Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften e. V. (acatech) / acatech — National Academy of Science and Engineering

EU Legislative Interests

- Next MFF, - Dual use and defence, - Sustainable prosperity and competitiveness, - European security, - Supporting people, strengthening our societies and our social model, - Sustaining our quality of life: Food security, water and nature, - Protecting our democracy, upholding our values.

Communication Activities

European Sounding Board on Innovation The European Sounding Board on Innovation is an independent advisory vehicle stimulating further-development of strategic aspects of European R&D&I and discussions of emerging dossiers with high-level representatives from European academia and industry. It is a transparent and impartial platform for an evidence-based, open and transparent exchange amongst stakeholders from European industry, academia and the political sector. acatech’s publications are available for download free of charge: https://en.acatech.de/publications Publications of the projects Energy Systems of the Future (https://energiesysteme-zukunft.de/en/) and Germany’s Platform for Artificial Intelligence (www.plattform-lernende-systeme.de/home-en.html) can be found on the respective websites. Selection of recent publications: Nuclear Fusion Made in Germany. Options for Building an Innovation Ecosystem for Nuclear Fusion Published: 16 January 2025 Link: https://en.acatech.de/publication/nuclear-fusion-made-in-germany/ Digital Enablers of the Circular Economy Published: 17 February 2025 Link: https://en.acatech.de/publication/digital-enablers-of-the-circular-economy/ Nuclear Fission, Natural Gas, Geothermal Energy, Nuclear Fusion. The Future Role of Baseload Power Plants (Discussion Paper) Published: 25 February 2025 Link: https://en.acatech.de/publication/carbon-sources/ CO₂ as a Raw Material. A building block of a climate-neutral carbon economy (Discussion Paper) Published: 25 February 2025 Link: https://en.acatech.de/publication/carbon-sources/ AI in Robotics Published: 20 March 2025 Link: https://en.acatech.de/publication/ai-in-robotics/ Explainable AI. Explain for whom. What. And why Published: 25 June 2025 Link: https://en.acatech.de/publication/explainable-ai-explain-for-whom-what-and-why/ Open-source Design Tools for Sovereign Chip Development Published: 02 July 2025 Link: https://en.acatech.de/publication/open-source-design-tools-for-sovereign-chip-development/ How Can the Energy Transition Be Achieved in the Buildings Sector? Action areas for a socio-ecological transformation (Discussion Paper) Published: 09. July 2025 Link: https://en.acatech.de/publication/buildings-sector/ TechnikRadar 2025: Digital transformation and AI Published: 26 June 2025 Link: https://en.acatech.de/publication/technikradar-2025-digital-transformation-and-ai/ Trends and Challenges of the Global Energy Transition: Insights of the Freiburg Energy Talks 2025 Published: 2025 Link: https://en.acatech.de/publication/global-energy-transition/

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

Euro-CASE (European Council of Academics of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering) https://www.euro-case.org/ CAETS (International Council of Academics of Engineering and Technological Sciences) https://www.newcaets.org/

Organisation Members

acatech has over 600 Members. These are scientists from the fields of engineering, the applied sciences, the humanities, economics and the social sciences who are invited to join the Academy on the basis of their outstanding scientific achievements (more information: https://en.acatech.de/academy/organisation/members/). The Senate of acatech is the second pillar of the Academy, alongside the Members. It comprises approximately 100 prominent individuals from technology companies, industry associations, and major scientific organisations (more information: https://en.acatech.de/academy/organisation/senate/).

Additional Information

acatech acted as coordinator of SAPEA (05/2022 - 12/2024), a CSA, received a total of close to €3.7 million in Horizon Europe funding. Around 80% of the funds were allocated to the project partners. acatech as coordinator of PrepDSpace4Mobility (10/2022 - 09/2023), a CSA, received a total of €1 million in Horizon Europe funding. Almost 90% of the funds were allocated to the project partners. acatech as coordinator of deployEMDS (11/2023-10/2026) will receive a total of almost €8 million in Horizon Europe funding. Around 90% of the funds will be allocated to the project partners. “Grants for the current financial year”: Figures shown represent payments expected in 2025 and may include estimates.