The Startzeit trade fair is an exciting hands-on event covering all aspects of training, jobs and careers. Numerous regional companies and universities present their offers at the OSZ Oder-Spree Palmnicken.

"No more business as usual! After the Bundestag elections, we now need a decisive change of course to stop the free fall in German competitiveness." This is what Potsdam's IHK President Ina Hänsel, Chairwoman of the State Working Group of the Brandenburg Chambers of Industry and Commerce, says.

The Center for Teaching and Learning (ZLL) of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) invites you to the Long Writing Day. Numerous workshops, consultation hours and joint writing times will take place at Viadrina and online, which students and lecturers at Viadrina and other universities as well as other people with writing projects can use free of charge.

This year, the state's Ministry of Economic Affairs is once again awarding prizes for outstanding and forward-looking innovations in the industry. Companies can apply for the award from now until March 28, 2025. The criteria are level of innovation, market maturity, added value and sustainability for the state of Brandenburg. Further information can be found at Start for Brandenburg Innovation Award 2025 - Brandenburger Innovationspreis

The social welfare office of the Oder-Spree district is simplifying access to housing benefit by digitizing the application process. Since January 1, 2025, citizens have been able to apply for housing benefit from the comfort of their own home on the district's website without having to visit the office in person.

As of now, the chambers of commerce are once again launching the prestigious competition. Companies can now apply for the most important business prize in the country, which is being awarded for the 21st time this year and recognizes outstanding entrepreneurial achievements.

The workshop entitled "AI Act: What the EU AI Act means for companies" will be led by Viadrina lawyer Prof. Dr. Philipp Hacker and is aimed at entrepreneurs who want to find out about the effects of the new EU directive on the use of artificial intelligence.

The Master's degree program in Mediation and Conflict Management invites professional conflict workers from all contexts to talk together about how to deal constructively with the reality of social diversity.

With funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, it has been possible to digitize the records of the Vereinigte Kaufmannschaft zu Frankfurt an der Oder.

"In the backroom of power", the illustrious political personnel rush from left to right, making you dizzy. New parliamentarians duel with old hands, ghostwriters dance with ushers, horse-trading here, espionage there and in the middle of it all, the first Bundestag debate poetry slam.