Hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurship & Transfer and TU Dortmund University

a fast moving world and global challenges put economies and societies under continuos pressure to come up with innovative solutions and new technologies. Hence, a vibrant and disruptive startup ecosystem is of central importance to keep up with the fast paced development of future technologies.

We invited CEOs of startups and experts from the US and Germany's Ruhr Area to give first-hand insights and discuss the following question:

What does it take to strengthen startup-ecosystems from an entrepreneurs perspective and what can we learn from each other on a transatlantic level?

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Hosted by the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York, the Future Forum is a 1.5-day gathering of curious minds from academia, industry, the arts, and policy.

Before After-Stories of the Tipping Point, Visions for the Future:

The Covid-19 crisis upended nearly every industry and reshaped our lives and relationships. As we negotiate the next normal, hear the stories of the precise moment just before after, the tipping point at which change was decisively in motion and one's only reaction was either to evolve or to adapt. Before After is a framework for creating and integrating hybrid models for living, working, and learning.

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Challenges of Climate Change for Spatial and Environmental Planning - An International Dialogue

Two-day hybrid conference at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. A collaboration between the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany New York, The Rutgers Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability and the Rutgers Climate Institute.

The  conference will focus on the comparison between New Jersey and the German Ruhr Region.

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