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Celebrating Digital Disruption: Join the CODE_n new.New Festival from September 20-22 in Karlsruhe (Sponsored)

With the new.New Festival, CODE_n is initiating an exciting event that will provide tangible evidence of the digital transformation in trending modern-day industries. The innovation festival will be held from September 20-22 at the Center for Art and Media (ZKM) in Karlsruhe (Germany).

On 6 stages and roughly 11,000 square meter, the international event will present groundbreaking technologies and allow key players from business, science, and the creative industries to forge networks. Progressive business models from the financial and manufacturing industries as well as carmakers and transportation will be presented in clusters focusing on digital topics. In addition, there will be dedicated workshop & community areas for the attendees to learn and to meet with linkminded people.

The global CODE_n CONTEST, which we introduced you to in April, will be a central component of the new.New Festival. The award show will be held on September 21.
Besides the award show and numerous side events throughout the city, the innovation festival offers an extensive conference program including panels and workshops about the topics digital transformation, innovation and startups.

Early bird ticket sales end on August 31. Secure your ticket now!
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Below you’ll find a short list of the speakers that have been announced so far. More exciting speakers will be confirmed soon.

  • Winfried Kretschmann, Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg
  • Christoph Keese, Executive Vice President | Axel Springer SE
  • Armin Pohl, CEO | Mackevision Medien Design GmbH
  • Hannes Sjoblad, Founder | BioNyfiken
  • Dr.-Ing. Peter Leibinger, Managing Partner & President of Laser and Electronics Division | TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG
  • Jonathan Tilley, Personal Brand Strategist
  • Prof. Ulrich Weinberg, Director School of Design Thinking | Hasso-Plattner-Institut

For a daily update regarding new speakers and some other program highlights, visit the event’s website or follow the CODE_n Twitter account. If you’re going to attend the event, make sure to also visit the new.New Festival Facebook page to confirm your attendance and to see who else is coming.

Visitors of the new.New Festival will have access to a free conference app, which lets you compile your personal program. This way you’ll make sure that you won’t miss any highlights.

One of the highlights of the new.New Festival will be the award ceremony of the CODE_n16 CONTEST for startups. The contest with this years’ motto „Unveiling Digital Disruption“ was organized around the topics Applied FinTech, Connected Mobility, HealthTech and Photonics 4.0. In total, CODE_n received 385 applications from startups out of 40 countries!

At the new.New Festival you have the chance to meet the 52 best startups as well as CODE_n’s festival partners Accenture, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, GFT, TRUMPF, B. Braun, EnBW and Vector Informatik and get to know them personally.

Let’s celebrate digital disruption together. If you’re interested to attend the new.New Festival, make sure to secure your ticket now. Early bird ticket sales end on August 31!

Thomas Ohr
Thomas Ohr
Thomas Ohr is the "Editor in Chief" of EU-Startups.com and started the blog in October 2010. He is excited about Europe's future, passionate about new business ideas and lives in Barcelona (Spain).
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