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Tech Show IV: Ideas for Smarter Citizens
Pitches
Sedo Domain Village
Networking
STABIL ELITE
Music
Monday, 2016-03-14 | 3.30 p.m. – 5.00 p.m.
German Haus Lucille | 77 Rainey Street | Austin
Saturday – Thursday,
2016-03-12 – 2016-03-17 | 10.00 a.m. – 10.00 p.m.
503 E Cesar Chavez Street | Austin
Wednesday, 2016-03-16 | 2.30 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
German Haus Lucille | 77 Rainey Street | Austin
With: Aylin Bruns (Talents Connect, Cologne)
Jörg Blumtritt (Datarella, Munich)
Hubert Eiter (nate, Munich)
Marc Hümmer
(Never Being Left in the Cold Again, Remscheid)
Christian Margolus (TankTaler, Munich)
Harald Neidhardt (MLOVE Smart City Campus, Hamburg)
Ismaël Ould (Wynd, Berlin)
Ron Schickler (fluechtlingshilfemuenchen.de, Munich)
Frank Strässle (Bayerische Medien Technik, Munich)
Markus von der Lühe (Year of the Monkey, Munich)
Patricia von Neumann-Cosel (Antelope, Nuremberg)
Jury: C
hristian Behrendt (Google, Hamburg)
Robert Ehlers (Jung von Matt, Hamburg)
Scott Schneider (Ottobock, Duderstadt/Berlin/Austin)
Christian Voss (Sedo, Cologne)
Host: Felicitas Hackmann (Startup & Tech Reporter, Berlin)
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SUPERNERDS – A Night of Surveillance
Interactive Innovation Awards Finalist Showcase
Monday, 2016-03-14 | 12.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Hilton Austin Downtown | Salon C | 500 E 4th Street | Austin
SUPERNERDS is a transmedial experience to make mass
surveillancetangible for a broad audience. The project tells the
stories of whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden – on TV, on
the web and on stage. gebrueder beetz filmproduktion, broadcaster WDR and Schauspiel Köln used emotional and interactive storytelling to create an outstanding „Night of Surveillance“
that was acclaimed „a triumph for public TV broadcasting“ by
the media. The project that was funded by NRW Filmstiftung
was awarded as „Best crossmedia event campaign“ at the Eyes
and Ears Awards and is nominated for the SXSW Interactive
Innovation Awards.
SUPERNERDS is a gebrueder beetz filmproduktion in
co-production with WDR, in association with Schauspiel Köln,
funded by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW.
Interactive Innovation Awards
Ceremony
Tuesday, 2016-03-15 | 7.00 p.m.
Hilton Austin Downtown | Grand Ballroom
500 E 4th Street | Austin
SUPERNERDS is nominated for the Interactive Innovation
Awards.
Eventually STABIL ELITE was founded, when their own desire
for a still unexplored pop hybrid grew too strong and had to
becomea reality. In addition the German lyrics’ meaning is only
revealed when not looking for it: Melodic, scenic descriptions
of abstract imagery, which embrace pop from an avantgarde
perspective – more Dada than Gaga.
BenjRose
Music
Friday, 2016-03-18 | 8.00 p.m. – 8.40 p.m.
Buffalo Billards | 201 E 6th Street | Austin
At the age of twelve Benjamin Rose signed his first record
contractwith BMG Records. In 2015 he and his band BenjRose
have been touring all around Germany supporting rock legend
Marius Müller Westernhagen. In the years between the singer/
songwriter met producer and keyboardist Rami Jaffee (Foo
Fighters/Wallflowers) who added his vast experience and
musicianship for the new sound of rock.
COMA
Music
Saturday, 2016-03-19 | 10.00 p.m. – 10.40 p.m.
Scratch House | 617 E 7th Street | Austin
Both producers of COMA are more ardent perfectionists than
hyped-up egomaniacs. But Marius Bubat and Georg Conrad
found their own way to break down the barriers between club
culture and live concerts, they win over the audience almost
immediatelywith pop-infused electronics including laptops,
guitars, synthesizers and microphones.
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DIGITAL POWERHOUSE
North Rhine-Westphalia
City of Cologne
City of Dortmund
Digital Sessions | Party
International Breakfast:
Digital Storytelling – How Brands can play a Leading Role
Talk & Networking
In cooperation with W&V + Berlin School
Saturday, 2016-03-12 | 9.30 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
German Haus Lucille | 77 Rainey Street | Austin
Get your coffee, breakfast bites and early morning input all at
once. Creatives from agencies & entertainment industry discuss
how brands tell their stories using social video.
With: David Berkowitz (MRY, New York)
Oliver Fuchs (Bavaria Entertainment, Cologne)
Rebecca Lieb (Conglomotron, New York)
Hector Silva (Big Embassy, Austin)
Host: Irmela Schwab (W&V, Munich)
Storytelling & Virtual Reality
Talk
Saturday, 2016-03-12 | 1.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
German Haus Lucille | 77 Rainey Street | Austin
Break down that wall! Let’s sneak together into the new world
of immersive storytelling.
With:Dr. Nikolai A. Behr (brain script, Munich)
Kristian Costa-Zahn (UFA LAB, Cologne/Berlin/Potsdam)
Achim Fell (Dear Reality, Dusseldorf)
Andreas Hartmann (Konstrukt3, Regensburg)
André Hellmann (Netzstrategen, Karlsruhe)
Astrid Kahmke (Bavarian Film Centre/i4c, Munich)
Stefan Sutor (Media Lab Bayern, Munich)
Manuel Uhlitzsch (Magic Internet/MyVideo, Berlin)
Host:Curt Simon Harlinghausen
(AKOM360, Munich/Dusseldorf/Hamburg)
Tech Show I: New Media Products from Germany
Pitches
Saturday, 2016-03-12 | 12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m.
German Haus Lucille | 77 Rainey Street | Austin
Crowd sourced sports data, intelligent curation, intelligent links –
startups present new media ideas from Germany.
With:Chris Eberl (kontextR, Munich)
Hubert Eiter (nate, Munich)
Philipp Hoffmann (KINO-ON-DEMAND, Cologne)
Evgeni Kouris (Gamewheel, Berlin)
Philipp Laude (Ex-Y-Titty, Cologne)
Mark Moebius (Nagual Sounds, Boitzenburger Land)
Mickael Pinto (WAM – we are music, Berlin)
Anna Rose (Videopath, Berlin)
Leo Schmidt (Vigour.io, Berlin)
Matthew Ulbrich (Tickaroo, Regensburg)
Marcus von Jordan(piqd, Munich)
Manuel Zwittag (Rublys, Berlin)
Host: Léa Steinacker (WirtschaftsWoche, Dusseldorf)
Jury:Natt Garun (The Next Web, Amsterdam)
Angela Kesselring (SZ-Publishing, Munich)
Luisa Maier (GTEC, Berlin)
Ramzi Rizk (EyeEm, Berlin)
Tech Show II: Virtual Reality
Pitches
Saturday, 2016-03-12 | 5.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m.
German Haus Lucille | 77 Rainey Street | Austin
German startups present VR technology and applications
ranging from the human body, archeology to personal training.
With:Dr. Christoph Anthes (V2C@LRZ, Garching)
Nicolas Chibac (SPHERIE, Hamburg)
Kristian Costa-Zahn (VR@UFA LAB, Cologne/Berlin/Potsdam)
Andreas Hartmann (Echtraum XT, Regensburg)
Christian Margolus (Cat medic, Munich)
Michael Ronen (SPLASH, Berlin)
Johannes Scholl (ICAROS, Munich)
West By Southwest Germany Party
Hosted by North Rhine-Westphalia & Baden-Wuerttemberg
Party
Featuring Eau Rouge and various DJs
Saturday, 2016-03-12 | 8.00 p.m. – 2.00 a.m.
German Haus Lucille | 77 Rainey Street | Austin
Famous German potato salad, sausages, and beer –
meet the creative minds of North Rhine-Westphalia (West)
and Baden-Wuerttemberg (Southwest).
Tech Show III: Wearables/Hardware/IoT
Pitches
Sunday, 2016-03-13 | 11.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
German Haus Lucille | 77 Rainey Street | Austin
German startups and established companies present hardware
and software solutions ranging from electronic pens, industry
IoT to electronic fashion.
With:Jörg Blumtritt (Bayduino, Munich)
Daniel Büttner (Basslet by Rescued Ideas, Berlin)
Peter Kämpf (STABILO, Heroldsberg)
Lisa Lang (ElektroCouture, Berlin)
Pierre Manière (Cybus, Hamburg)
Mauricio Piper (Wotch, Cologne/San Francisco)
Jury:Manuel Colloseus (HUGO BOSS, Metzingen)
Scott Schneider (Ottobock, Duderstadt/Berlin/Austin)
Jewell Sparks (METRO GROUP, Dusseldorf/Berlin)
Host: Shah Karim (SafeRock, New York)
Host: Prof. Egbert van Wyngaarden (MHMK, Munich)
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Jury:Myriam Achard (Phi Centre, Montréal)
Astrid Kahmke (Bavarian Film Centre/i4c, Munich)
Jewell Sparks (METRO GROUP, Dusseldorf/Berlin)
Christian Stephan (MEDIA SATURN, Dusseldorf/Berlin)
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Wunderbar Luncheon: Small Lunch, Big Data.
Networking & Presentations
Sunday, 2016-03-13 | 2.00 p.m. – 2.00 p.m.
German Haus Lucille | 77 Rainey Street | Austin
Small lunch, big data. Meet Germany’s big data experts while
grabbing lunch and listening to inspiring lightning talks.
With:Jörg Blumtritt (Datarella, Munich)
Jay Habib (ShopCo, Dortmund/Dusseldorf/San Francisco)
Dirk Kiefer (BZKK, Munich)
Benedikt Köhler (Datalion, Munich)
Alexander Peiniger (quintly, Cologne/Palo Alto)
Host: Curt Simon Harlinghausen
(AKOM360, Munich/Dusseldorf/Hamburg)
International Breakfast – Innovation Strategies
for Cities and Smart City Concepts
Talks & Networking
In cooperation with Berlin School & Border Sessions,
The Hague, NL
Monday, 2016-03-14 | 9.30 a.m. – 11.00 a.m.
German Haus Lucille | 77 Rainey Street | Austin
Get your coffee, breakfast bites, and early morning input
all at once. We’re asking: How do cities generate ideas for smart
solutions to meet their challenges?
With: Christian Behrendt (Google, Hamburg)
Ken Cornelius (Siemens Corporation, Atlanta)
Dr. Jennifer Dungs (Fraunhofer IAO, Stuttgart)
Jürgen Enninger (City of Munich)
Nicole Huber (City of Heidelberg)
Frank Risse (City of Cologne)
Aik van Eemeren (Technology Office of Amsterdam)
Host: Richard Gutjahr (Journalist & Blogger, Munich)

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