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on 19 June

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City Festival “Bunte Nacht der Digitalisierung”

Looking back on June 7, 2024 and the uniqueness of the Karlsruhe digital scene!

Review – City Festival “Bunte Nacht der Digitalisierung” 2024

InnovationFestival @karlsruhe.digital

on October 17, 2025 from 2 pm at the ZKM & streamed live

InnovationFestival

The digital location Karlsruhe

for everyone — students, researchers, founders, start-ups, companies, IT professionals and families alike!

Digital location

Smart City Karlsruhe

smart, digital, networked.

Smart City

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Information on the
digital location Karlsruhe

Discover the structure and network of the digital location Karlsruhe. Explore facts and figures, exciting projects, key players, unique initiatives and visionary research projects.

Data, facts and figures

The digital location is presented at a glance.

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Karlsruhe as a team player

Established networks and short distances are what make Karlsruhe special and promote the innovative strength of the fan-shaped city.

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Karlsruhe as an innovation hub

Find out more about the flourishing start-up scene that has developed in Karlsruhe – supported by the strong digital sector, the proximity to research and development and the innovation-friendly climate of the entire region.

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studieren und forschen in karlsruhe. zwei personen sitzen zusammen und haben einen laptop auf dem schoß.

Karlsruhe as a shaper of the future

If you want to shape the (digital) future, you have to think about tomorrow’s skilled workers today and all those who only have a few points of contact with digitalisation in their everyday lives.

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Karlsruhe as a workspace

As one of Europe’s leading IT locations, Karlsruhe offers everything that today’s (and tomorrow’s) professionals could wish for.

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Karlsruhe as a living space

Karlsruhe also has a lot to offer in analog form. It is not for nothing that the fan-shaped city was named “Germany’s most liveable city”.

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Smart City Karlsruhe

smart, digital, connected

What makes Karlsruhe a smart city? What measures are already benefiting residents and visitors, and which projects are currently underway?

Get to know Smart City Karlsruhe. Learn more about its structure, key focus areas, and projects. This section highlights how Smart City Karlsruhe leverages the potential of digital technologies and data to enhance residents’ participation and quality of life, address current and future challenges, and ensure the city’s long-term sustainability.

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Together, we are shaping the future in Karlsruhe

Vision & Goals

The karlsruhe.digital initiative connects players from science, business, politics and culture in Karlsruhe with the aim of promoting Karlsruhe as a driving force for digitalisation – boosting competitiveness, iveability and sovereignty.

Vision & Goals

Organization

Steering committee, expert groups, head office: Find out who drives karlsruhe.digital.

Organization

Expert groups & projects

The expert groups of the karlsruhe.digital initiative are based on the nine success dimensions that define Karlsruhe as a digital hub. Learn more about the individual expert groups and their projects here.

Expert groups

Your contacts

Interested in Karlsruhe as a digital location and the karlsruhe.digital initiative? Feel free to get in touch!

Your contacts

Media & Press

Press releases, video recordings of our events and images.

Media & Press

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Digital news and updates from our network

Discover the latest news on digitalisation in and from Karlsruhe — event announcements, interviews, profiles, innovations, and first-hand insights. A new article is published every week.