Smart Systems Hub
Innovation hub for Industrial automation
The central platform in Dresden for digitalization solutions for industry.
Smart Systems Hub:
Driving innovation together
We are one of Europe's largest innovation centers in the field of industrial automation. Our conviction: Innovation does not happen in isolation – it happens through the interaction of many. That is why we consistently focus on co-innovation with our network of over 700 partners. The Smart Systems Hub acts as a hub for companies, start-ups, and research institutions to jointly develop forward-looking automation solutions.
Our formats and offerings related to co-innovation demonstrate how this collaborative process works in practice – for effective knowledge exchange with measurable added value.
25
years of expertise thanks to the bundled knowledge in the hub
700+
partners in our network
100+
Successfully realized innovation programs
Hands-on data ecosystems
Discover our mobile pop-up testbed!
The Manufacturing-X PopUp Testbed is a mobile demonstration system and physical testing ground that clearly illustrates the possibilities and advantages of a data ecosystem for industrial production environments.
✔︎ Physical ✔︎ Scalable ✔︎ Mobile
Securely connected to the future
Experience the virtual data room!
The virtual data room enables you to collaborate confidently, securely, and in a networked manner. Your company retains full control over its data and forms digitally networked partnerships—transparently and confidently.
✔︎ Easy access ✔︎ Quick start ✔︎ Intuitive platform
Our mission
Bringing innovation to life
Whether it's practical workshops or creative hackathons, as an innovation center, the Smart Systems Hub is the meeting place for anyone who wants to play an active role in shaping industrial digitalization. Formats such as hub:disrupt and Thin[gk]athon bring together hungry professionals, newly founded start-ups, and established companies to jointly develop digital solutions for the industry of tomorrow.
The Smart Systems Hub not only generates ideas, but also real prototypes. Our events offer space for exchange, co-innovation, and new perspectives—right in the heart of Dresden, with international appeal.
Our strategic partners
Key partners extend our technology stack with components of software, hardware and connectivity. In addition, there are collaborations with research, the public sector, start-ups and users.
The innovation hub for smart technologies
In the heart of Europe
As an innovation center based in the microelectronics heart of Europe, the Smart Systems Hub brings together not only technological excellence, but above all people with a passion for innovation. Our team stands for co-innovation with speed, creativity, and expertise—we bring together partners from industry, research, and the start-up world to turn ideas into marketable technologies.
What drives us? Making digitalization and Industry 4.0 a reality!
Together with our partner network and a team that shapes the future with enthusiasm, openness, and technical expertise.
Get to know us – we look forward to meeting you!
Experiencing the Hub
With hub:disrupt, we create a space for ideas, offer insights and new perspectives, and bring together experts, enablers, decision-makers and innovators. Together, we immerse ourselves in the latest trends in industrial automation.
MichaelKaiser
CEO
MarkusReisch
Director
Let's get to know each other
Every relationship starts with getting to know each other. This is particularly important to us, because we don't want to shape the future for you, but together with you.
Your innovation hub for Industry 4.0 – Services, Manufacturing-X, Events
What does an innovation center do?
An innovation hub connects companies, research institutes, and startups to jointly develop new technologies, products, and business approaches. The Smart Systems Hub provides support in particular through co-innovation, agile, flexible project formats, and technical infrastructure (Manufacturing-X experimental field) – from the initial idea to market-ready prototypes.
What is Industry 4.0?
Industry 4.0 describes the intelligent networking of machines, products, and processes along the entire industrial value chain. Through the use of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automated systems, processes are made more efficient, flexibly adapted, and implemented more sustainably. Machines, products, and processes communicate with each other more intelligently, enabling a new form of industrial manufacturing.
What event formats do we offer companies?
The Smart Systems Hub is the leading innovation network for Industry 4.0 in Dresden. Whether it's co-innovation, real-world use cases, or direct exchange with experts, the Smart Systems Hub brings innovation to life and creates space for real progress. The focus is on co-innovation formats such as the Thin[gk]athon, the tech festival hub:disrupt, and the Robotics Symposium.