Annual Conference on Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TIE) 2018 and VHB-Conference

TIE-Conference took place in Hamburg from September 19 to 21, 2018. Leading German and German-speaking researchers met to work on topics such as Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship.

In year 2018 the TIE-Conference took place in Hamburg from September 19 to 21. Leading German and German-speaking researchers met to work on topics such as Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship.

Highlights:

• Keynotes on current topics of science and practice
• Presentation of scientific articles
• Various possibilities on networking
• Preliminary program “Success with third-party funds: BMBF, DFG and EU”

On Friday morning, TUHH’s President, Prof. Dr. Ed Brinksma welcomed our guests coming from all over Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and the UK.

Following keynote speakers had been invited:

• Prof. Henry Sauermann, ESMT Berlin — “Studying Startup Joiners”
• Prof. Roman Beck, IT University of Copenhagen — “New Market Engineering with Blockchain”
• Prof. Dirk Helbing, ETH Zürich — “Ökonomie 4.0 — Die Entstehung eines neuen Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftssystems” (Economy 4.0 — The Emergence of a new Economic- and Social System)

Divided into different slots on “Entrepreneurship” as well as on “Innovation Management”, the participants presented their newest research topics. After a long research session on the first day, a river boat took us from Harburg Harbor to Hamburg St. Pauli Landungsbrücken. Again, the traditional “Hotel Hafen Hamburg” was our place to spend a splendid evening with all participants of the TIE-Conference.