Leipzig’s congress landscape is heavily influenced by the city’s main economic and scientific sectors. Thematic and related conferences are deliberately brought to the city to encourage dialogue in the relevant fields.
With clearly defined clusters, Leipzig has positioned itself as an attractive destination for international congresses. Renowned experts act as ambassadors for the location and play a key role in successfully attracting events.
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With the Porsche and BMW production sites, the automotive and supplier industry is of central importance for the region. The rapid growth of the industry is benefiting many suppliers.
This period of dynamism began in 1999 with Porsche’s decision to build its Cayenne plant in the region. At the beginning of the 21st century, Leipzig was chosen as the site for BMW’s new plant after a Europe-wide selection process. The presence of Porsche and BMW, two internationally renowned premium manufacturers, reinforces Leipzig’s reputation as a global manufacturing centre.
More and more suppliers have set up shop in the vicinity of the two ever-expanding plants. Around 170 suppliers are now based in the Leipzig economic region.
Industry networks involving research institutions are playing an increasingly important role in supporting the sustainable development of research and development partnerships.
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The Leipzig region is renowned for its diverse range of cutting-edge medicine, research, regenerative medicine and red biotechnology. Numerous institutes, clinics and businesses work closely together in networks to systematically advance research and development projects and make their results available to the public.
The University of Leipzig, the University of Leipzig Medical Center, the Heart Center Leipzig and the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy (IZI) and Immunology are just some of the key scientific institutions, clinics and companies that shape the region’s healthcare and biotechnology industry. In total, these organisations employ around 30,000 skilled workers and offer vocational training positions for around 6,000 trainees, students and interns.
Trade fairs and congresses in the field of medicine also underline Leipzig’s importance as a centre for healthcare.
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In recent years, the Leipzig region has emerged as one of Germany’s leading logistics locations, with particularly dynamic growth setting it apart from its competitors. The combination of favourable logistics-related factors is above average compared to other locations in Germany. Equally impressive is the variety of logistics companies that have already settled here.
The arrival of big names such as DHL, Amazon, BMW and Porsche has given the logistics sector a huge boost and established it as one of the region’s key economic success factors. Leipzig fulfils all the requirements of a European gateway, a major import location and a central distribution hub.
The region has the potential to quickly become one of Europe’s leading logistics hubs.
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Leipzig is a traditional media centre with a history of combining publishing and printing technology to achieve global renown and a high international profile. Leipzig Book Fair and the “Leipzig liest” reading festival have long supported the activities of this key sector.
Following the technological upheavals of the last 20 years, many new media have emerged alongside the medium of the book. This has been embraced as a challenge by all stakeholders and integrated into modern study programmes at the various educational institutions, including the University of Leipzig, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK Leipzig), Leipzig University of Telecommunications (HfTL) and the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.
In today’s digital world, Leipzig’s media and creative industries are also forming a creative alliance following successful structural change. The wide range of services on offer and the flexibility of the many companies, most of which are in a growth phase, are strong arguments in favour of the location.
Integration with other industries is a key feature of the largest sub-sector, information and communication technology. As a result, creative ideas and innovative solutions are developed and applied in areas such as logistics, healthcare and environmental protection.
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The Leipzig region has excellent, world-class experience in the closely interlinked fields of energy and environmental technology.
The range of companies and research institutes based here includes renowned players such as Verbundnetz Gas AG (VNG) and the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX), Germany’s only exchange for trading in electricity, gas and CO2 certificates. In addition, there are institutions such as the German Biomass Research Centre and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), as well as a large number of innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which are at the forefront of future-oriented areas of environmentally relevant process engineering.
Together, these stakeholders are tackling today’s energy transition challenges and contributing their expertise to the development of sustainable solutions.
