Final Pitch Day 2025

The final event of the fifth edition of our ATHENE Accelerator SpeedUpSecure – live in the Fraunhofer SIT, Darmstadt. Our selected startups will pitch their business ideas to a high-profile jury and the audience.

B2B Sales and Go-To-Market

Learn practical strategies for successfully entering and scaling in B2B markets.

Learning Lunch: Policy Update Cyber­security

Navigating the complex web of regulations that govern your industry can be a daunting task. Understanding the regulatory landscape and ensuring compliance is essential to protect your startup, build trust with customers, and avoid legal troubles.

foundersXchange April 2025

Crashkurs Bürokratie & First Steps bei der Gründung

Die zweite Ausgabe des foundersXchange in diesem Jahr wird vom ATHENE Digital Hub Cyber­security durchgeführt. Unter dem Motto "Crashkurs Bürokratie & First Steps bei der Gründung" widmen wir uns den wichtigsten bürokratischen Aspekten bei der Gründung. Neben spannenden Insights erwarten dich Austausch mit Expert*innen und Networking mit anderen Gründer*innen.

T.I.S.P. Seminar in Darmstadt

Information security is becoming more and more important: in order to protect electronic business processes, companies are increasingly looking for qualified employees who can prove that they are equal to the complex challenges of IT security. The TeleTrusT Information Security Professional (T.I.S.P.) is the only effective proof of this kind in Europe. ATHENE member Fraunhofer SIT offers seminars to prepare for the exam.

Info Session ATHENE Accelerator SpeedUpSecure

Applications for our ATHENE Accelerator SpeedUpSecure program 2025 are now open! To kick-off the application period, let's come together in an online meeting so you can ask us any questions you may have in regard to the application process and the program. 

CAST Workshop: Recht und IT-Sicherheit: Digitale Souveränität - Eine Forderung von Datenschutz und Datensicherheit?

This CAST workshop deals with the practical challenges of applying the KI-Verordnung (KIVO) and Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) in a corporate context. The focus will be on the specific requirements for the admissibility of AI systems under data protection law, in particular Large Language Models (LLM), as well as the complex interplay between the two regulations. ATHENE researcher Dr. Oren Halvani will give a presentation on "Security requirements and possibilities in dealing with AI systems".

CAST: ID:Smart Workshop

ID:SMART Workshop is an annual face-to-face conference that fosters networking and technical updates within the European community of electronic identities, wallets, smart cards and hardware security modules (HSMs). Contributions shall address innovations, regulations, standards, certifications or implementations regarding electronic identities for connected devices and individuals, focusing on application-related or foundational topics and research.

Lecture Series Secure Critical Infrastructures

Sebastian T. Baum, Sachgebiet 5, Hattersheim, is speaking today about "Krisenkommunikation". The series of events will focus on various critical infrastructures and their security challenges. For this purpose, speakers from research institutions, companies, authorities or operators of critical infrastructures have been invited to illuminate individual facets of the topic with an expert lecture. The "Secure Critical Infrastructures" lecture series, which is being offered for the 10th time at TU Darmstadt, is organized by ATHENE scientists Prof. Matthias Hollick and Prof. Christian Reuter as well as Prof. Jens Ivo Engels.

Lecture Series Secure Critical Infrastructures

Sigurd Schuster from Nokia/Sigurd Schuster Management Consulting is speaking today about "How resilient are Germany's electricity and communication networks?" The series of events will focus on various critical infrastructures and their security challenges. For this purpose, speakers from research institutions, companies, authorities or operators of critical infrastructures have been invited to illuminate individual facets of the topic with an expert lecture. The "Secure Critical Infrastructures" lecture series, which is being offered for the 10th time at TU Darmstadt, is organized by ATHENE scientists Prof. Matthias Hollick and Prof. Christian Reuter as well as Prof. Jens Ivo Engels.