Ruhr Development Lab: Presidents Step into the Ring
The Kokerei Hansa is ending up being the central meeting point of #diwodo 2026. The Celebration of Arts, Tech and Taste uses shows, CONF3RENCE– Europe’s leading crypto and AI conference– and more products on the program. At the Founders Fight Night “PITCH BOOM BANG”, two start-ups at a time will take on versus each other in the ring at the Kokerei Hansa on 16 September. In each round, the audience chooses which start-up goes through. In the existence of boxing legend Regina Halmich, the President of TU Dortmund University, Prof. Manfred Bayer, and the President of Ruhr University Bochum, Prof. Martin Paul, will likewise step into the ring. They will be contending outside the official scoring and will provide the Ruhr Innovation Lab, with which the two universities have applied for the title of a Consortium of Quality.
CET: Company Day
How researches turn into a tangible innovation for a business? At business Day, a brand-new event format run by the Center for Entrepreneurship & Transfer (CET) of TU Dortmund University, academia and industry will come together on 21 September to develop joint solutions to the difficulties of tomorrow. Under the title “Algorithms for Practice”, individuals will discover how AI, data-driven approaches, and abstract designs are being used in market. Along with a series of talks, the event offers space for individual exchange and networking.
EDIH-DO and TU Dortmund University: Webinar Series
In a four-part series offered by the European Digital Innovation Hub Dortmund (EDIH-DO), business have the opportunity to engage with various aspects of data-driven procedures. Drawing on concrete examples, the workshops set out finest practices for information procedures in little and medium-sized business. Scientists of TU Dortmund University contribute their competence and present individuals with differing levels of prior knowledge to the topic: Natalia Ogorelysheva of the Department of Computer Science, Katharina Langebach of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dr. Felix Finkeldey of the Lamarr Institute.
Digital Hub Logistics Dortmund: Laboratory Trip
On a laboratory tour through the halls of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Circulation and Logistics (IML), visitors can experience the latest innovations and their use in practice on 21 September. In doing so, they gain insights into current research study topics pursued by researchers of Fraunhofer IML and TU Dortmund University, and can check out the technologies for themselves.
innoclub: Scaling Innovation
At the innoclub at TechnologieZentrumDortmund (TZDO), business and start-ups provide insights into their experiences from joint development jobs and report on opportunities, obstacles and success aspects. Among those taking part is Ilirjan Bytyqi. Together with TU Dortmund University alumni Haris Yalcinkaya and Enes Arpaci, he founded Ziya GmbH, a TU Dortmund University start-up offering AI solutions for service, politics and academia.
Program of DIWODO