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The mobile innovation laboratory “Urban Innovation Hub Pop-up” will be a guest in Vaihingen an der Enz from November 13th to 15th, 2023. In this way, the state is supporting stationary retail and catering on their way into the future.
From November 13th to 15th, 2023, the Urban Innovation Hub (ugh!) pop-up will be in Vaihingen an der Enz . Here, city center players, citizens and, above all, entrepreneurs can find out about new technologies, digital services and innovative business models for stationary retail and catering that pioneering companies in Baden-Württemberg are already using today.
“We support stationary retail and the catering industry on their way into the future. The mobile Urban Innovation Hub uih!, which is now showing innovative technologies and new business models in Vaihingen an der Enz, is an important approach to this. City center actors everywhere face major challenges. That's why it's important that the mobile concept of the uih! Innovation and inspiration for retail and gastronomy in different regions of the country,” emphasizes Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut , Minister of Economy, Labor and Tourism
Strengthen stationary retail and city centers
With the Urban Innovation Hub (ugh!) in Heilbronn city center, a permanent facility was created this year with the aim of strengthening stationary retail and city centers throughout Baden-Württemberg and supporting the development of new digital services. New technologies and digital services will be shown that open up new perspectives and business models for stationary retail and other service businesses in the city center: from service robots to autonomous delivery systems, from artificial intelligence (AI)-supported checkout systems to the virtually supported sale of shoes and other fashion items. That ugh! is also going - including its workshop and consulting offers for companies - as a pop-up in other cities and regions in Baden-Württemberg: For three days, the mobile innovation laboratory in Vaihingen an der Enz will inform the retail and other service sectors of the city center about new technologies and exciting events inform. By using a current vacant property (Kurz im Kern, Stuttgarter Straße 6, 71665 Vaihingen an der Enz) the uih! itself contributes to the revitalization of the city center.
With that they go ugh! Pop-ups in series: The successful premiere event had the mobile uih! in May 2023 in Konstanz . In October 2023 the uih! in Villingen-Schwenningen a stage for new technologies in the Black Forest. At the same time, it offered a discussion and networking platform for retailers, restaurants and other city center players.
Smart Services Competence Center
The Smart Services Competence Center was expanded in 2021 to focus on stationary retail with the project “Innovative Trade – Digitalization and Innovation in Stationary Retail” , which is funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics, Labor and Tourism. The project supports brick-and-mortar retailers in implementing digital solutions and in linking brick-and-mortar sales forms with online offerings. The Smart Services Competence Center offers on-site contact points and a wide range of support services for small and medium-sized companies. Central to this is the transfer of knowledge and the exchange of experience and knowledge between research and business practice.
That ugh! in Vaihingen an der Enz is organized by the project partner of the Smart Services Competence Center, the Konstanz University of Technology, Economics and Design (HTWG) , the city of Vaihingen an der Enz and the city management inVAI . From November 13th to 15th, 2023, the exhibition will be open to the public for anyone interested. Workshops, guided tours, lectures, discussions and networking events also take place.
