Accelerate Conference 2023

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 evolving around the topic “Challenging Existing structures“, we aim to highlight how startups are a key driver of the evolving german economy, and how kMU´s, Startups and cooperations can cooperate and learn from each other for mutual benefit.

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 20-21 either directly in Leipzig. Be quick with your decision. We only have a limited capacity for the 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.

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 20 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 instructions:

• 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.

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 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!

Interested in further events of HHL? Please check the HHL Event Calendar.