Business Info - issue 134

01732 759725 magazine 05 The new CEBIT – Europe’s Business Festival for Innovation and Digitalization Europe’s leading event platform for digitalization will take place again next year, combining familiar trade fair elements with inspiring conference formats, innovative networking platforms and creative festival elements. CEBIT will be held in summer for the first time ever (11 – 15 June 2018) with four elements: the heart of the new CEBIT will be the “d!campus” under the Expo Timber Roof, where technology and emotion, business and festival will meet. Digitalization and culture will be united and create the framework for networking, showcases and interaction with a campus feel running into the evening. The other elements in Hannover’s exhibition halls include “d!conomy”, which concentrates software and IOT-offers for the digitalization of businesses and administration. International companies of the digital economy stage their solutions and technologies with the central theme of business development. “d!tec” provides Hannover City of Innovation ADVERTORIAL a glimpse into the digital future, introducing innovative technologies, new business models and value-adding networks as well as research and start-ups. Economic, political and social discourse is at the heart of the new conference format “d!talk” as a platform for knowhow and visions. CEBIT will address all the central themes of digitalization, show them in their various facets and bring them to life. The opening day on Monday (11 June 2018) is traditionally reserved for media and politicians (exhibition halls not opened yet). This is followed by the trade visitor days (12 – 14 June 2018) before CEBIT opens to the public for all those interested in the digital world with a huge event on its final day (15 June 2018). Get your tickets now at www.cebit.de/en/ Lively start-up scene and innovative companies Hannover isn’t just a world-renowned city for trade fairs and conferences. It’s also an innovative hub for industries, services and trade for national and international markets, thus offering amazing future prospects for young entrepreneurs and making it an ideal city for start-ups. hannoverimpuls, Hannover’s business development agency, helps with all issues surrounding self-employment and start- ups. Those starting their own business will be supported with practical knowhow and professional networks from their first idea to their entry into the market. Mature and ever-growing structures, composed of classic sectors and groundbreaking sunrise industries, form the healthy basis of the Hannover economic region. Numerous companies from Hannover are global industry leaders: the healthcare industry is at the forefront of economic growth, and the creative industries and multimedia companies are a force to be reckoned with on the market. Four universities, one university of applied science and several renowned private academies lead the way in a top-class research and scientific landscape with some 47,000 students. Hannover – a modern city of green spaces and great quality of life Hannover has the perfect mix of all the factors which make for a good quality of life. Here it’s possible to experience nature and green spaces while still enjoying the advantages of a big city. With the night life and shopping, cultural diversity and easy accessibility: Hannover is a great place to live! The Lower Saxon state capital has everything that makes a vibrant city: a diverse range of cultural offerings, countless events, neighbourhoods with distinctive cultures, great night life and shopping, an excellent local transport system and a high, yet affordable, quality of life. Find more information about Hannover in the accompanying brochure and at www.visit-hannover. com/en/business Leading trade fairs with international appeal, world-famous companies, developed economic structures, a lively start-up scene and an ideal living space – Hannover is a City of Innovation. The most important event in the digital sector, CEBIT trade fair, will take place once more in 2018 and adapt itself to the next generation of technology. Europe’s Business Festival for Innovation and Digitization 11–15 June 2018 cebit.com Photo: Stefan Knaak