25.02.2026: In Dialogue with Candidates for the 2026 State Parliament Election in Baden-Württemberg
Timed to coincide with the upcoming State Parliament elections in Baden-Württemberg on 8th of March, the Economic Council provided an opportunity for dialogue with candidates for electoral district 54 (Villingen-Schwenningen). The Economic Council had invited to this event, which was hosted by Evytra GmbH in VS-Schwenningen, an internationally active company that develops glass surface operating […]
02.02.2026: Opportunities and Challenges in Context of the Turning Point in Security Policies
Increasingly, civil society is also becoming aware that the changed geopolitical security situation poses new challenges and very specific threats. For companies, this means that they must increasingly expect both hybrid and actual attacks on buildings and machinery, logistics and supply chains, infrastructure and utilities. The Lake Constance-Upper Swabia Chamber of Industry and Commerce has […]
12.12.2025: Visiting a model railway club with the Economic Council
This time, the Villingen-Schwenningen/Donaueschingen Section of the Economic Council met at the Model Railway Club Oberes Bregtal (MECOB e.V.). The model railway club has found a home in the premises of a primary school, and so the meeting took place in a classroom. This event did not focus on technical, economic or political issues as […]
17.11.2025: Event of the VDI: 5 Pillars of Action
The VDI (The Association of German Engineers) had invited to an event at Offenburg University featuring Hermann Doppler, co-founder and Vice President of the Peter Drucker Society Mannheim. Hermann Doppler, with many years of experience in senior management as plant manager, managing director, CEO and supervisory board member, presented the ‘5 Pillars of Action’, a […]
21.11.2025: Annual Reception of the Regional Association BW of the Economic Council
14.10.2025: Mentoring for the International Accelerator Program Up2B
This year, Ulrich Dietz was once again asked to provide mentoring for international startups as part of the BW Accelerator Up2B. Up2B is an accelerator program for B2B startups in the fields of IT, Industry 4.0, digitalization, big data, and IoT, and is funded by “Startup BW” and the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor, […]