Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2025

Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2025

Summary

The Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2025 convened global researchers, academics, and industry leaders to explore the technologies shaping tomorrow. Held on 6–7 November 2025 at the Leonardo Hotel Arabellapark in Munich, Germany, the conference delivered forward-looking perspectives on artificial intelligence, software engineering, and next-generation computing.
Designed as a hybrid event, FTC 2025 welcomed over 200 participants, enabling seamless collaboration across in-person and virtual audiences. Through keynote talks, research presentations, and high-impact discussions, the conference fostered new partnerships and laid the groundwork for future breakthroughs across AI and emerging technologies.
FTC 2025 was more than a gathering. It was a signal. A signal that trustworthy AI, sustainability, and explainability are becoming foundational. A signal that interdisciplinary collaboration is driving the next wave of technological progress.

Conference Dates: 6-7 November 2025

Conference Venue: Leonardo Hotel Arabellapark, Munich, Germany

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All FTC 2025 papers were published by Springer. Proceedings have been published in four volumes:

• Volume 1
• Volume 2
• Volume 3
• Volume 4

The proceedings have been submitted for indexing to SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago.

Thank you to all of our attendees for their quality submissions. Below you will find the Award winners. Congratulations!
The papers receiving these awards were selected from a set of outstanding papers, based on the potential impact, novelty, use of appropriate data and analysis methodologies, and clarity of presentation.

Best Paper Award
Title: Legendre Chaotic Neural Network with Negative Self-Feedback Memory for Continuous Function Optimisation
Authors: Emily Rodden, Andrew Gascoyne, Liam Naughton, Jordan Brennan, Abigail Parkes

Outstanding Research Award
Title: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in a Myo-to-Gesture Device
Authors: Uwe M. Borghoff, Klaus Buchenrieder

Emerging Research Award
Title: Explainable Concept Drift Detection: A SHAP-Centric Approach for Identifying Evolving Distributions
Authors: Jan Stodt, Christoph Reich, Holger Ziekow

Best Student Paper Award
Title: Enhancing Data Collection for Humanitarian Demining: Mobile Applications and Approaches for Registering Geospatial Structures
Authors: Oleksandr Zarytskyi, Oleksii Zarytskyi