BRIDGES - AI, Robotics & Data: Training and Matchmaking Event for Horizon Europe Consortia (Munich | 21-22 October 2026)

The EIT Hub Israel in strategic partnership with the Israel-Europe R&I Directorate, the EU Delegation in Israel and the Bavarian Research Alliance as a local ecosystem partner, invites experiences researchers and innovation leaders to apply for its consortium-building program BRIDGES: AI, Robotics & Data 2026. Taking place in Munich from 21-22 October 2026, this curated program is designed to transform project concepts into competitive Horizon Europe consortia. The thematic focus is on selected topics from the field of AI, robotics and Data (Horizon Europe, Cluster 4). 

 

BRIDGES invites experts from Europe, Israel, and other Horizon-Europe-associated countries to apply and meet in Munich. 

The two-day event will include expert-led masterclasses on topics such as budget management and risk mitigation, hands-on collaborative proposal drafting, strategic call insights, and personalised feedback during expert consultations, which will enable participants to refine their project concepts, strengthen their consortium strategy, and advance the proposal development.

The program will focus on the following four topics from Horizon Europe: 

• HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05: Apply AI: AI-Driven Robotics for Industry: Enabling System Integration and Adoption (Deadline: 18 March 2027)
• HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-52-two-stage: New Approaches for Human/AI Collaboration for the Workforce of the Future (Deadline: 2 February 2027 | 2 September 2027)
• HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-03: New Approaches for Decentralized, Federated and Sustainable AI Data Processing (Deadline: 18 March 2027)
• HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-08: Demand-Side 3C Pilot Demonstrators on Converged Telco Edge Cloud Infrastructure (Deadline: 18 March 2027)

Agenda
More information on the agenda can be found here.  

Application
Applications can be submitted here. The application deadline is 2 September 2026, 17:00 CEST.

Participation Fee 
Participation is free of charge. Additionally, a limited number of travel subgrants of up to €750 are available for selected participants based on assessment scores. For further information on these grants, please contact Ido Rosenblum from the EIT Hub Israel at ido.rosenblum[a]eithubisrael.eu.

Date and Time
21-22 October 2026

Language
English

Contact in BayFOR:

Dr. Anna Abelmann-Brockmann
Head of unit
Scientific Coordination Office Bavaria-Israel
Phone: +49 89 9901888-166
E-Mail: abelmann@no-spam-pleasebayfor.org 

M. A. Nadine Avidan
Project manager
Scientific Coordination Office Bavaria-Israel
Phone: +49 89 9901888-168
Email: avidan@bayfor.org