AI & Innovation Hackathon - Future Career Festival Program

🎟️ Ticket required – book your audience place here: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/ai-innovation-hackathon-future-career-festival-program-tickets-2000053870968
Watch the top 25 talents compete live in a real AI & Innovation Challenge – final pitches, jury evaluation and winner announcement.
Ready to watch a real-life hackathon? At the Future Career Festival 2026, the top 25 talents we have selected from WHU, RWTH Aachen, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg and other universities compete live at WHU in interdisciplinary teams on a real AI & Innovation Challenge presented by CGM – and pitch their solutions to our hackathon jury: Fayssal Loussaief (Infosys), Arooj Humayun (L'Oréal), Markus Eberle (Software Developer AI) and Maxim Otscheretni (AI Specialist).
Participant selection is now closed. Join the AI & Innovation Hackathon as audience: watch the challenge briefing, follow the final pitches live and see who wins.
Your Hackathon Afternoon | 13:30–16:30
13:30–14:00 – Hackathon & AI Challenge Opening + Challenge Briefing – Berkant Bostan (WHU Entrepreneurship Center) & Arooj Humayun (L'Oréal)
14:00–15:30 – Teams at work – meanwhile, enjoy the parallel programme at the Innovation Career Hub:
14:15–14:45 – Panel Talk #3 – Career Opportunities in Start-ups in Rhein-Kreis Neuss
14:45–15:15 – Panel Talk #4 – Hidden Champions: Germany's Best-Kept Career Secret
15:15–15:30 – Startup Employer Spotlight – reltix
15:30–16:30 – Hackathon Pitch Session, Jury Evaluation & Winner Announcement
16:30–16:45 – Transfer to Seifenfabrik for the 17:00 Award Ceremony
👉 Better value: the Future Career Festival 2026 ticket costs the same and includes the full festival programme – main stage, career expo, all sub-programmes and networking. Festival ticket holders reserve their place here at no extra cost with the access code from their confirmation email.
🎟️ Festival ticket: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/future-career-festival-2026-by-whu-x-global-spotlight-tickets-1996072944911
See you at the Future Career Festival on 15 October – first come, first served.
Full Festival Agenda (PDF): https://globalspotlight-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/mandy_sun_global-spotlight_de/IQCPEUslRYdHQIrQRdqlBjIuAR9h8FbNoh906OzOh3AqG6E?e=ymZUVx