme of the conference and conform to the publication guidelines. Papers (max. 10 pages) will be published in the Open Access proceedings of the Conference. We accept submissions for the poster session in form of an extended abstract (max. 1 page). Please submit your proposal using the templates (IEEE format) provided below till 16 February 2026.
If you have questions, please contact us: ai-congress[at]dhbw.de
Call for Workshops (German or English)
Bei Workshops steht der Wissenstransfer im Mittelpunkt. Ziel ist es, ein spezielles Thema, einen Anwendungsbereich oder ein Thema zu Technologiefolgen aus den Bereichen Data Science und Künstliche Intelligenz dem Publikum, insb. aus Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, näherzubringen. Die Workshops beinhalten neben einer theoretischen Fundierung auch praktische Hands-On-Elemente. Dabei können z.B. Jupyter-Notebooks o.ä. zum Einsatz kommen.
Vorschläge für Workshops mit einer Dauer von 45 oder 90 Minuten können als formloses Abstract (ca. 500 bis 700 Zeichen) bis zum 02.02.2026 eingereicht werden.
Bei Rückfragen kontaktieren Sie uns gern: aitc-workshops[at]dhbw.de
Wir freuen uns über Einreichungen jeglicher Art auf dem Gebiet Data Science und KI. Als Inspiration für Workshop-Ideen seien folgende Themengebiete genannt:
- Einstieg in Machine Learning (Grundlagen, Regression, Hypothesen, Hyperparameter, Fehlerfunktionen, Over-/Underfitting)
- Principal Component Analysis (Dimensionality Reduction, PCA, Kernel PCA, …)
- Decision Trees, Clustering, Support Vector Machines
- Neuronale Netze
- Explainable and Interpretable Machine Learning
- Time Series Analysis, Time Series Forecasting, Predictive Maintenance & Analytics
- Text Mining and Generation, Textanalyse und Natural Language Processing
- Hardwareplattformen und deren Verwendung (Nvidia Jetson, etc.)
- Tools und Services (Frameworks, Cloud-Angebote, Libraries, MLOps, Security, Datenschutz)
- Mathematical Optimization and optimal decision making
- Bayesian Optimization
- Generative AI
- Reinforcement Learning
- KI in der Bildung
Venue
The conference takes place at DHBW Heilbronn, Germany.
Duale Hochschule Baden Württemberg (DHBW) Heilbronn
Aula
Bildungscampus 6
74076 Heilbronn
Please note that DHBW Heilbronn cannot provide parking spaces. The use of public transport is recommended.
Proceedings DHBW AI Transfer Congress
Please find below the proceedings of the past events.