Born Global Startup Festival Week 2024

New home city, new business? 

→ At StadtLab, Löbderstraße 6, 07743 Jena

Target audience: International students interested in founding and international founders.

The Preschool is a three-day event for international founders in Jena, organised by Werkhaus Inklusion and Startup Migrants, in cooperation with the International Startup Campus and as part of the Born Global Startup Festival Week. Together with others, you will immerse yourself in the world of entrepreneurship and develop and test yourself and your startup idea. 

Find out more about Werkhaus: www.werkhausinklusion.de 

Planned Program for Preschool in Jena 

Friday 24th May
3:30 p.m. Warm Up & Networking
4:30 p.m. Local startup support ecosystem
5:00 p.m. Local Startup programs to join aker the Preschool
6:00 p.m. Workshop

Saturday  25th May
10:00 a.m. Coffee & Workshops
11:30 a.m. Founders Journey 
1:00 p.m. Workshop

Sunday 26th May
10:00 a.m. Workshop
11:30 a.m. Legal forms for founding in Germany
1:00 p.m. Workshops
3:00 p.m. Final Pitch

Information and registration for Preschool in Jena / May 24th-26th. 

AGENDA

Workshop ChinaKooP (Languages D/EN/CH)
Target group: Chinese students/PhD candidates

1:00 PM
Welcome, agenda for the day, introduction to ChinaKooP & ISC, Dt.-Chin. Gesellschaft & Studierendenverein

1:20 PM
Impulse on career and founding for Chinese graduates in Thuringia/Central Germany, experiences and role models

2:00 PM
Explanation of Design Thinking process to generate ideas for cooperation or founding projects

2:15 PM
Short break and division into groups

2:30 PM
Group work (Languages D/EN/CH)

3:30 PM
Presentations and discussion of further steps

Open Panel
Target group: Internationals interested in founding as a career option

4:00 PM
Makeathons - collaborative ways to find creative solutions
Welcome, Intro to ISC & TIP

4:15 PM
Re-Cap EC2U Alliance Makeathon; Intro EC2U Alliance
How makeathons stimulate an entrepreneurial mindset: Intro to challenges and ideas given in EC2U makeathon
How to participate in the future
Challenge: Alumni-Management

5:15 PM
Entrepreneurship - opportunities & challenges
Impulse from a startup - insights and learnings on their path - for motivation and support

6:00 PM
Networking

Information and registration for Creative Career Options in Jena / May 27th.

Day 5: 28.5.24
Empowering Internationals to Create Startups in Germany

→ Plagwitzer Markthalle, Markranstädter Str. 8 04229 Leipzig

AGENDA

4:30 PM
Check-In & Registration

5:00 PM
Opening and greetings
Prof. Dr. Utz Dornberger (Director of the SEPT Competence Center), Prof. Dr. Mathias Middell (Vice-Rector for Campus Development, Leipzig University)

5:10 PM
Inspirational talks & panel discussion
with international founders: Takahashi Akiko (Akiko Vegan Ice cream), Dr. Luis Bernal (Realists Training Technologies), Dr. med. Dilan Sinem Sert (SEDIDOC)

6:00 PM
PARALLEL INFO-SESSIONS

Session 1: Administrative & legal aspects for creating a business or becoming solo-entrepreneurs in Germany
Johannes Göckeritz & Christian Hauke (Leipzig University)

Session 2: Mastering funding: Public programs and hacks for successful applications
Christian Scheffler (SMILE) & Elisa Türpe (SMILE, EXIST-Women)

Session 3: From concept to creation: Prototyping opportunities in Leipzig
Markus Maier (Gründungsküche - SMILE), Dr. Alireza Ansari (Process Living Lab - iN4iN), Mehrab Moradi Nasrabadi (Makerspace - Startbahn 13)

7:00 PM
Official launch of the "Co-founder platform"

7:20 PM
International Innovators Award ceremony
Category: International Startup Team from Asia & Africa, Category: Successful Startup in Central Germany

7:45-11:00 PM
Networking & summer party (music, free food & drinks), Musical Performance

Information and registration for Empowering Internationals to Create Startups in Germany in Leipzig / May 28th.

MACHN Festival (Leipzig) - For Tech, Business & Art

→ At Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei, Leipzig

This festival celebrates machine innovation and hardware networking, offering unique insights into the future of tech-driven enterprises.

Join us at our booth at MACHN Festival and live up to an exciting meetup with startups from Central Germany.

For more Info

Information for the MACHN Festival / May 29-30th. 

We have a limited amount of tickets. 

Networking with Japanese Corporates & Startups

Connect with Japanese corporates and present your innovations to an international audience. Networking and matching sessions will be held in English.

Goals:

• Strategic Partnerships: Network with decision-makers from Japanese companies seeking new technologies and ideas. 
• Discover collaboration opportunities.
• Market Information: Gain insights into Japanese market trends to refine your strategies. 
• Engage in valuable conversations.
• Pitch Opportunity: 5-minute pitch presentations and individual matchmaking.

Your participation:

Please send us a brief expression of interest along with a letter of motivation or some background information about your experience working with Japanese companies. 

If you would like to pitch, kindly include a pitch deck. 

The sooner we receive these, the better we can facilitate meaningful discussions.