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The below events planned by a wide range of partners and 3rd party organisations focus on this region:
21st-23rd May - GITEX Europe (Berlin, Germany)
This is the most global, collaborative tech and start-up event in Europe 2025, highlighting the $3 trillion valued European tech industry across big tech, start-ups, governments and academia. Register here.
12th June - 2025 Franco-British Economic Relations Barometer - Françoise Rausch OBE, President of the Franco-British Chamber and Olivier Campenon, Chairman of the Cross-Channel Institute, are delighted to invite you to the presentation of the 2025 Franco-British Economic Relations Barometer with Chantana Sam, Economist & Strategist, HSBC. This event will be held online. A Zoom link to join will be sent out 24 hours before the event. Register here.
Below are 10 opportunities open to UK companies to explore, meet, network and understand how to expand into Baden Württemberg.
Discovery Tours across Baden Württemberg
Location: several cities across our state
Date: 2-3 June 2025
Considering the German market and want to do some market intelligence gathering first? Join us for a tailored tour of key locations and partners in top sectors strongly represented in our state. Understand the opportunity for your company, meet potential partners, clients and stakeholders in the home state of the of German “Mittelstand”. A great opportunity to research, network and understand our innovation landscape!
Choose one of two curated tracks and visit cutting-edge innovation hubs, R&D centers & accelerators:
AI, Smart Energy & Sustainability (Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Ulm) - register here.
AI, Life Sciences & HealthTech (Tübingen, Tuttlingen, Freiburg, Mannheim) - register here.
For more information, contact Carolin Eissler at carolin.eissler@bw-i.de
𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗢 𝗗𝗮𝘆 STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play (𝗦𝘁𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁)
Join an international open innovation platform that connects industry-leading players such as Mercedes-Benz AG, Bosch & Porsche AG with the most innovative startups and entrepreneurs in the fields of mobility, production, sustainability and beyond. https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/event/startup-autobahn-expo2025
Location: Stuttgart
Date: 5 June 2025
Apply for a ticket here
London Tech Week - "Expand to the Länd” Breakfast with Germany Trade and Invest and Baden Württemberg International UK office.
Join us for breakfast to explore the current market expansion opportunities the German market, and the Southwest state of Baden-Württemberg has to offer
Location: Baden Württemberg UK Office, The German Business Hub, 42 Essex Street, Temple, London WC2R 3JF
Date: 11 June 2025
Time: 8:30–10:30 AM
Breakfast
Places limited to 20. First come, first served. UK based companies only, 1 representative per company. Register here.
You can also meet the team at Stand Nr 356, Olympia during London Tech Week, 9-11 June
MOVE conference: Mobility re-imagined
Location: ExCEL, London
Date: 18-19 June 2025
For information, visit https://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/move/index.stm
To schedule a meeting, email nicola.pinder@bw-i.de
Drees & Sommer Startup Night “Pitch the Baden Württemberg Corporate” opportunity open to UK companies
Location: Bundesallee 39/40A, 10717 Berlin
Date: 15 July 2025
Time: 17:00 – 19.30
Companies will be selected by Drees & Sommer - Expressions of interest from UK companies now open – please email nicola.pinder@bw-i.de if you would like to be considered to pitch! Deadline Friday 16th May!!
Baden Württemberg International, the UK Department of Business and Trade and London & Partners are currently recruiting companies to participate in an exclusive pitching event hosted by Drees & Sommer, a Baden Württemberg founded and headquartered consulting company renowned for delivering sustainable, innovative, and economically viable solutions in the real estate, infrastructure, and industrial markets. Founded in 1970, Drees & Sommer has long been recognized as a pioneer in driving sustainability and digitization. With over 6,000 employees across 63 offices, our interdisciplinary teams are involved in around 6,500 projects worldwide, working to create a liveable future by uniting concepts that can appear to be opposites: tradition and future, economy and ecology, analogue and digital, efficiency and well-being.
UK start-ups with a solution in one of the listed sectors and interested in exporting in the DACH region to send us a brief overview of your company and solution and a short paragraph on why you should take part by Friday 16th May Participation at the event is free of charge, you must cover your own travel and hotel costs.
- PropTech
- ConstructionTech
- Mobility, Logistics & Transport
- Energy
- CityTech
- Smart Administration
The event will take place at the Drees & Sommer Innovation Centre in Berlin with a goal to learn about emerging trends and innovations in the UK real estate market and to learn about innovative UK startups in the real estate sector, with a focus on DACH. Each company will have 8 minutes to pitch their solution followed by a networking
Participants: The event will bring together approximately 30-40 guests from various sectors, including:
- Partners and customers as direct users of the startups' technologies.
- Innovation ecosystem partners such as Venture Capitalists, Business Angels, and representatives of innovation initiatives.
- Other startups as potential partners for cooperation to build solutions for a larger part of the value chain.
- Drees & Sommer experts as direct users.
- Representatives from politics and science as cooperation partners and sources of inspiration for technology and innovation topics.
Baden-Württemberg UK Office Sommer Reception in Stuttgart 2025
Featuring a Panel focussed on Future Mobility with high level speakers from the UK and Baden Württemberg.
A chance for our Partners and Collaborators in Baden Württemberg to come together in a summer location to network, exchange and catch up with the UK office team. UK and BW based companies are warmly invited.
Location: Stuttgart (tbc)
Date: 17 July 2025
Registration link: coming soon…
Cambridge Tech Week 2025
Cambridge Tech Week is a global tech gathering designed to unite the brightest minds - visionaries, world-leading experts, and strategic investors - to drive growth, collaboration, and transformative innovation across the tech ecosystem. The City of Heidelberg celebrates its 60th anniversary of the twin city partnership and will bring a delegation of companies from across its AI ecosystem to Innovation Alley! Meet us in Cambridge.
Location: various venues, Cambridge
Date: 15.19 September 2025
For more information, visit https://cambridgetechweek.co.uk/tickets.html
SIFTED Summit: Resilience
Location: London
Date: 7-9 October 2025
Bringing the fastest scaling European Tech companies together under one roof. Sifted Summit will explore how Europe’s leading founders, startup operators and investors are preparing for the long-haul in a fast changing global climate.
For more information, click here.
To schedule a meeting, email nicola.pinder@bw-i.de
Automotive Suppliers Day 2025
Location: Esslingen, Baden Württemberg
Date: 8 October 2025
Expressions of interest (Stakeholders and companies) to Heike Passauer heike.passauer@e-mobilbw.de
EOI Deadline 14 May!!
The annual Automotive Suppliers' Day is all about digital technology solutions and software applications - as key drivers for future competitiveness - showing ground-breaking innovations in research and development as well as market opportunities and support services for suppliers.
The transformation towards software-defined manufacturing is fundamentally changing value creation and competitiveness. Anyone who wants to produce efficiently, flexibly, and resiliently in the future must be able to digitally network, model and intelligently control production processes. Participation in the Automotive Suppliers’ Day is free of charge and we invite international clusters, companies and research institutes. LIMITED PLACES!!
The Automotive Suppliers’ Day Automotive Baden-Württemberg is part of the Strategic Dialogue Automotive Industry BW and is a joint event of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism and e-mobil BW.
Highlights at the Suppliers’ Day 2025
- The Matching Platform for networking companies from Baden-Württemberg and abroad. Special attention will be paid to the exchange between start-ups and SMEs - with a specially set up ‘Start-ups meet SMEs’ area. Expressions of interest deadline 14 May
German British Business Summit
Recognising the urgency of both immediate action and long-term strategy, the summit aims to spark insightful dialogue on how Germany and the UK can navigate today’s economic challenges and unlock tomorrow’s opportunities together. With a focus on practical, future-ready solutions, we will explore how policy and business across both countries can better align to foster investment, innovation, and sustainable growth. Panel Discussion hosted by Germany Trade and Invest, featuring Baden Württemberg and other German states…hosted by the German Business Hub, Germany Trade & Invest and the British German Chamber of Commerce in co-operation with Baden Württemberg and further state Partners…
Location: St Mary’s Church London W1H 1PQ
Date: 9 October 2025
Time: 09.00-15.00
Conference and Exhibition, and Bavarian lunch provided by renowned German Chef, Stefan Pappert
Registration -> coming soon at https://germanbusinesshub.com/uk/en/events/
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