NEUROTEC General Assembly 2026 – Looking Back on Five Years of Neuromorphic Collaboration and Innovation

On Tuesday, November 10, 2026, around 70 representatives from Forschungszentrum Jülich, RWTH Aachen University, AMOtronics, AIXTRON, aixACCT, SURFACE and AMO came together at the Central Library of Forschungszentrum Jülich for the NEUROTEC-II General Assembly.

The event provided an excellent opportunity to reflect on five years of NEUROTEC-II as part of the regional structural transformation initiative in the Rhenish Coal Mining area, highlighting the project's activities, achievements and collaborative efforts.

Throughout the day, the principal investigators and companies shared insights into the progress made across the project and explored research results along the full hardware-software stack from memristive materials all the way to neuromorphic systems. During the poster sessions, PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and professors engaged in lively discussions and networking. One focus was the neuromorphic demonstrator chip portfolio named OTTER, DOLPHIN and ORCA. Being the major output of NEUROTEC-II, the chips will act as a platform for cooperative transfer with scientific and industry partners. The partnering companies presented their commercial exploitation strategies with new product ideas, product enhancements and roadmaps for serial production. Two of the four NEUROTEC-II-related start-up initiatives, cimona and Automaton Engine, pitched their deep-tech solutions for energy-efficient AI.

The General Assembly concluded with an evening reception and dinner, offering another opportunity to exchange ideas and connect with colleagues and project partners in a relaxed atmosphere.

We would like to thank all participants for their contributions to the General Assembly and everyone involved in NEUROTEC for their collaboration over the past five years.