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Hydrogen Association: Tailwind for the energy transition

Mona Neubaur: "The state government has set itself the goal of making North Rhine-Westphalia Europe's first climate-neutral industrial region. Hydrogen is a crucial building block in driving forward the transformation of our energy-intensive industry and making it fit for the future. The research, steel and logistics location of Duisburg offers the best conditions for becoming a hotspot for the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy beyond the borders of North Rhine-Westphalia. The Hy.Region.Rhein.Ruhr association is doing important work to accelerate regional synergies here."

What will the Duisburg city center of tomorrow look like?

Representatives from the gastronomy and retail sectors, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, students, the police, art and culture professionals, residents and interested parties are working on this question in the City Management workshop of Duisburg Business & Innovation. In other words, with the participation of those who are concerned. Status, diagnosis, perspective. The common goal: concrete recommendations for the development of Duisburg's city center. A real update: Not only consumption space, but also living space is needed in the center. With this workshop, we as DBI, together with the Stadt+Handel office, are taking a big step towards revitalizing the city center. Through interdisciplinarity and diversity of the participants, concepts are created that outline a city of tomorrow that invites not only to store, but also to live. The motto for Duisburg: don't think in terms of resistance, but in terms of possibilities.

BA(A)Rsuccess: Duisburg loves good ideas

10 start-ups, 10 elevator pitches, Duisburg currywurst from Iss doch Wurscht and Duisburg drinks from Hey!Koala - it was time for BA(A)Rsuccess again! At Tectrum, our business angels were wooed for capital and networking. Whether an alarm clock for people without a sense of time, a thermography device to predict rheumatism or innovative food for diabetics, BA(A)Rsuccess had a wide range of promising ideas to offer. Together with our partner, the Business Angels Agentur Ruhr e.V. (BAAR), we have been organizing the series since 2014, offering founders the chance to present their ideas, improve them and above all: make them a reality. Of course, we will go into the next round in spring 2023!

Insights into the hydrogen economy for our Dutch neighbors

Hydrogen is one of the energy carriers of the future. With a Dutch delegation we therefore visited our partner and HY.REGION RHEIN.RUHR member, the ZBT, today. The development and expansion of the hydrogen infrastructure play a central role in the success and establishment of green hydrogen as an energy carrier and fuel for mobility. The ZBT makes a major and innovative contribution to the research as well as practical implementation of hydrogen in the areas of efficiency, safety, quality and economy.

Management appointed for Urbane Zukunft Ruhr: A dual leadership for Hochfeld

With the new flagship project Urbane Zukunft Ruhr (Urban Future Ruhr), the Initiativkreis Ruhr (IR) wants to improve the quality of life in the Hochfeld district together with the city of Duisburg. Now, with Nils-Christoph Ebsen and Ibrahim Yetim, the management for the new entity has been determined, which will implement the project on site in Hochfeld. "I am convinced that Nils-Christoph Ebsen and Ibrahim Yetim will bring the project, which is important for the Hochfeld district, forward with a great deal of commitment and wish them both every success for the tasks ahead," said Mayor Sören Link.

City of Transformation at Duitslanddag

In a world of business that is becoming smaller and smaller due to many trouble spots, good things are sometimes so close. With our Dutch neighbors there are no borders, instead proximity and trust. We share culture and shape the future together, innovatively and sustainably. That's why we're there with DBI at Duitslanddag in Amersfoort and are happy to report on Duisburg as a City of Transformation. Whether it's start-ups, hydrogen or the real estate industry - our message is: Transformation is teamwork.

DBI as mentor at the Motivation Day of the ruhrMasters

Highly motivated, DBI, the team of the ruhrHUB, six startups and over 25 coaches went to the Motivation Day of the ruhrMASTERS. With the ruhrMASTERS, the ruhrHUB supports several startups with an individual coaching and mentoring program by industry professionals. The shareholders of the ruhrHUB accompany the start-ups as mentors, including DBI. At the Motivation Day, the start-ups got to know the coaches in discussions at topic tables and were then able to choose up to two coaches. These coaches will accompany and advise them in ten coaching sessions. In addition, they can attend start-up events and participate in ruhrSUMMIT 2023. In the future, DBI will mentor Choosy founder Julius Kuschke.

Craft meets science

The skilled trades are needed more urgently than ever. And at the same time, it faces major challenges such as a shortage of skilled workers and materials. The workshop series "Handwerk trifft Wissenschaft" (Crafts meet Science) has now brought together students and doctoral candidates with crafts businesses and craftsmen for the first time to work together on concepts. At the kick-off event, four concrete tasks from everyday life in the skilled trades were developed, on which science and the skilled trades will work together. Among other things, solutions are being developed for optimized construction site management and digital maintenance and diagnostics in the SHK sector. The DBI is supporting the project in an advisory and moderating capacity. At a second event in four weeks, the ideas will be presented and optimized in a workshop. Are you interested in participating in future formats?

Duisburg as best practice for "The Länd

They call themselves "The Länd" in Baden-Württemberg, the Ländle. Now, the economic development officers of Baden-Württemberg International spent two days in Duisburg on a fact-finding trip focusing on transformation, innovation and sustainability. The largest steel mill in Europe and the largest inland port in the world were just as much a part of the tour as the Wedau-Nord development area and the Center for Fuel Cell Technology. There were also contributions on the Urban Zero project in Ruhrort and, of course, on the mega topic of hydrogen. The delegation sees Duisburg, where transformation is part of daily business, as a best-practice example. For the final group photo, they went to another symbol of structural change: Tiger & Turtle, from a garbage dump to the top sight of our city.

MEET UP for the start of the #ruhrSTARTUPWEEK

At the invitation of the DBI, Duisburg's founders, people interested in starting a business, self-employed people and the start-up network got to know each other or deepened their contacts at a grazing-style breakfast buffet in the coworking KS36. During the subsequent program, Jan-Niclas Müller, project manager of the DBI, reviewed the garage DU and two finalists of the start-up competition, Sascha Kuhn of Availy and Emre Aslanhan of Parklab, talked about their experiences at the Demo Night. Bernhard Schröder from GUIDE), Jana Honeftidis from startport), Wolfgang Gröting from Fraunhofer-in-House, Markus Bellitzki from Volksbank Rhein-Ruhr, Patrick Weisker from Anthropia and Corinna von der Heyde from the host KS36 reported in short talks with moderator Anke Johannsen about their activities for Duisburg founders* and start-ups and their events in the ruhrSTARTUPWEEK. With new input and insights into the start-up activities, the networking continued until the event ended more than an hour later than planned.

Expo Real 2022

This is how #teamduisburg presents itself at the leading real estate trade fair

- Team Duisburg, under the leadership of Duisburg Business & Innovation GmbH (DBI), goes to the Expo Real trade fair in Munich with its largest stand to date - Market report for the first time with focus on sustainable real estate industry

"OB in business dialog" with software specialists from the inner harbor

Duisburg, September 22, 2022 "Duisburg's Lord Mayor in Business Dialog" is the name of the series in which Duisburg Business & Innovation GmbH (DBI) brings together exciting Duisburg companies and Lord Mayor Sören Link. This time, in episode 26, prodot GmbH at the Inner Harbor was the host - with software for market leaders.

Crowning closing gala with over 350 guests at the Theater am Marientor

AI start-up wins 1st "garage DU" start-up competition (copy 1)

As an innovative smart city, Duisburg offers start-ups a premium network to established companies and thus the right environment for developing new business models. That is the message of the premiere of "garage DU". The competition for founders has now reached its preliminary climax with an innovation fair and gala event at the Theater am Marientor.

Things run better with us: DBI takes off at the company run

We are committed to agility - so of course DBI couldn't miss out on the city's running event: In glorious summer temperatures, the Duisburg Business & Information team also set off on the sweaty city course at the Targobank Run. Supported by the cheering staff on the course, the runners went from the start at the theater past the town hall and the inner harbor via the closed streets back to the finish. The cheering was inspiring: With around 18 minutes, Ömür Hafizoglu from Citymanagement and DBI boss Rasmus C. Beck were the fastest economic developers. In the end, of course, it was all about being there, which was appropriately celebrated afterwards with live music and cold drinks with the family. We give now already the performance promise for the 2023 edition: The DBI is again at the start! Or as it is to be read on the blue shirts: With us it runs better!

For the 25th time: Duisburg's mayor in business dialog

Duisburg, July 20, 2022. The pandemic-related break is over, Duisburg Business & Innovation (DBI) is reviving its series of "Duisburg's Lord Mayor in Business Dialogue" with the with the 25th installment - and the anniversary visit took Mayor Sören Link to Staige GmbH in the House of Business. to Staige GmbH in the house of business development at Mülheimer Straße 100.

NiederRhein Regional Agency based at Duisburg Business & Innovation

The availability of skilled workers is an immensely important location factor and thus the main concern of the NiederRhein Regional Agency. In order to ensure even more direct mediation between job seekers and companies - as well as consulting, qualification and further training - in the future, Duisburg Business & Innovation, the local business development agency, is now taking over this task from the City of Duisburg as a service provider and network node between the region and the state.

Press info to the fair polis Convention: Duisburg - the investor happy city!

Between the internationally important leading trade fairs for the real estate industry - Mipim in Cannes in March and Expo Real in Munich in October - on April 27/28, 2022, polis Convention the polis Convention, Germany's leading trade fair for urban and project development. The city of Duisburg is also positioning itself as a potential location in the Düsseldorf industrial park Areal Böhler. potential location, together with GEBAG Duisburger Baugesellschaft and Duisburg Business & Innovation (DBI) under the umbrella of "Duisburg Update": duisburg-update.de is the relaunched, interactive news and discovery portal for the future projects of our city.

Duisburg Real Estate Market - Annual Report 2021

The annual report on the Duisburg real estate market 2021 describes the market development for all property types in Duisburg. Logistics properties in particular are strong, but so is the office sector. Basically, Duisburg's real estate markets are stable - the corona-related ups and downs of the economy for the past two years have not had any negative effects.

"garage DU": The new Start-up Challenge for Duisburg

In this workshop, ideas for the future are being screwed together: "garage DU" is the name of the new competition that aims to develop the smart city of Duisburg into a start-up city. With the "garage DU" project, the initiators - Sparkasse Duisburg, GEBAG, Wirtschaftsbetriebe, Duisburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft, and the City of Duisburg itself, under the auspices of Duisburg Business & Innovation together with sponsoring partner Volksbank Rhein Ruhr - are pursuing the idea of turning the entire Duisburg location into a space for innovation and start-ups.

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