Future City Hamburg

Future Hamburg - innovations in Hamburg and the Hamburg Metropolitan Region is an initiative that provides information on pioneering, innovative projects in the City of Hamburg and beyond. Exciting technologies and topical issues will inspire you, and perhaps you will find projects, people or places here that can help you and your business move forward.

Our topics of the future

Hamburg is one of the most liveable cities in Europe and a magnet for companies, investors, startups and talent, making it the perfect place to put ideas into practice.

Cities play a crucial role in tackling some of the biggest challenges of our time. Here in Hamburg, we like to address questions of the future with a view to making our approaches a model for other large cities to follow.

Science, research and business are closely interlinked in Hamburg in order to secure Hamburg's future viability in the long term.

Our focal themes

Artificial intelligence

AI expertise from business and science comes together in Hamburg. We are an AI centre and model region for AI startups. Find out what's going on in Hamburg in the field of artificial intelligence.

Elbphilharmonie Hambrug am Abend

Green hydrogen

A successful transformation: Hamburg is leading the way as a location for green hydrogen. Learn more about Hamburg's hydrogen ecosystem, the HY-5 initiative and Hamburg's dedicated hydrogen strategy.

Drone technology

Hamburg is an EU model region for urban air mobility. This is where stakeholder from business, science, industry and the startup community get together with the aim of advancing drone technology.

Mobility & transport

On water, in the air, on land: Hamburg is a model city and laboratory for intelligent transport and logistics solutions. Discover how the future of mobility is evolving in the Smart City of Hamburg.

Port of the future

A city on the waterfront: Europe's smartPORT initiative is leading Hamburg into the future. Sustainable efficiency is one of the port of Hamburg's visions for the future.

Future Hamburg Award

Our award for pioneering startups from around the world attracts young enterprises to the region to make cities more liveable, while at the same time adding to the local economy and society. Get to know the 2023 winners here.

Innovations need talent and startups

Finding talent and jobs

Our talent services

We support companies in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region find bright minds to work with - now and in the future.

Financing and networkING

Startups & founders

What's new in Hamburg's startup scene? Which events should founders make sure not to miss, and where can they get startup advice and funding?

Why the future is at home here

We love researching and experimenting. We have this passion to thank for such indispensable inventions as the chip card, the sticking plaster and the satnav. We are building on this tradition for the future. Today, as the second largest city in the world's fourth largest economy, Hamburg is a driver of innovation and an urban test laboratory for futuristic projects and is one of the Top business locations worldwide.

As a particularly green metropolis with Germany's largest seaport, Hamburg is a logistics hub and the economic heart of Northern Europe, soon to be even more closely linked to its Scandinavian neighbours thanks to the Fehmarnbelt link. We - that's 5.4 million inhabitants of the Hamburg metropolitan region in Germany.

The latest articles on all innovation topics

Research

Manager needed for Cluster Life Science Nord

SERIES (5): Cluster for regional and international R&D and innovations
Aviation

Hamburg Aviation announces shortlist of Crystal Cabin Awards

Sustainablity, green fuel and passenger comfort at centre of 2024 awards
Aviation

Embraer-X joins forces with Sustainable Aero Lab

Hamburg's aviation scheme for start-ups and Brazilian aircraft incubator pursuing goal of sustainable flying

Future Hamburg Talks

Gaming

Gamecity Hamburg now funding prototypes of digital games

Start-ups and SMEs' ideas for prototypes accepted until deadline on April 8, 2024 - up to EUR 80,000 available
Research

Manager needed for Cluster Life Science Nord

SERIES (5): Cluster for regional and international R&D and innovations
Congress

German Creative Economy Summit premieres in Hamburg

Creative sector's economic clout frequently underestimated - Hamburg News reports on first national congress with emphasis on eleven submarkets

Who is behind Future Hamburg?

Future Hamburg was launched by Hamburg Marketing GmbH and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hamburg Invest.

The aim is to create new connections through targeted, cross-border communication and to highlight the Hamburg Metropolitan Region's attractiveness in Germany and abroad, thereby adding value and quality of life in the City of Hamburg and beyond.

 

Get in touch

If you would like to find out more about innovative projects in Hamburg, get to know our local network or apply for the Future Hamburg Award, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us - we'd love to hear from you!

Your Contact Person

Carmen Leichsenring

Project Manager Future Hamburg
+49 40 41 11 10 - 639

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