13.10.2025: Visit of the Work-Life Robotics Institute of Hochschule Offenburg

How can robotics and artificial intelligence help to address the shortage of skilled workers in Baden-Württemberg? This question was the focus of a joint event held on October 13 by the Ortenau and Villingen-Schwenningen/Donaueschingen sections of the Economic Council at the Work-Life Robotics Institute (WLRI) at Hochschule Offenburg (Offenburg University of Applied Sciences). The participants […]
26.-27.11.2025: BIM World Munich
01.07.2025: Deutsche Bank AG and Economic Council: Capital Market Outlook and Economy in Baden-Württemberg

With midsummer weather in full swing, there was hardly a more suitable place for a meeting of the Economic Council than the cool vaulted cellar in the Elisabethenturm, a former watchtower in the city wall of Villingen. Today, the Elisabethenturm is used as a meeting place by several local associations. Deutsche Bank AG and the […]
15.05.2025: German Engineers’ Day of VDI – The Association of German Engineers

This year, there was once again the opportunity to attend the VDI German Engineers’ Day (DIT) in Düsseldorf. In addition to many exciting technical presentations, this year’s event also focused on (socio-)political issues: there was consensus that the importance of German engineers for the success of Germany as a business location must be made much […]
16.09.2025: Event of the Economic Council: Strengthening Corporate Resilience
20.02.2025: With Thorsten Frei at Ketterer Druckguss

In a joint event with the Upper Rhine section, the Villingen-Schwenningen/Donaueschingen section of the Economic Council met at Oskar Ketterer Druckgießerei GmbH in Furtwangen. The participants were welcomed by Ulrich Dietz, who had been unanimously elected Section Spokesman at the previous members’ meeting of the VS/DS section. The host company was introduced by Managing Director […]
