WATERKANT
EVENTS & COMMUNITY
Waterkant Community & Innovationsformate
With our innovative formats, we create spaces for trying things out, experimenting, and creating throughout the year: at the festival, in our exhibition, and beyond. Pitching problems, finding solutions, thinking about the future – together with people who are passionate about shaping the future in and for Schleswig-Holstein.
Reverse Pitch_
Pitch challenges, find solutions.
We all know startups pitching their ideas to major investors. We turn the tables. Guided by the idea that every problem has a solution, we give regional companies a stage to present their current challenges to startups and aspiring founders. In the best-case scenario, challenges meet the people who can solve them. Do you have a challenge and are looking for fresh ideas?
Waterkant & Friends Dinner_
Head full of ideas?
During the Waterkant off-season, we invite you to dream up new ideas and projects for the next Waterkant season with us – whether you’re a startup, a company or an organisation! Over a relaxed dinner at different venues in Kiel, we explore how and what we want to work on together and which projects we want to develop further. After all, good things take time.
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Coding.Waterkant Camp_
Northern Europe's machine learning event – focus, creativity, co-creation
Immerse yourself in an intensive week of coding, creativity and co-creation at the Waterkant. Since 2020, the Coding.Waterkant Camp has been bringing together tech enthusiasts of all experience levels to work on innovative projects in a focused environment.
Futures
Thinking Education_
How to think like a Futurist?
How can trends be recognized, signals interpreted and future scenarios developed? Futures Thinking teaches you precisely these skills. In our Futures Literacy courses, you will learn how to turn uncertainties into opportunities and use tried-and-tested methods to design and actively shape futures.
Our courses are part of the opencampus.sh Edu program and therefore open to all interested parties. Subscribe to our newsletter to make sure you don't miss the start of new courses!
Company visits_
Your company in focus.
Every Waterkant off-season, we invite you to join us in brainstorming new ideas and projects for the next Waterkant season – whether you're a startup, established company, or organization! Over dinner at various restaurants in Kiel, we'll get together in a relaxed atmosphere to explore how and what we want to work on and which projects we want to develop further. After all, good things take time.
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Your company in the
Waterkant Exhibition_
Make innovation more than visible – make it an experience.
What makes your company special? What ideas, products or developments are shaping the future? At the Waterkant Exhibition, you can showcase them to a curious audience in an engaging, interactive way. Previous participants include Edur Pumpenfabrik, olfasense GmbH, Type Fox, Gebrüder Schröder GmbH, IBAK, Weihe GmbH, Kriwat and others. Together, we’ll develop an idea that fits and take care of bringing your story to life in the exhibition. Would you like to be part of it?
