High-Performance sports and the successes achieved are not only the result of physical performance. Technology has always played a key role in optimising training. In order to compete at the world's top level, innovative research and development can bring decisive improvements in training, competition and measuring equipment as well as equipment.

New technologies or key technologies are the basis for a wide range of applications in the most diverse fields. Research and development make an essential contribution to innovation in a wide range of areas. The use and transfer of technologies of the 21. This is why it is also a great opportunity for sports technology. It is therefore necessary to join existing networks at an early stage in order to gain information and to achieve medium-term benefits for sports technology and thus for the athletes. The aim is to establish the "new technology" for technical training and competition support.

For the high-performance sports system in Germany, this means that business and technology, science and sports institutions must jointly use synergies for innovations in high-performance sports and bundle competences and resources in order to remain competitive in the future in the context of increasing performance density in international competition.

The action area includes the following themes:
• Materials Development
• Microsystems & Sensors
• Focus on digitalisation
• Sports equipment and technology development in Paralympic sport
• Trends on the Test Bench