CORA 2026 - Conference on Robots and Automation

28. September 2026

CORA 2026 – Conference on Robots and Automation

Kiel, Germany, September 28 & 29, 2026

The fifth conference on the economic impact of robots and automation (CORA) will take place on September 28th and 29th 2026 at ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics in Kiel in cooperation with University Hamburg.

By now, CORA has been established as a widely recognized platform for all economists working in the rapidly growing fields of robots, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI). In particular, the conference provides a forum for discussion between data users and the main data provider in this field, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

IFR Best Paper Award:
The International Federation of Robotics will sponsor a prize (free access to the World Robotics 2026 Premium Edition) for the best paper presented at the conference. 

More informations and the Preliminary Program you can find here: Preliminary Program

Conference organization

Marianne Saam, ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and University of Hamburg (pb-c@zbw-online.eu)

Please visit the conference website for further information.