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Our mission
Promoting media innovations – and making them visible
We are the regional initiative for the Hamburg media and digital scene. As a hub within Hamburg’s media ecosystem, our mission is to support the innovation-driven collaboration between media and digital companies, universities, their students, and local movers and makers. We believe in open innovation processes as a way to boost successful business ideas, entrepreneurial spirit, and knowledge acquisition.
Our goal is to further strengthen and expand Hamburg’s top position as a media city.
Hamburg: City of Content
It’s hard to find another city home to so many media companies of national and international significance. In addition to SPIEGEL, Rocket Beans Entertainment, New Work SE, Jung von Matt and Online Marketing Rockstars, numerous global players such as Google, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitch operate their German business from Hamburg.
The media, digital, and creative sectors are key industries for the city of Hamburg – and they play an important role in maintaining and developing social and cultural public discourse, far beyond the city.
Hamburg's ecosystem
We work and think together with these and other companies, exploit innovation potential, design business models and shape the future of the media and digital economy in Hamburg – and beyond.
Our crew
Nina Klaß
Head of nextMedia.Hamburg
T +49 40 / 23 72 435 62
Nina.Klass@nextmedia-hamburg.de
Paula Lauterbach
Communications Manager
T +49 40 / 23 72 435 68
Paula.Lauterbach@nextmedia-hamburg.de
Bruno Marks
Program Manager
T +49 40 / 23 72 435 67
Bruno.Marks@nextmedia-hamburg.de
Rouven Leonavicius
Community & Event Manager
T +49 40 / 23 72 435 61
Rouven.Leonavicius@nextmedia-hamburg.de
Louisa Zwenger
Communicatios and Program Manager
T +49 40 / 23 72 435 63
louisa.zwenger@nextmedia-hamburg.de
Angelika Wall
Program Manager
T +49 40 / 23 72 435 64
angelika.wall@nextmedia-hamburg.de
Lara Betz
Project assistant
lara.betz@nextmedia-hamburg.de
On parental leave
Cigdem Boom-Aker
Program Manager
T +49 40 / 23 72 435 64
Cigdem.Aker@nextmedia-hamburg.de
Network
We believe in an open innovation ecosystem – and facilitate cooperation together with these and other supporters:
Selected partners and supporters
Our sponsor supports creatives with their up-to-date offers and promotes innovation as part of the “Cross-Innovation Hub” project.
Our Prototyping Lab 2019 is supported by the VR experts from nextReality.Hamburg.
Our partner promotes and supports innovative media start-ups from all over Europe.
The one stop agency is the central point of contact when it comes to the topic of business development in Hamburg.
We actively support the education offer of this university, and together we successfully organize hackathons.
Developing sustainable solutions for societal challenges: this is the goal of the HAW. The university is a collaboration partner for our Prototyping Lab.
Bringing together science and practice is good for innovation – that’s why UHH is our partner in the Prototyping Lab.