Become a speaker · on-site events

Your topic on our stage.

AI Friday, meetups, Rheinland Pitch, hackathon, AI Week — every week people from the Rhineland stand up front at STARTPLATZ and share what they build with AI. You too?

Vibe Coding Cologne
AI Friday
Rheinland Pitch final
250+
Events per year
in the ecosystem
2
Locations
Cologne & Düsseldorf
2×
AI Friday
per month and city
5
Afternoons
AI Week Düsseldorf

Five stages, five lengths.

You choose what fits — from a 10-minute impulse to a keynote. No sales pitch, real practice.

AI Friday Cologne & Düsseldorf

The state of play of the last two weeks — you put one topic in context, then the room discusses. The easiest way in.

10 min · every two weeks · Fridays 3:20 pm · slides optional

Meetups

Mistral Meetup NRW, AI Tinkerers, Vibe Coding Cologne, Agents Anonymous, CyberSec — show & tell in front of people who build themselves.

15–20 min · demo > theory · evenings

Rheinland Pitch

A keynote before the pitches or a seat on the jury — in front of founders, investors and partners.

Keynote 15 min or jury · monthly · final twice a year

AI Coding Hackathon

An impulse at the start, mentoring the teams or the jury at the end — 48 hours of building.

Impulse 15 min · mentoring in shifts · Cologne

AI Week Düsseldorf

Five afternoons, five AI topics — business applications, local AI, cyber security, vibe coding & GEO, creative AI.

Talk 20–30 min · every November · topic slots

Your format

Panel, fireside, live demo — if you have an idea that fits no tile, tell us.

open · we find the place

A fair deal.

No invoice, no fee ping-pong.

You bring

  • A topic from your practice — what you built, learned or messed up
  • No sales slides, no product demo without substance
  • Time for the Q&A afterwards

You get

  • An audience of founders, tech talents and decision-makers
  • Announcement in newsletter, event page and LinkedIn
  • Photos of the evening and the network afterwards
  • A place in our speaker circle — we ask you first when a slot fits
Three steps

How it works.

1

Propose

Topic, preferred stage, location — three minutes in the form below.

2

Short call

We get back to you within two working days and find the date.

3

Showtime

You come, we take care of tech, registration and audience.

Propose a talk

What do you want to talk about?

A few sentences are enough. We look at every proposal and suggest the stage that fits.

Julian Palaszewskireads every request · reply within two working days
Preferred stage pick several if you like
Location
Length optional
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