Wirtschaftsregion Mainfranken

Main Franconia is particularly strong in its compactness and fast
when it comes to building networks and implementing joint
projects. Speed is a crucial factor. The Main Franconia region is
rapidly developing into a hotspot for artificial intelligence and
is blessed with a large number of active networks for the future.
Information
ZDI: Zentrum für digitale Innovation, which celebrated its
fifth anniversary in June 2023.
www.zdi-mainfranken.de
GRIBS: Gründer-, Innovations- und Beratungszentrum
Schweinfurt
www.gribs.de
TGZ: Technologie- und Gründerzentrum Würzburg
www.tgz-wuerzburg.de
IGZ: Innovations- & Gründerzentrum Würzburg
www.igz.wuerzburg.de
There are furher organisations active in the region, such
as theRSG Rhön-Saale-Gründer- und Innovationszentrum
in Bad Kissingen and the Starthouse Spessart in
Lohr.
Foto: Botfriends/PR
Universities
The two main pillars for competence building in Main Franconia
are the CAIRO and CAIDAS research centres. In the
autumn of 2019, the Bavarian state government launched
the Hightech Agenda to establish a Bavarian-wide network
for AI research with hubs in Munich, Erlangen-Nuremberg,
Ingolstadt and Würzburg. The Würzburg “Center for Artificial
Intelligence and Data Science (CAIDAS)” is currently
being estab lished at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
(JMU). The foundation stone was laid for the new “Artificial
Intelligence” institute building was laid on the Hubland Nord
campus in January 2023. Attached to this is the “Kallimachos”
Centre for Philology and Digitality (ZPD) between Computer
Science and Computa tional Humanities.
The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIRO),
based in Würzburg, was launched in 2022 at the Würzburg-
Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences. The movement
aspects of robotics are being researched at the Schweinfurt
Centre for Robotics (CERI). It addresses the needs of regional
companies with a focus on automation and industrial processes.
The “Digital Society” degree programme was launched in 2023.
Networks
The economic and research region of Main Franconia has a
smorgasbord of very lively high-impact that connect the Würzburg
regiopolis with its Main Franconian hinterland. Here are a
few examples:
The HR Netzwerk has existed since 2015 and offers HR
man agers the opportunity for networking and to exchange
ideas. The network encompasses almost 450 companies with a
total of 500 people from the Würzburg/Main Franconia area.
IT-Verband Mainfranken e. V. is a non-profit open association
of over 40 companies and institutions from the Main Fran conia
region, which offer IT products and services or whose main
business is IT. The goals are networking, exchange of knowledge
and ideas, and publicity for the IT scene.
Marketing-Club Mainfranken e. V. is the regional mar keting
community in Main Franconia. This association has been bringing
together specialists and managers, freelancers as well as
companies related to marketing and sales have since 1973.
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