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DISRUPT FROM THE CORE - FESTIVAL FÜR INNOVATION UND TRANSFORMATION
About the Event
How can artificial intelligence and digital technologies be used effectively in companies? How do new research findings turn into concrete applications? And how can companies, startups, and academia work together to bring innovations into practice faster?
With Disrupt from the Core, a new festival is emerging on October 20 and 21, 2026, at the LOKSCHUPPEN in Marburg, one that puts exactly these questions center stage. Initiated by StartMiUp and in cooperation with LOVEDIS and Regionalmanagement Mittelhessen, it brings together the players who accelerate transformation:
Companies with relevant transformation questions,
Research that develops, tests, and evaluates disruptive technologies,
Startups that bring new solutions and business models to market.
Over one and a half days, the festival offers space for exchange, new perspectives, and concrete collaboration. The focus is on digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and disruptive innovations, with the goal of accelerating the transfer between research, industry, and startups, and turning innovative ideas into joint projects.
Topics include financing the industrial transformation, Physical AI, sovereign AI in business, succession in family-owned companies and leadership through change. Speakers include Kristina Jeromin (Made in Germany 2030), Anne Decker (Eigenmind & n8shyft), Prof. Dr. Thomas Funke (Tomorrow University) and Anna Kopp (Microsoft Germany). There will also be two pitch sessions where startups present their solutions.
You'll find more information on the programme and speakers on the official event page.
LOVEDIS CONNECT
Side event of DISRUPT FROM THE CORE, a corporate dinner focused on humanoid robotics on October 20 at the NOXX Hotel in Marburg.
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Your chance to shape the future.
Innovation and disruption need bold people. Are you one of them and want to bring your idea into the spotlight? Apply now with your pitch.
YOUR PITCH AT DISRUPT FROM THE CORE
Do you have a startup in the field of AI in the Mittelstand, B2B, or knowledge management? Then seize your chance for visibility. You can pitch on site: 3-minute pitch, 2-minute Q&A.
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DISRUPT FROM THE CORE
LOVEDIS STAGE
Program Highlights on Our LOVEDIS Stage
9:30 - 9:45
Opening
9:45 - 10:10
Made in Germany 2030: Capital for the Future of Germany's Industrial Base
10:15 - 10:45
Capital, Technology, Industry: How Do We Make Germany Future-Ready?
11:00 - 11:30
Humanoids & Humans: The Next Stage of Progress
11:35 - 12:00
Sovereign AI in the Enterprise: What Does It Really Mean?
12:15 - 12:35
The Price of Intelligence: Energy, Carbon and Code Nobody Understands Anymore
12:40 - 13:05
Startup Pitches I: AI at the Core of the Business
14:30 - 15:00
Succession in Family Businesses: When the Next Generation Takes Over
15:05 - 15:30
Leadership in the Eye of the Storm
15:45 - 16:05
Our Education System Plans in Years, AI Ships in Weeks
16:10 - 16:35
Startup Pitches II: Knowledge, Enablement, Control
16:50 - 17:15
Marketing Under Pressure: What Is AI Doing to the Industry?
17:20 - 18:00
Moving Forward: Human-Friendly AI Transformation
18:00 - 18:10
Closing & Outlook
ab 18:30
Afterwork & Networking
Dieses Event wird im Rahmen der Innovationsförderung Hessen in der Maßnahme „Projekte zur Steigerung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Gründungsmotivation“ durch das Hessische Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Energie, Verkehr, Wohnen und ländlichen Raum gefördert.
