Lars Anke, former manager at the Port of Hamburg Marketing Representative Office in Shanghai. The previous deputy of the Representative Office, Pan Hua, succeeds him with immediate effect. Michael Wunderlich, a China scholar, who …

Michael Westhagemann, Senator for Economics, announced plans Tuesday (May 8, 2019) to establish the non-profit foundation “Hammerbrooklyn – City of the Future” swiftly. The joint project by the City of…

GreenKayak, a Danish NGO that aims to reduce the amount of waste in rivers and lakes, opened three new locations in Hamburg to coincide with the start of its latest season on Monday (April 27, 2019). Fr…

Around 28 HamburgAmbassadors are arriving from as far afield as New Zealand, Argentina, Scandinavia and the United States for the annual meeting of international representatives from May 5-8, 20…

The third Online Marketing Rockstars (OMR) Festival gets underway in Hamburg on May 7- 8, 2019 and will bring top speakers, hidden champions and top acts in the marketing industry to the fairgrounds. Exhibit…

Hamburg News: Philipp, you launched your event eight years ago at Bucerius Law School and the digital conference attracted 200 visitors. Then, venues in Große Freiheit, Stage Theater, St. Pauli Stad…

When people hear the name Glückstadt, herring comes to mind – this seaside town looks back on a centuries-old tradition of catching herring and whales. But, if Jonathan Hendess and Henrik Wiedwald have the…

Start-ups all over Europe are invited to apply for the Music WorX Accelerator, a three-month funding programme offered by the Ministry of Culture and Media and the Hamburg Kreativgesellschaft. Start-ups specialising in big data, block…

The second Gründerflirt ended successfully Monday (April 29, 2019) after start-ups “flirted” with potential investors in Hamburg’s Chamber of Commerce. Speaking at the start of the event, Doreen Hotze, Deputy Managing …

The Energy Observer, the world’s first hydrogen vessel without greenhouse gas emissions, arrived in Hamburg on April 26, 2019 for its 36th stopover. The vessel is on a worldwide tour of 101 ports. The catamara…

Hamburg’s Weischer Media has become the world’s first corporate recipient of the U.N.’s “Supporting Partner” title, which is endowed on companies that demonstrate special commitment to the Sustainable Developmen…

Hamburg is well on its way to becoming a smart city after being included among the Smart Locations of the Future drawn up by the fDi magazine, which is published by Financial Times Group. Th…

A delegation accompanying Michael Westhagemann, Senator for Economics opted for environment-friendly means of travel Monday after cycling or walking to the Ministry of for Economics, Transp…

Der Anteil von Startup-Gründerinnen in Hamburg liegt bei 17,9 Prozent (Stand April 2019). Das übertrifft zwar den Bundesdurchschnitt (15,1 %), dennoch bleiben Fr…

Construction of the new 2,600 square metre Science City Bahrenfeld campus is now underway following Monday’s groundbreaking ceremony attended by Dr. Peter Tschentscher, Mayor of Hamburg and Katharina…

The e-scooter provider Hive launched a pilot project Tuesday (April 16, 201) on the Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) campus. The 3,000 employees and scientists there can now try out a total of 100-electrically powered scoo…

Britain’s Times Higher Education (THE) magazine has ranked the University of Hamburg among the top 60 universities in the Impact University Ranking 2019 in terms of gender equality (rank 25), hig…

The Hamburg-based Hive and E-Floater are gearing up to offer e-scooters as a sharing modelpending the Bundesrat’s approval on Friday (May 17, 2019) of an ordinance. The law, passed by the G…

Building sites are erected so frequently that commuters can barely tell them apart and quickly find themselves stuck in traffic jam after traffic jam. Now, the Workplace Solutions GmbH (…

The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce will bring start-ups and investors together again on April 29, 2019. Founders will gain lots of insight into how to set up company under the theme “Investor Wanted” and can pitch …

Das Hubertus Wald Tumorzentrum – Universitäres Cancer Center Hamburg (UCCH) vereint 40 UKE-Einrichtungen sowie 19 Kliniken und 18 niedergelasse…

Hamburg Invest announced Thursday (February 21, 2019) key figures for 2018 during its annual press conference in the Virtual Reality Headquarters (VRHQ) in Speicherstadt. A total of 6,419 jobs have been created and sec…

Business developers from all over Europe met at the two-day Cross Innovation Conference (November 29-30, 2018) held by the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft to discuss new innovations. Experts at th…

The Competence Centre Sustainable University (KNU) at the University of Hamburg and the joint HOCH-N project, co-ordinated by the KNU, received the UNESCO World Action Program…