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WATERKANT

FESTIVAL

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19 – 20 June 2025

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2 days of talks, workshops, networking and hands-on experiences

Experience futures_

presented by the best speakers from politics, business and science, the most exciting start-ups from Northern Europe, the hidden champions of local SMEs and numerous interested people, rounded off with music, food & festival feeling

_directly on the Waterkant.

1400

Visitors

124

Speakers

94

Startups

50

Companies

Get your ticket now!

Our speakers 2024_

Deutschlands nachhaltigste Batteriezellenfabrik entsteht in Schleswig-Holstein

Nicolas F. Steinbacher

Northvolt

Program Lead Northvolt Germany

Faire KI für die Verwaltung

Zamina Ahmad

Reliable & safe AI solutions

Founder & CEO shades&contrast

Preisverleihung DigitalHub.SH

Dirk Schrödter

Land Schleswig-Holstein

Minister und Chef der Staatskanzlei des Landes Schleswig-Holstein

Highperformance Teambuilding

Michelle Euzet

Team Facilitator – for CULTURE & DIVERSITY

Owner EUZET CONSULTING

Launch of Startup Guide KielRegion

Sissel Hansen

Startup Guide

Founder & CEO

Ocean AI against Climate Change

Jann Wendt

North.io

Founder

All speakers 2024

Green Tech

Artificial intelligence

New Recruiting

Startup Investment

Future of Energy

Future of Democracy

Future of Food

Open Source

Future of Education

Future of Cities & Nature

What we do_

Waterkant.festival is_

A stage for big ideas, global impulses and local players.

Relevant and co-creative training

The showcase for innovation in the north.

Experience 2 days_

Full of innovations, prototypes & pitches.

Talks, workshops and pitches in over 90 thematic sessions.

Networking, live music and festival feeling.

Get your ticket now!

How to find us_

The best way to get to the Waterkant area is by bus (Lines 12 & 13 to Schusterkrug) or by Bike (Holtenauer Str. Out of town to the canal ferry and then following our signs).

Always up to date_

News about tickets, speakers, exhibition & content, community, events, networking and even more you will get  in our Newsletter!

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Waterkant Festival is a project of opencampus.sh. We create offers for all future and active founders and to strengthen Schleswig-Holstein as a (digital) business location.