• The American U-Turn: Networking event with Dr. Kai Westerwelle from San Francisco

    InnoPier Martensdamm 6, Kiel, Germany

    This evening we welcome Dr. Kai Westerwelle, President of the German American Business Association (GABA), who has lived and worked in San Francisco for many years and regularly hosts the winners of the Überflieger start-up competition. Together with him and other experts from business, politics and science, we will take a look at the situation in Schleswig-Holstein and northern Germany...

  • High-flyer trip to San Francisco and Silicon Valley

    From March 31 to April 4, the current high-flyers QuantView, Peuka, Metadine and MySpirulina will be on the road in San Francisco and Silicon Valley together with Axel Schulz, Raitschin Raitschew, Tim Ole Jöhnk and Jan Genge. The diary is well filled with new and familiar contacts and at the same time leaves room for spontaneous invitations to networking events, for...

  • Media, power & manipulation

    InnoPier Martensdamm 6, Kiel, Germany

    How tech platforms are shaping our debates, disinformation is becoming an innovation problem and media skills are becoming future skills. Digital technologies are rapidly changing our society - and presenting us with new challenges: Deep fakes, disinformation, polarization. As an internationally experienced journalist, Richard Gutjahr sheds light on how tech platforms are influencing our public debate and why we urgently need to take responsibility - for dealing with...

  • Kiel meets USA - a friendship picnic

    Geomar meadow on the Kiellinie Düsternbrooker Weg 20, Kiel

    The exchange with our friends and partners in San Francisco and the Bay Area is more vibrant than ever and the value of friendship is particularly evident in difficult times. Right now, we feel how important our personal relationships and shared values are, and how strong their desire is to continue the exchange with us and to...

  • Lighthouse Swim 2025

    This summer the Kiel Open Water Swim Event will take place for the 5th time! Registration is now open. The Lighthouse Swim was started by citizens from Kiel and San Francisco and is held annually in both cities. At the event in Kiel, swimmers can choose to swim either 4 or 14 kilometers for marine conservation through the...

  • Summer break

    The office is taking a summer break. We will be back for you from August 25, 2025.

  • Zero Sugar - exhibition and reading

    No Talent Shop Feldstraße 40, Kiel

    - Event tip - Bo Harley Lenschau - Zero Sugar Opening hours: Fri. 17.10. 18:00: Book release with reading Sat. 18.10. 15:00-17:00: Artist on site 21.10.-23.10. 13:00-17:00 28.10.-30.10. 13:00-17:00 Exhibition venue: No Talent Shop, Feldstraße 40, 24105 Kiel Bo Harley Lenschau is a freelance artist in the field of music and photography and has been exhibiting from the end of 2019...

  • Wrap up! Digital Challenge 2025

    IHK Kiel Bergstraße 2, Kiel

    After a week of intensive work, many innovative ideas and an exciting final of the Digital Challenge, we want to celebrate together with interested parties, students, companies and our network - AI Promptathon included!