Digital Future Challenge 2025
Shaping the future digitally
About
The Digital Future Challenge (DFC) is Germany's nationwide student competition focused on Digital Responsibility. Students develop innovative solutions for a responsible, sustainable, and socially impactful digital future.
Participants work on real-world business challenges (use cases), develop innovative solutions to actual problems, and present their ideas to a jury at the end of the competition. The jury recognizes and awards the best projects.
The 6th edition of the Digital Future Challenge 2025/2026 focused on the potential of AI agents and robotics. We see these fields as key drivers for shaping Germany's digital future and unlocking new opportunities for innovation and societal progress.
About the Organizers
Under the motto "Shaping the future together", the Deloitte Foundation promotes the training and further education of young people, supports the development of new educational models and contributes to improving the transfer of innovation from universities to industry. The project complements the existing portfolio with which the Deloitte Foundation aims to contribute to aligning the educational system with the future requirements of a globalized knowledge society.
For almost 25 years, the D21 initiative , Germany's largest network for the digital society, has been committed to examining the challenges of digital change, identifying possible solutions through the interaction of politics and business, and shaping the future in a digitalized world in a meaningful way.
About the Sponsors
The Digital Future Challenge #5 is funded by the Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport and is under the patronage of Digital Minister Dr. Volker Wissing. The Bertelsmann Foundation is a supporter of the challenge.
Further
Further information about the Digital Future Challenge
Challenges
How can Smart Country Scouts be designed to systematically record existing infrastructure in public spaces?
How can a knowledge culture supported by technology be realised that works across generations, enables fair access, and ensure trust through transparent and traceable digital solutions?
Development of an AI-powered voice assistand that helps young people understand financial products in a simple, understandable, and neutral way.
What does it mean for companies and young professionals when junior tasks are taken over by AI agents? How do we shape career entry and enable professional experience in an automated world?
An AI agent for seniors: What should the AI agent know, remember, be able to do, and, above all, be allowed to do?
How can communication with robots and AI be designed today to meet expectations and individual preferences in the future?
Integration of AI agents in the banking app. The aim is to reach young people while at the same time focusing on data protection, security and transparency.