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Press release – DESTINATION NORWAY: EUROPEAN ROBOTICS FORUM HEADING FOR STAVANGER IN 2026
Monday 13th October 2025 Stavanger, Norway will be the host city for the greatest annual gathering of the European robotics community in 2026 (23-27 March). The European Robotics Forum (ERF) brings together experts from research and industry from across the...
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LOGO
Logo pack containing the ERF2026 combo logo in .eps, .png and .jpeg formats.
PHOTOS IN HIGH-QUALITY
Here you can download the archive containing the photos in high-quality. Source: euRobotics archive
ERF2026 “Welcome to Stavanger” video
ERF2025 video recap
Factsheet
Event name, tagline, and mission
The European Robotics Forum (ERF) is the leading event for the European robotics and AI community, bringing together over 1,000 participants from industry, academia, and the public sector. Held annually in a different European city, ERF is the go-to platform to explore cutting-edge technologies, foster collaboration, and address the latest challenges and trends shaping the future of robotics in Europe. Maybe we should add something on the theme?
Dates and venue
Dates: 23-27 March 2026
The European Robotics Forum 2026 will take place at STAVANGER FORUM. It is one of the main venues at Siddis Center and offers a total of 25 meeting rooms with a capacity of 10 to 1707 persons, and exhibition areas of circa 30,000 m2. Stavanger Forum has conducted a number of national and international events.
Organizer and partners
ERF in Stavanger will be organised and hosted by Norce and Sintef, Norway’s leading research institutes in partnership with euRobotics, the European robotics association.

NORCE is one of Norway’s leading research institutes with wide-ranging scientific expertise and solid knowledge environments. Our activities are centred around research and innovation within energy, health, climate, the environment, society, and technology. Through our network of researchers, experts and partners, we seek to address the key challenges faced by society and contribute to value creation locally, nationally and globally. Through our vision ‘Passion for knowledge – working together for sustainability’, we commit ourselves to being future-oriented and dedicated to promoting sustainable development and the green shift. The largest owners of NORCE are the four universities in Bergen (UiB), Stavanger (UiS), Agder (UiA), Tromsø (UiT) and Stiftelsen Rogalandsforskning.
Website: www.norceresearch.no

SINTEF is one of Europe’s largest research institutes, with multidisciplinary expertise within technology, natural sciences and social sciences. SINTEF is an independent foundation which, since 1950, has created innovation through development and research assignments for business and the public sector at home and abroad. We offer world-leading laboratory and test facilities in a wide range of technological fields. Our advanced laboratories range from microelectronics and nanoscale technologies, to the world’s largest laboratory for the multiphase transport of oil and gas, and the world’s largest marine laboratory.The commercialisation of our research results is part of SINTEF’s role in society. We achieve this by means of licensing and creating new companies based on technologies developed as part of our research activities.More than 90 per cent of our income comes from contracts won in open competition.
Website: www.sintef.no

euRobotics (eu-robotics.net) is an international non-profit association for all stakeholders in European robotics, headquartered in Brussels. Established in September 2012 and serving its founding purpose: to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness and to ensure industrial leadership of manufacturers, providers and end-users of robotics technology-based systems and services, euRobotics forms the largest network of roboticists and business in Europe with more than 200 institutional members, covering small and large companies, associations and institutions, universities, laboratories and RTOs. The objectives of euRobotics are to boost European robotics research, development and innovation, to foster a positive perception of robotics, to support the widest and most effective uptake of robotics technologies and services for professional and private use, and to ensure the excellence of the robotics science base in Europe is maintained.
Website: www.eu-robotics.net
Key stats
Find below the expected numbers based on previous editions statistics:
- More than 1000 participants
- More than 50 workshops
- More than 300 presentations
- More than 50 sponsors and exhibitors
- 5 awards
