Join the Accelerate Conference!

Accelerate@HHL is the entrepreneurship event of Germany’s most entrepreneurial university – HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, organized solely by students. Every year we invite top entrepreneurs, investors, and young talents to Leipzig to share their insights and challenge future beliefs. With this year's conference revolving around the topic "Shaping a Better Tomorrow", we want to manifest that profitability and idealism CAN and most-definitely SHOULD go hand in hand.

We aim at advancing the values of society: If every individual serves for the public good and gives back to society, we can tackle even the most pressing issues of today. The main criterion for this is that each and everyone thinks long-term and pursues activities today that have the potential to shape a better tomorrow.  

What’s in it for you?

✔️ Are you an investor, or part of a VC, and looking for "the next big thing" to invest in? Then Accelerate is the place to be. Be prepared to be blown away by business ideas and start-ups within our group of participants and during our pitch contest. 

✔️ If you are an entrepreneur, and already founded a start-up or looking for business partners or investors for a new business idea, you belong to the Accelerate Conference as well. Business specialists, investors, VCs and accelerators will be in Leipzig with us looking for good ideas - and yours can be one of them. Apply for the pitch contest for an even more intense contact with our investors.

✔️ Are you a student or a young professional and your aim is to get to know new and exciting companies to apply to? Then Accelerate can help you with that. At our career fair you'll have the chance to establish professional relationships and discuss potential job and/or internship opportunities. 

Then don’t hesitate and join us on April 28-29 either directly in Leipzig or online. Be quick with your decision. We only have a limited capacity for the offline event, so make sure to get your ticket as soon as possible.

In order to participate at the conference, we require a CV. Please send us your CV to accelerate@hhl.de. This step is mandatory to validate your ticket.

Are you unsure whether to attend online or offline?

OFFLINE: Are you annoyed by all the online events and need to meet others in the real life? Then join us directly in Leipzig (HHL campus, Schmalenbach Building) for the full Accelerate experience. With each offline ticket, you’ll enter a world of insightful speeches, interactive workshops as well as fun activities (and free food). For the full overview regarding our speakers and the agenda, please visit our website https://accelerateconference.hhl.de.

ONLINE: Don’t worry about the online conference either. We won’t bore you with yet another Zoom or Teams event. For the online event, we partner with Accelevents (not only, but also because of the name) allowing us to offer the best and most interactive experience for all participants.

Who is behind Accelerate?

We are a student initiative at Germany’s most entrepreneurial university, HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. Our team consists of 30 highly motivated MBA and MSc students that are looking for like-minded people who have the entrepreneurial spirit, are highly driven and want to be a part of Shaping a Better Tomorrow. 

Please note our safety instructions and hygiene rules:

• For the participation in the event it is necessary to register in advance via eventbrite. Please fill in all required contact fields during your registration.

• Please have your e-ticket with you and ready during the check-in.

• By entering the event building, disinfecting your hands is mandatory. Necessary disinfectant dispensers will be provided.

• A medical or FFP-2 mask must be worn at all times - both during the conference and in workshops (regardless of 1.5m distance).

• We will conduct 3G checks on a regular basis. For a punctual start of the event, we ask you to be on HHL campus on time.

• Please follow the seating arrangements in the lecture hall.

All safety instructions and hygiene rules comply with the SächsCoronaSchVO of Saxonian Government as of March 2022. We will inform you via e-mail of any alterations.

Language and DSGVO

The conference will be held in English.

In accordance with the GDPR, your data will only be collected for this event and will be deleted within 2 weeks after the conference.

Please note that the conference is hybrid and will be recorded (film and/or photos) and that we will use the material internally and/or externally in compliance with § 23 KunstUrHG and Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Leipzig!

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