Under the motto "Digitization, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence as Guarantors of Efficiency and Innovation", lectures and workshops were held to discuss how Germany can succeed in bridging the gap between innovative technical possibilities and supply practice. It became clear that overcoming the many barriers to implementing innovative approaches requires above all "cultural" changes. The prerequisite for this is an interdisciplinary cooperation on the developer as well as the user side. Networking at a technical as well as a professional level is therefore urgently required.