Global Business Innovation Programme: Germany - Artificial Intelligence Transport and Logistics

A GBIP has three stages:

Prepare for the market

Preparing for the market includes the cohort being briefed by sector and market experts on, for example, cultural aspects of conducting business in that country. Delegates receive help to find business partners and arrange meetings and are advised on best practice including the management and protection of their intellectual property.

Visiting the market

Visiting the market provides opportunities to attend pre-arranged meetings and activities in order to better understand and maximise the opportunities that the visit presents.

Exploiting the opportunity

Exploiting the opportunity is arguably the most important aspect of the programme. To maximise the opportunity, participating companies are given bespoke one-to-one support from an Innovate UK EDGE innovation and growth specialist to help develop and implement an action plan.

The Global Business Innovation Programme operates on a competitive basis and businesses selected are required to participate in all three stages (some or all of which may be online).

To apply, you must bee a UK registered and trading company with less than 500 employees (in Northern Ireland less than 250 employees, a turnover of less than €50 million or a balance sheet total of less than €43 million).

To qualify an enterprise cannot have received more than £344,600 (in Northern Ireland €200,000) of subsidy within any three-year period (UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement Article 3.2).

You must be a going concern and have filed your accounts on time, have no more than 2 County Court Judgements over £10,000, and have no disqualified directors.

Why Germany? Germany is recognised, alongside the UK, as a leader in AI with synergies across respective country’s strategies. Germany’s planned investments in AI will be increased to €5 billion by 2025 and has commitments to using AI to reach Net Zero goals which will be directly targeted by this GBIP.

This GBIP will complement the German Federal Government’s new agility in research funding with initiatives such as the “Energy efficient AI system” pilot innovation competition. It will build on Innovate UK’s successful AI GBIP with Germany undertaken in 2022.

Dusseldorf is also home to the Logistics Summit exhibition and convention for digitalization and innovation in the logistics sector. The Innovation Visit will include access to this important event allowing opportunity to showcase your innovations and meet potential partners.

This Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP) is particularly relevant for businesses in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for transport and transport logistics. If you are not sure if your company’s work area is suitable, contact Bita Najafi, Innovation & Growth Specialist, Innovate UK EDGE: enquiries2@innovateukedge.ukri.org or 07729 116379.

Watch the recording of the applicant briefing event on 22nd June 2023 here

Closing date: 17th July 2023
Pre-visit workshop: 7th-8th September 2023
Market visit: 8th-13th October 2023
Post-visit GBIP workshop: 19th January 2024

For more information, please contact Bita Najafi, Innovation & Growth Specialist, Innovate UK EDGE: enquiries2@innovateukedge.ukri.org or 07729 116379.