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Creative AI Events in NRW

Meetups, conferences, fairs, and festivals in NRW — the ones that matter across the Creative AI Industries.

WorkshopCologne

Creative AI Compact — Generative AI in the Creative Workflow

One-day hands-on seminar (9am–4pm) by b.itmap in Cologne: generative AI for design, image, video and audio — a multimodal workflow from prompt to finished project with Adobe Firefly and more. Small groups (3–6), no coding. Certificate per EU AI Act Art. 4.

In 3 days · 18 Aug 2026

b.itmap, KölnIn Person

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gamescom 2026© Sergiy Galyonkin · CC BY-SA 2.0
FairCologne

gamescom 2026

The world's largest event for games and interactive entertainment at Koelnmesse. The developer conference gamescom dev (23–25 August) runs two dedicated AI tracks — "AI in Gameplay" and "AI in Production" — co-curated with the AI and Games Conference team. Sessions include Tencent Games, Electronic Arts, Wargaming and JetBrains.

In 2 wks · 26 Aug 2026

Koelnmesse, KölnIn Person

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ContestCologne

AI Coding Hackathon September 2026

Three-day hackathon at STARTPLATZ Cologne: teams build real prototypes with today's AI tools — from idea to demo. For developers, designers and founders who want to move from concept to product faster with AI.

In 3 wks · 4 Sept 2026

STARTPLATZ, KölnIn Person

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Future Tech Fest 2026
CongressDüsseldorf

Future Tech Fest 2026

Germany's leading B2B startup expo and conference at Areal Böhler, part of Düsseldorf Startup Week. The programme includes a Creative Tech & AI Stage — one of two vertical stages alongside the Green Tech Stage, next to the Main Stage, Workshop Stage and Startup Pitch Stage. Session details for 2026 are not yet published.

In 4 wks · 10 Sept 2026

Areal Böhler, Hansaallee 321In Person

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ConferenceCologne

KI Day IV

Conference on generative AI for marketing, sales, content creation and process automation at the RheinEnergieSTADION Cologne. 18+ speakers with practical cases for the creative and marketing industries. 09:00–17:30.

17 Sept 2026

RheinEnergieSTADION, KölnIn Person

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DMEXCO 2026© Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0
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DMEXCO 2026

Europe's leading digital marketing trade fair and conference at Koelnmesse, 23–24 September. The 2026 motto is "Scaling Intelligence" — which the organiser frames as the shift from AI experimentation to real value creation. AI runs across the conference tracks (Marketing & Media, Business & Society, Tech & Future of Web); there is no separate AI track.

23 Sept 2026

Koelnmesse, KölnIn Person

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