Why MediaTech?

MediaTech is an integral part of our everyday lives. We interact consciously and subconsciously with media technologies to get informed, supported or entertained.

MediaTech combines various emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, image and text recognition with fields like Journalism, Education, the Gaming Industry and many more.

Since 2017 Potsdam is Germanys digital Hub for MediaTech. Accordingly, the Hasso Plattner Institute, the University of Potsdam and the Film University Babelsberg work together to foster Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

What to expect?

The HPI E-School will be hosting this year's bootcamp dedicated to the topic "MediaTech" from December 6 to December 8, 2019.

During the three days, business ideas around the topic MediaTech will be introduced and developed, teams built, prototypes created and tested. You will learn about topics such as idea and value propositions, business model development, customer-focused product development, prototyping, and pitching. Moreover, you will practically implement your learnings in small workshops.

Participants thus have the opportunity to work on their own or another person's business idea in a focused and intensive manner, to get feedback and to interact with and get to know like-minded people. Furthermore, experienced coaches will guide you through your journey and you will get hands-on feedback from a jury of investors and entrepreneurs. But above all, you will have fun while being extremely creative!

What else awaits you? Experienced entrepreneurs as keynote speakers, interesting learning sessions, tasty food, craft beer, a retro gaming and chilling area, mini games, great partners and jury members and cool prizes.

And if that's not enough, at the end of the bootcamp, you can continue your work on the business idea supported by the E-School team. It is also possible to apply for financial support from the HPI Seed Fund. These downstream offers bolster the implementation of the business model in the real world. 

Extended Deadline: Apply until 31st October 2019

If you are interested in joining this special bootcamp, please send an e-mail by 31st October 2019 to axel.menning(at)hpi.de with the following information:

• Name, e-mail address, background (HPI, D-School, other fields)
• Tell us why you want to participate
• If you have a business idea/ team already, give us a one sentence explanation of the idea and name the other team members
• If it is intended that team members also participate in the bootcamp, please provide the following information about them: team member’s contact information (first name, last name, e-mail address, T-shirt size, and background)
• Optional: T-shirt size, if no size is specified, we will assume a "M" for women and a "L" for men
• For HPI MA students: are you joining this year's IT-Entrepreneurship lecture?

The startup bootcamp is designed for a maximum of 50 participants. We therefore request your timely registration. Participants will be selected according to the fit for the event - there is no guarantee for a participation.

Important information: The "event language" will be English. German language skills are not required.