Thilo Zimmermann

Deputy Managing Director & Head of Research Coordination @ InnovationCampus Future Mobility (ICM)

Stuttgart Region

About

Deputy managing director at the Innovationcampus Mobility of the Future at University of Stuttgart where I am working in different roles since October 2021. Until September 2021 I was working as Policy Officer for the Establishment of the Cyber Valley as well as for topics such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics and Computer Science at the State Ministry of Science, Research and Art Baden-Württemberg. From 2008 to 2020 I managed applied research projects in robotics & AI. I am an expert in innovation management, robotics, technology marketing, research coordination and project management.

Experience

  • InnovationsCampus Mobilität der Zukunft (4 yrs 10 mos)
    • Deputy Managing Director
      Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

      Our campus is a joint research platform of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Stuttgart for developing new technologies quickly and flexibly, testing new approaches and creating the basis for leap innovations.

    • Head of Research Coordination
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

      Team Leader Research Coordination of the InnovationCampus Future Mobility (ICM) https://www.icm-bw.de/en/research/research-fields

    • Research Coordinator
      Oct 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos

      Research for sustainable mobility of tomorrow The goal of the InnovationCampus Mobility of the Future (ICM) is to produce new technologies and innovations through excellent basic research in the areas of mobility and production, which go far beyond the currently pursued goals of application-oriented research in science and industry. In order to achieve this goal, the University of Stuttgart and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are pooling their competencies in research and innovation in the InnovationsCampus, thus contributing to actively shaping the transformation of mobility and increasing the innovative strength in Baden-Württemberg. The InnovationsCampus serves as a joint platform to quickly and flexibly develop new technologies, test new approaches and create the basis for innovations. The focus is on research topics relating to new drive systems, structural and functional integration in new components, energy supply and storage in new modules, and the development of intelligent sensor technology and electronic components.

  • Scientific Researcher at University of Stuttgart
    Oct 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 10 mos

    I am supporting the Innovation Campus Mobility of the Future. More information will follow soon. http://icm-bw.de/

  • Independent Robotics Expert and Project Evaluator at Freelance
    Jan 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 7 mos

    Since 2015 I have worked in part-time as an independent robotics expert for several EU projects from FP7 to H2020, as project participant (project internal reviews) and as external contracted reviewer (challenges, Third Party funding (FSTP), etc.). Furthermore, I have been repeatedly invited to give my expertise in interviews, surveys, paper reviews and in organizational committees (Programm committees, Exhibition & Sponsoring Chair, etc.).

  • euRobotics aisbl (14 yrs 8 mos)
    • National Coordinator for the European Robotics Week in Germany
      2011 - Aug 2025 · 14 yrs 8 mos

      https://eu-robotics.net/erw-nc/

    • European Robotics Forum Program Committee member for ERF2018, 2019 and 2020
      Nov 2017 - Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      The European Robotics Forum (ERF) is the most influential meeting of the robotics community in Europe. The 11th edition of the conference (ERF2020) took place in Malaga, Spain with over 1000 European robotics top experts expected. ERF2019 was hosted in Bucharest, Romania; ERF2018 in Tampere, Finland. After its start in San Sebastian in 2010, The European Robotics Forum has grown into a major annual event with hundreds of attendees every year. https://www.eu-robotics.net/robotics_forum/info/index.html

  • Referent zur Etablierung des Cyber Valley Baden-Württemberg / Policy Officer at Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
    Jul 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Referat 33 Forschungs- und Innovationspolitik, Forschung in den Bio- und Naturwissenschaften