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Creative AI Events in NRW

The ones worth your time, soonest first.

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 wks · 18 Aug 2026

b.itmap, KölnIn Person

€825· b.itmap

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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 4 wks · 26 Aug 2026

Koelnmesse, KölnIn Person

Tickets· Koelnmesse

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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.

4 Sept 2026

STARTPLATZ, KölnIn Person

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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.

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

Tickets· KI Day

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FairCologne

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

Tickets· DMEXCO

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