The Pitch and Party event offers inspiration and networking opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs, startups, the business community, and the Ruhr ecosystem.
The Pitch and Party event offers inspiration and networking opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs, startups, the business community, and the Ruhr ecosystem in the open atmosphere of the brick-expressionist Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche in Gelsenkirchen.
5:00 pm: The event kicks off with a welcome by the organizers, the Economic Development Agency Gelsenkirchen (Simon Nowack, Stadtrat Gelsenkirchen), and the EU project Ecosys4you (Dr. Anna Butzin, IAT), followed by the introduction of the jury experts.
5:20 pm: The "Mind-Mining Ruhr Hackathon"-teams will present their innovative solutions to the challenges of local startups developed during the 24-hour Hackathon.
6:30 pm: While our jury deliberates, a buffet and drinks invite you to network and exchange ideas.
7:30 pm: The highlight of the evening will be the award ceremony and the recognition of the international Ecosys4you interns who completed an entrepreneurship internship at Ruhr startups.
7:45 pm: Chris Wojzechowski, founder and CEO of AWARE7, will start the evening as the first DJ for the opening party.
The RuhrStartupWeek Opening Party & Mind Mining Pitches will take place following the Opening Lunch at RuhrHUB (Essen).
We thank the European Union for funding the Ecosys4you project and for the support of Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen and evocenta GmbH.
