Companies
Whether at an open day, presentations on the latest innovations, guided tours or company parties – Karlsruhe’s companies show their digital side to all interested parties.
digital Events in Karlsruhe
October 9
Your Data! Your Rules? Digital Sovereignty.
What if your email account were suddenly blocked? What if your credit card were no longer accepted? What if your digital services were no longer available?
Digital sovereignty means understanding, making your own decisions, and remaining capable of taking action. This requires knowledge, secure and transparent technologies, open standards, and genuine alternatives.
The Karlsruhe Digital Hub brings together specialized expertise in these areas: from computer science and IT security to law, data protection, and AI, as well as technology transfer and media art. Here, sovereign solutions are developed, tested, and put into practice.
On October 9, 2026, the karlsruhe.digital initiative will publicly present the Karlsruhe Manifesto on Digital Sovereignty in the ZKM’s Media Theater.
The event will demonstrate what digital sovereignty means, why it affects us all, and what concrete possibilities and alternatives are already available today from Karlsruhe.
#Save the Date
October 9, 2026 · 3:00–5:00 p.m.
ZKM | Media Theater
19 June
The city festival of digitalization
Experience digitization up close throughout Karlsruhe.
Experience digitalization in all its facets in a city festival of digital ideas and solutions:
On which digital topics are Karlsruhe universities and research institutions actively researching? What constitutes digital art? How digital are the administration and cultural institutions? What ideas are Karlsruhe start-ups and companies pursuing? And how can you experiment within NGOs with digital tools or get involved in those organisations?
Click here for the programme of the Colourful Night of Digitalization
Science
Karlsruhe’s universities and research institutes offer an exciting look behind the scenes at current projects and the latest developments in the digital field.
Administration
The administration is also showing its digital side and providing insights into the digital projects of its offices, schools and municipal facilities. Citizens’ dialog up close.
Cultural institutions
Karlsruhe’s cultural institutions offer interactive exhibitions, artistic interpretations of digitalization, new formats for the entire urban community and much more.
Associations and initiatives
Numerous associations and initiatives deal with digital topics and work together on digital solutions – and introduce themselves to visitors.
The fireworks of
digital innovations
Innovations made in Karlsruhe.
The InnovationFestival @karlsruhe.digital offers the best digital innovations from Karlsruhe and the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion the big stage – on site and streamed live!
In addition to the top-class keynote speech, companies and institutions from business, science, culture and administration will present their digital transformation projects in 10-minute keynote speeches, highlighting the diversity of the innovative digital location.
Keynotes
Pitches
Talks