Angela Smets was born 1965 in Bocholt, Germany. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. The all-round artist works as a graphic artist, designer, painter and illustrator. She holds creative workshops and …
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The game with all its traces, shadows and structures as inspiration – Who is Angela Smets?
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The perfectionist who is inspired by life: Eugen Schramm!
Eugen Schramm comes from the Russian Miasskoje (born 31.1.1979) and spent his childhood years in Schumowo, Moscow and finally in Anapa on the Black Sea. What drives you, Eugen? I am a very curious person …
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Editor and Content Director: Susanne Gold
Keynote Speaker, Science Journalist & founder of the future and science blog Utopiensammlerin. Born in Hamburg in 1967, during the baby boomer years. A social scientist at heart. A communications expert in innovation with an …
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Editor and technical director: Kristina Sedmak.
Kristina has already studied computer science with a focus on online media, when most people didn’t really know what it was. She has many years of professional experience at Siemens AG and is also responsible …
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Art that stands for itself. Who is Annette von der Bey?
Annette von der Bey was born in Remscheid in 1965. She studied fine arts at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. In 1990 she became one of Professor Fritz Schwegler’s Meisterschüler. Since then she has been working on …
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The one who uses his passion for a better life: Abdullah Almansouri!
Abdullah Almansouri was born in 1990 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and is a PhD student in electrical engineering. He received his bachelor’s degree with distinction from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He received his Master’s degree …
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The one who builds a bridge between research and industry – Ahmed Alfadhel
The researcher and entrepreneur Ahmed Alfadhel was born in 1987 in Alkhubar, Saudi Arabia. Today, Ahmed is an innovation enabler at the Research Products Development Company, a semi-public company in Saudi Arabia owned by the …
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Looking for the moon inside her – Who is Sharon Calman?
Sharon Calman is an artist and healer from Bonn. Born 1980 in Siegburg, Germany, she developed painting and drawing as her way of expression already as a child. Also early in her life she had …
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Mikkel Loose – The one who pushes the limits of technology for what really counts: fun!
Mikkel Loose is a recently graduated Data Scientist with a MSc in Computer Science specialized in Natural Language Processing. He is currently looking for new fun projects centered around AI. Being born in the small …
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The creative technologist for whom the inner child counts. Who is Andreas Refsgaard?
Andreas Refsgaard was born 1985 in Denmark, is an artist and creative programmer based in Copenhagen. Anderas uses algorithms and machine learning to enable people to play music using only eye movements and facial gestures, …
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She who drives beauty, truth and love – Corinna Heumann!
Portrait by Dennis Divinagracia/ Text by Susanne Gold After studying law, Corinna Heumann studied art at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC and at the Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art in New …
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Coach with whispering stories – Sabine Kunz
Sabine Kunz, born 1967 in Kassel, Germany, is the face and voice behind whispering stories. For many years she worked with passion in the pharmaceutical and commercial sector. But her heart beats for children and …
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A team player committed to networking outside the network. Who is Dieter Deninger?
Dieter Deninger was born in Offenburg in 1973 and grew up in Baden-Baden. After his training as an advertising merchant, he acquired sales experience in various management positions. After more than 20 years in employment, …
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The one who could not find room for personal initiatives and creativity in corporate thinking. Who is Ralph Friedrich?
He loves the extreme, avoids the mainstream. As an insurance employee, he saw no way to design himself. Today, he is committed to maintaining local markets and businesses. How? Find out here.
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Less mass consumption, more appreciation! Who is Rüdiger v. Eberstein?
Rüdiger v. Eberstein was a finance officer until his cancer in 2015. Today, he wrestles with neoliberalism and wants a society in which people are valued more.
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The one with the Fuck-It list. Who is Thomas Bergmann?
The It List fan has already experienced great adventures and is looking for them on his doorstep today.
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The one who believes in the power of human consciousness. Who is Jan Ullmann?
Jan Ullmann is not only an e-driving educator. He has a dream: he wants people to draw their potential to solve the world's problems. That's what he's done for a job.
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The one who makes giving happy: Who is Ulrich Walter?
From space you can see what unites us. From above, there is nothing that divides us, he once said. What does an astronaut think of the world in a hundred years? About happiness? More here.
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Learning as an investment for the knowledge, which is not only a Google inquiry away: Who is Markus Götz?
Markus Götz is a carpenter and business it specialist. You can find out why learning is the best investment for him here.
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A fun-loving free spirit on journeys – around the world and to himself. Who is Ben Korbach?
Benjamin Korbach was born in Stuttgart in 1985 and is today a digital nomad, project manager, expert in overcoming life crises and former banker. While working in a bank, he climbed the career ladder until …
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Invention consulting and technical implementation: Thomas Gold
Thomas Gold is a master of precision mechanics. After his training at the Max Planck Institute, he worked in the company Giesecke and Devrient, where he has been has been active for years. Virtual and …
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Invention consulting and feasibility studies: Bernhard Fischer
Bernhard Fischer was born in 1954 in the small industrial town of Töging am Inn. His father had a stationery shop in the middle of the village above which he grew up. But he did …
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Fascinated by diversity and networking – Who is Leonie Bachmaier?
Leonie is a native of Munich born in 1998. She studies “international business communication” in Munich and is a working student in the corporate communications department of Siemens AG. Her next stop will be a …
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The one who dances creatively and playfully with intuition: Who is Ulrike Parthen?
Ulrike Parthen, Kick-off Christmas Eve 1968, grew up in Swabia. Ex-advertising editor, ex-advertising copywriter, early riser with a penchant for cheese bread and walks in the woods. Through intuitive writing, she creates cheerful stories in …
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Who’s Nina Beier?
Nina is a physics student at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and works as a freelance journalist. Before she moved to Munich for her master’s degree in autumn 2018, she studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-University of Heidelberg. Nina …
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The one who understands new learning: Leo Marose – Biography
Leo Marose, born in 1988, has already done a lot: First, he completed a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden and studied “Entrepreneurship and Innovation” at Bond …
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The one who helps the cities and communities. Who is Stefan Müller-Schleipen?
Stefan Müller-Schleipen is managing partner of Immovativ GmbH. There he is in charge of digital urban development and international expansion. Born in Hanover, he began his professional career as a Lufthansa pilot and held various …
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Who is Heiner Monheim? Biography
Heiner Monheim is a geographer, urban planner, traffic expert and crossover artist between science and practice. Since 1995 he has been Professor of Applied Geography, Spatial Development and Regional Planning at the University of Trier, …
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Who is Gunter Dueck? Biography
Gunter Dueck is a lateral thinker who is also called “Wild Duck”, or “Wilddueck”, by some people. He interferes, comments and asks many questions. After studying mathematics and business administration, he worked for five years …
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Who is Friedrich Wegenstein? – Biography
Friedrich Wegenstein, born 1951 in Vienna, is a graduate in business administration. For more than 30 years he worked successfully as an independent consultant in the economy. During this time, due to his philosophical curiosity, …
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Team player, netwerker and TV producer: Who is Ralf Gawel?
Ralf Gawel, born 1954 in Salzgitter Bad, worked for many years as a production manager in the music touring sector. Over three decades ago he emigrated to the USA. There he first worked in New …
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Craft digitizer? Martin Urbanek! Biography
Martin Urbanek has set out to digitize German craftsmen. How? With a cloud software and App. But that’s not all – he’s already working on a multicloud solution that will link tradesmen together! Born 1975, …
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Who’s Sue Doma? Biography
Sue Doma, born 1962, is a fitness trainer and hobby musician – with a focus on washboard and singing. Who am I? I am the only child of two very young hippies. For me this …
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Who’s Melanie Dorn? Biography
Melanie Dorn sees herself as an “emotion coach with a penchant for spirituality”. She sees it as her lifelong task to constantly develop herself professionally, personally and spiritually. She likes to do that on hikes …
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Who is Claudia Conen? Biography
Claudia Conen was born in Cologne in 1968. She has always been independent in her professional life. 14 years ago she decided to sell her gastronomy in order to dedicate herself intensively to the audible …
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Who is Karl-Heinz Land? Biography
Karl-Heinz Land was born on 24 Jan. 1962 in Hennef. He has 35 years of professional experience in the IT industry. Before founding his company Neuland and becoming an author and speaker, he was in …
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Who is Pavel Romanenko? Biography
Pavel Romannko was born in Kiev in 1988. As a late repatriate, he moved with his family to Berlin in 2001, where he went to school, took the Abitur and studied. Pavel took his first …
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Who’s Edith Huber? Biography
Dr. Edith Huber was born in Vienna in 1975. She still lives there today and studied at the University of Vienna at the Faculty of Social Sciences and graduated with distinction in 2012. Today she …
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Who is Vera E.B. Schoenfeld? Biography
Vera E.B. Schönfeld is a storyteller, author of children’s books and head of a technical training department. She was born in 1963 in Blumenthal in Schleswig-Holstein. She is a trained electronics technician and graduate engineer …
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Who is Konni Angermaier? – Biography
Konni Angermaier is female, divorced and born 1970. Born and raised in Nord-Rhein-Westphalen as the middle child of a South Tyrolean-German marriage, she spent more than 25 years in Bavaria. Today she lives with her …