Eureka’s Global Innovation Summit in 2025 wrapped up with more than 900 attendees from over 50 countries. Organised by Eureka’s Canadian and German Co-Chair to take place within Hannover Messe on 1 and 2 April, Eureka’s flagship event had insightful keynote speeches, panel discussions, Eureka Academy and country sessions and plenty of networking, matchmaking and pitching platforms.

During today’s Eureka Global Innovation Summit, Claudia Müller, Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), called for “bold and ambitious action” to tackle the global crises and conflicts that threaten our future.

Automobile manufacturers are at an inflection point in their business. They recognise driverless cars are gaining momentum but maintain an approach to engineering that is traditional and rooted in the past. With the help of Hungarian software solutions provider, aiMotive, car companies can energise the automotive sector with software focused on testing artificial intelligence-powered autonomous systems, making sure new vehicles are both reliable and safe.

By David Silverberg

Qarnot, a French high performance computing (HPC) cloud provider, is using the heat from its servers to warm district heating or water for day-to-day use in buildings. The energy-intensive processes that power the cloud now offer steamy water to residents and allow swimmers to exercise in temperate pools.

By Richard Pallardy

In a Eureka first, 14 countries across five continents are combining resources to fund international R&D projects that respond to natural and man-made disasters.