#29
2025-09-17
Interview
37:10
Knowledge Turbo Hamburg: Excellence, Science City and AI with Values
WB
Werner Bogula
Geschäftsführer, PINKTUM
Key Takeaways
- Excellence Success: Hamburg secures five excellence clusters in the metropolitan region from astrophysics to materials research
- Networking Advantage: Hamburg is large enough for top research, but small enough for direct collaboration
- Science City Vision: Complete Bahrenfeld district combines living, researching, studying and founding around DESY
- AI with Values: Hamburg uses AI in privacy-compliant way and emphasizes scientific authorship over replacement
- Transfer Acceleration: Impossible Founders becomes 50-million-euro startup factory for Deep Tech spin-offs
Summary
Prof. Hauke Heekeren, President of University of Hamburg, discusses Hamburg's scientific breakthrough. Five excellence clusters in the metropolitan region, from astrophysics to materials research, strengthen the location. PIER PLUS connects 23 universities and research institutions. The Impossible Founders project becomes a startup factory for Deep Tech spin-offs. Science City Bahrenfeld emerges as complete district around DESY. Hamburg uses AI in privacy-compliant way and relies on European values.