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

You are applying for the series KI Mittagspause Düsseldorf. Tell us what you would like to talk about there.

Preferred stage pick several if you like
Location
Length optional
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