Initiatives of theHamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft
Current challenges and trends require entrepreneurial transformations. In the Cross Innovation Lab, new processes, services or product innovations for your company are initiated at an early stage.
The Cross Innovation Hub is co-financed with funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
The Cross Innovation Hub is co-financed with funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
In today's world, trends and customer needs change almost daily. New and complex solutions are required for companies to remain competitive in the global market and meet sustainability standards. In this environment, traditional, closed innovation strategies are reaching their limits. What happens when you open up the innovation process within the company to external players and industries? That's exactly what we do in the Cross Innovation Lab. We bring companies together with the best creative minds from Hamburg and guide them through a joint innovation process.
In the Cross Innovation Lab, innovation needs are addressed in the early phase. In modules that build on each other, companies work together with creatives to develop customised solutions for their challenges. In the final phase, concepts or prototypes are created that are ready for practical testing and can be transferred to realisation in an advanced module. There is also the opportunity to involve potential or existing customers as well as other companies participating in the lab in the innovation process. This creates a valuable network beyond the actual work phase.
Companies and public institutions of all sectors and sizes
The next Cross Innovation Lab will take place in September 2024
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Hannah Kemper is a programme manager in the area of conception & implementation of the Cross Innovation Hub. Previously, she was part of the Consulting & Training team and worked there as project manager for the Creative Business Academy.
She studied Cultural Anthropology and Art History (M.A.) at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. As a project and events officer, Hannah Kemper was responsible for coordinating cultural projects and events at the Nordkolleg - Academy for Cultural Education in Rendsburg.
Nicole Wittek ist im Cross Innovation Hub für den Bereich Kooperationen und Partnermanagement zuständig. Nicole studierte Kulturwissenschaften, Medienwissenschaften und Betriebswirtschaftslehre im Bachelor und vertiefte Kulturwissenschaften im Master an der Universität Regensburg. In Regensburg baute sie den Bereich Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaftsförderung mit auf und war maßgeblich für die Entwicklung und das Management des innerstädtischen Kreativzentrums verantwortlich. Ehrenamtlich organisierte sie bereits während ihres Studiums und darüber hinaus zahlreiche Projekte an der Schnittstelle von Kultur, Kreativwirtschaft und Stadtentwicklung.
Zuletzt arbeitete sie in einem interdisziplinären Hamburger Büro für Stadtentwicklung. Dort konzipierte sie co-kreative Formate im Bereich Placemaking und setzte diese in Projekten zur Innenstadtentwicklung und Mobilität um. Nicole ist Gründungs- und Vorstandsmitglied des Hamburger Vereins obenstadt e.V., der sich für mehr multifunktionale Dachnutzungen in Hamburg einsetzt und war Mitinitiatorin der ersten Hamburger Dachtage.
