Program

Bergische Expo `25

For professionals.

16. May: 1 pm to 8 pm
17. May: 11 am to 7 pm

More than 50 well-known companies from Wuppertal, Solingen and Remscheid present themselves and their corporate culture to find new skilled professionals. A varied program accompanies numerous exhibition pavilions in the city centre of Wuppertal-Elberfeld on a stage on the Döppersberg in front of the Bundesbahndirektion. The stage schedule includes the prospect of the future of work and education. Furthermore, it offers music, impressions of Bergisch sights and the well-known health-speaker Doc Esser as well as the foundation of the IHK-business women network.

Map of the presented companies (pdf):

Friday, 16^th May 2025

	Stage Döppersberg
	moderated by Thorsten Kabitz
1 pm	Opening of the Expo with patrons and sponsors of the Expo
	afterwards walkabout the Expo area with Martin Bang, Wuppertal Marketing GmbH
3:45 pm	Short speech: „Why disinformation remains a problem and what we can do about it“ – Prof. Dr. Hendrik Heuer, University of Wuppertal
4 pm	Honoring long-standing IHK-examiners
	with Karl-Josef Laumann, Minister of Labor of Northrine-Westfalia, and IHK-Vice President Katrin Becker
	in between: active break with AOK
	Short speech: Resource-efficient product development – Dr. Tim Katzwinkel, University of Wuppertal

Saturday, 17^th May2025

	Stage Döppersberg
	moderated by Jasmin Voss
11:30 am	Short speech: What is research? – Prof. Dr. Fabian Hemmert, University of Wuppertal
12 am	trainee pitches – first round
1 pm	Special guest: Doc Esser – Healthy through everyday life
	be enriched and moved by practical health knowledge
2 pm	trainee pitches – second round
2:45 pm	Artistic Jumpers
3 pm	Bergische Business Women IHK – Establishment of a network for female entrepreneurs and managers
4 pm	The importance of the Federal Garden Show and other major events: An opportunity for Wuppertal and the economy