Events

Let’s celebrate summer together! ☀ Together with the Founders Forum Hessen, we warmly invite you to our Summer Festival on August 6, 2025, from 5:00 PM at Weststadtcafé Darmstadt. What to expect: Meet founders, aspiring entrepreneurs, and startup enthusiasts in a relaxed summer atmosphere – with barbecue, drinks, a great vibe, and inspiring conversations. Program […]

On August 20, 2025, we’re celebrating the 7th edition of the Fundraising Readiness Program together with TechQuartier and you’re warmly invited to join us for this special evening in Frankfurt am Main. Ready to Raise – The Future is Female (and funded) is more than just a classic networking event:It’s a stage for innovative ideas, […]

#Talk In an era of rampant mis- and disinformation, reliable fact-checking has become essential to protect public discourse and democratic institutions. Following a reflection on contemporary forms of fake news, this talk explores the current state of AI-based multimodal fact-checking, highlighting recent advances and persistent challenges. Get to know DEFAME, our state-of-the-art fact-checking system that […]

Join us on 3 September at TechQuartier Frankfurt for the second edition of EDITH Innovation Day. We’re back with a full day of learning, exchange, and hands-on digital tools for SMEs and the public sector. Discover how AI, Cyber Security, High Performance Computing and Advanced Digital Tools can empower your organization — with real examples, […]

In August 2024, the European AI Regulation was adopted. Its provisions are now gradually coming into effect. The AI Regulation imposes obligations on companies, but it also presents an opportunity to shape Artificial Intelligence in a responsible and future-oriented manner. How well is your company prepared for the next steps of the AI Regulation? Would […]

The Frankfurt Competence Center for German and Global Regulation (FCCR) and Universität Göttingen are hosting this conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and market regulation. Day one is dedicated to the technical development and regulatory reaction. Day two is about two specific challenges of protecting competition. One is the potential conflict between competition and industrial-policy interests, […]

The event “AI Landscapes – RISING Startups in Hesse” is held under the patronage of Hesse’s Minister for Digital Affairs, Prof. Dr. Kristina Sinemus. Hosted by hessian.AI – AI Startup Rising, in collaboration with our partner appliedAI Institute for Europe, the event will showcase the latest insights into the dynamic AI startup ecosystems of Germany […]

The digital revolution is transforming our way of life as fundamentally as the industrial revolution once did. In a very short time, AI has evolved from a niche technology in computer science to the central key technology of digitalization. Cybersecurity, in turn, is one of the essential prerequisites for responsible digitalization. Both technologies - AI […]

The next foundersXchange will take place on October 1 at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences!This event is the perfect opportunity to connect with founders from the Rhine-Main region, share experiences, learn from each other – and maybe even find future co-founders. What challenges arise when founding a start-up, and how have others overcome them? What […]

The EU AI Act requires providers and deployers of AI systems to ensure that their employees and contracted third parties have a sufficient level of AI Literacy (Art. 4 AI Act). In doing so, EU legislators are not only formulating a regulatory requirement, but also a socio-political mandate to promote AI literacy. The hessian.AI.literacy project […]