Two formats. One shared vision. A unique day brimming with ideas, technologies, and future perspectives: In 2026, the UNLEASH Startup Convention and KnowledgeMove, two of Hanover's most important innovation platforms, will join forces under one roof for the first time. While UNLEASH brings the energy, creativity, and dynamism of the startup scene to the stage, KnowledgeMove connects science, business, and practice to form a powerful network for technology transfer and innovation. Together, these two events create a space where knowledge translates into action – and ideas into a real future.

Look forward to inspiring keynotes , exciting panels, pitch sessions, best practices, reverse pitches, networking , and practical insights into topics such as:

• Circular Economy Regenerative value creation, AI-supported product design, cradle-to-cradle design, urban mining and circular business models show how products, materials and existing buildings can be used longer, rethought and kept in circulation.

• Smart City Urban real-world laboratories, digital traffic management, social robotics and smart digital infrastructure show how cities can become more sustainable, efficient, resilient and livable.

• New Resilience Resilient security cultures, cyber-physical security, and protection against AI vulnerabilities are becoming the foundation of modern resilience.

• Health Innovation Digital platforms, AI in medicine and networked infrastructures are opening up new avenues for prevention, care and mental health – from data-based support to new care pathways.

• AI & DeepTech The interplay of complex algorithms, artificial intelligence and modern robotics, whose groundbreaking infrastructures create immense added value, but also bring new technological challenges.

• Climate & Energy The development of sustainable innovations and intelligent smart grids serves as a technological basis to advance the energy transition through targeted decarbonization.

• Gaming meets Business: Various topics from gaming culture, gamification, serious games, and XR worlds