ERLab Days & Bootcamp 2026

Ready for the next ERLab Days 2026 in Heilbronn? We explore the intersection of research and practice within entrepreneurial ecosystems. Our must-go event brings together a diverse group of researchers, startups, and students to engage in a thoughtful examination of key themes in entrepreneurship and transfers those results into real actions.
With this year’s focus on bridging Ecosystems between East and West, the ERLab Days & Bootcamp are an intensive, interdisciplinary, and international format, designed to foster entrepreneurial thinking as a response to societal challenges in a globalized Europe.
It will be hosted by the Entrepreneurship Research Lab (ERLab) – the joint research initiative of Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder) and Campus Founders, Heilbronn.
The bootcamp is embedded in the European Reform University Alliance (ERUA) and brings together students from partner universities in Eastern and Western Europe to collaboratively develop innovative, socially relevant (startup) ideas based on ERLabs research transfer results.

04.05. – 08.05.2026

 

#community,

#creativity

#communication.

04.05.

8:30 AM

9:00 AM

Getting in / Registration

GRAVITY Lobby

Welcome (open to public)

GRAVITY First Floor

Albrecht Söllner, Viadrina/ER Alexander Frank, Wirtschaftsförderung HN, Sangeetha Parthasarathi, CampusFounders

05.05.


1:00 PM

Keynote (open to public)

GRAVITY First Floor

Personas That Work: What They Really Are and 10 Pitfalls to Avoid – Eza Zaheer

06.05.

1:00 PM

Keynote (open to public)

GRAVITY First Floor

Creativity as imagination and action – The evolution of ideas in entrepreneurship – Paul Vetter

07.05.

1:00 PM

Keynote (open to public)

GRAVITY First Floor

Ecosystems – Juliana Vassileva, NBU & Carlos Prieto Valero, ERLab

08.05.

12:15 PM

Pitching and Q&A session (open to public)

GRAVITY First Floor