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3 stages and over 30 presentations by top speakers from the tech world. This is the ITCS, cutting-edge tech topics, interactive and authentic! There's something for everyone here.
From start-ups to global corporations. At the stand, you could get to know the tekkies from the companies directly, gain exclusive insights into their IT projects and find your new dream job.
Everyone needs a break sometimes. With a game of table tennis or a heated match in the gaming area. Even rumours of an afterparty were going around in the chillout areas.
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M42
We are the 1. eSports Association Darmstadt, kurz EVD. Als Verein wollen wir den digitalen Sport regional fördern & Heimat f…
Employees: 5
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The M27
We offer a wide variety of job models and career paths. But a successful career always takes two. Shape your career with us.
Employees: 64,000
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M40
As an early-stage start-up, we are looking for companies that are willing to try out our tools and start a pilot project with us.
Employees: 2
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W2
The BPW Club Frankfurt is part of one of the largest international networks for professional women worldwide. Locally, nationally and internationally...
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M26
Capgemini is a global partner for AI-supported business and technology transformation. The company creates measurable added value for organisations...
Employees: 420,000
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R1
Success stories start here.
With its two business segments - Corporate Clients and Private and Small-Business Clients...
Employees: 40,000
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L1
At the interface between business and science, NGOs and start-ups, the CII develops new solutions for a secure digital future. Core g...
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M23
Even a central bank needs strong IT! We operate in a special environment consisting of business (cash and non-cash payments), politics (finance, banking and...
Employees: 10,000
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tba
Aviation enthusiasts (m/f/d) with a passion for technology and innovation as well as a degree or training in the aviation industry are...
Employees: 5,800
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L12
DICOS is an independent software and consulting company based in Darmstadt. For over 25 years, we have been ensuring that...
Employees: 70
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M13
Start your career at a bank where you can successfully shape your personal future and the future of the cooperative banks....
Employees: 5,700
We celebrate Women in Tech and want to improve the IT world together with our speakers!
Thank you to our Sponsors KFW BANKENGRUPPE & SCHWARZ DIGITS, and all co-operation partners and visitors. We were delighted to welcome >33% visitors to ITCS Darmstadt, which is well above the industry average!
The ITCS Masterclasses aren't about just listening; they're about thinking along and trying things out. You'll work on practical examples, ask questions, and gain insights that go beyond the obvious – precisely what truly matters for your own development.
Some of the most exciting moments often arise from direct exchange: new perspectives, honest insights into everyday work life, and conversations that stick with you. For many, these are also the situations where interests become more concrete or the first doors to a job open – entirely without the pressure of a classic application.
This way, masterclasses not only remain in your mind content-wise, but often have an effect long afterwards.
Gamification has long since made the leap from the pure gaming world and is now a firm fixture in modern tech solutions. Whether in apps, learning platforms or complex IT systems – playful approaches help to increase motivation, make processes more understandable, and inspire users in the long term.
What was once dismissed as a "toy" is now a serious tool for making even dry or complex topics accessible – and therein lies the real potential: making technology not just functional, but also tangible.
Unsuccessful software teams don't fail because of a lack of talent - they fail because of the way they work: Code is discussed instead of tested, formatting is debated instead of automated, egos are optimised instead of results, and whether it all works is never questioned.
In this talk, Patrick Koss uses his observations – supported by research from Google's Project Aristotle, the DORA metrics from Accelerate, and Team Topologies – to show 8 patterns that distinguish successful teams from failing ones. You'll leave with a practical interview checklist to discover if a team is truly worth joining.
It has never been so easy to generate new ideas with the help of AI. This talk shows how innovation management is currently undergoing fundamental change.
In the presentation, Dino Huber will discuss the app itself, its background, development process, as well as concrete applications and future releases with in-depth content and practical relevance – and what all of this has to do with good teamwork.
An exciting insight into the world of modern air traffic control and current challenges.
The IT systems of German Air Traffic Control are undergoing a transformation: from currently largely closed monolithic systems towards a service-oriented and cloud-based architecture. This presentation will illustrate this transformation using the example of software development for pilot systems at our tower locations.
Using new technologies and architectures, DFS aims to maintain safety in the skies, increase capacity, and bring innovations to air traffic controllers more quickly!
The world of work is facing its most profound transformation since industrialisation. AI agents are no longer just taking on routine tasks – they are planning, deciding, and acting autonomously. But who remains in control? And who actually owns the data, the processes, the decisions?
This talk demonstrates how companies and employees can actively shape digital sovereignty – rather than lose it. It makes tangible how AI agents like EMMA are not replacing the workplace of the future, but redefining it: as a place where humans and technology collaborate as equals.
Faster, smarter, more digital – AI agents promise a new dimension in the financial world. However, not every number tells the whole story, and not every document can be easily deciphered. It is crucial that diverse perspectives within the development team raise better questions, thereby contributing to the creation of AI solutions that are technically adept, practical, and innovative.
Software rules the world, but its source code has a critical bug: the lack of female perspectives. This talk shows why diversity isn't a "nice-to-have," but the necessary system update for true innovation. It's time for a reboot – so that the tech world can finally compile its full potential.
From philosopher to IT manager: In this lecture, Lore Lodig tells you about her unusual career path and shows how analytical thinking, curiosity and the courage to change perspective can build bridges between the humanities and technology. She provides honest insights into the challenges faced by (young) women in an industry that is still dominated by men. She talks openly about learning curves, leadership responsibility and the importance of attitude in complex companies and projects.
Like magic – but do you know the downsides? From prompt manipulation and hallucinations to AI agents making deceptively real scam calls. Beyond the Hype reveals what's behind the fairy dust – and why you should never blindly trust AI.
Designing and communicating AI products responsibly, bridging technology and human reality. This is precisely why diverse perspectives are needed in the roles that set priorities.
Isabell Forster combines technical thinking with neurobiology and shows why emotional instability paralyses projects more often today than technical errors.
With clarity and a twinkle in her eye, she explains how to recognise your own "system errors" before they crash meetings or lead to permanent exhaustion.
An impulse that makes visible why your nervous system is the most important performance tool - and how you can debug it.
When we open computer science books or follow tech conferences, we mostly encounter men. Men who invented things, explain technology, or act as the experts. At the same time, a problem has been known for a long time: there are too few women in the tech sector.
Initiatives aimed at getting girls excited about technology, mentoring programmes, and many dedicated stakeholders are working to close this gap. But can this even work if girls and women lack something much more fundamental, namely role models?
In her talk, Lea Schönberger shows why the way we talk about tech and the history of technology is problematic. She tells stories of women who have made important contributions but remain unknown, and explains how her podcast "Computer Science for the Modern Housewife" aims to create space for the stories of female computer scientists from the past and present.
Salesforce is much more than just a CRM - and working with it even more so. In this presentation, you will take a look behind the scenes of their Salesforce Practice together with NTT Data: a globally networked community in which you work together with colleagues worldwide and accompany customers on real transformation projects. Whether sales, marketing or customer service - their projects are diverse, cross-industry and close to the specialist departments. With topics such as Agentic AI, they are actively shaping the future of their customers. A talk for everyone who wants to combine tech, business and impact.
Discover how LowCode and GenAI are working together at DZ BANK to revolutionise the world of work. We have connected our LowCode platform with our internal GenAI platform to develop intelligent assistants that use business knowledge to analyse content and recognise correlations. Find out how these smart helpers take over routine tasks and save valuable time to focus on more complex tasks - always with humans in charge.
AI brings many opportunities for innovation to many industries, but banks in particular. However, it also comes with new risks which need to be tackled. Hence building models is crucial, but also a well-functioning model validation is key to long-term success and trustworthy AI implementation. Meet #WomeninTech to hear more about how Commerzbank takes up the challenge in #teamyellow.
This talk will give you a practical insight into the work of a 2nd Level Analyst in the KfW's Security Operations Centre (SOC). It will explain how cyber-attacks are detected, analysed and effectively defended against. You will also learn which tools and methods are used to protect KfW's IT infrastructure and what challenges the daily work in the SOC presents. The talk is aimed at anyone interested in exciting topics in IT security and cyber defence.
In an increasingly complex threat landscape, companies are faced with the challenge of effectively protecting their IT systems. This presentation will highlight how automation and artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly reduce response times to cyber security incidents. Learn how the strategic use of these technologies enables you to proactively detect cyber threats, effectively defend against them and respond quickly to security incidents to sustainably strengthen your security strategy and increase operational efficiencies.
In this presentation, we will show how employees can create on-demand environments independently in order to carry out test migrations for critical updates or to safely test new functions as part of further training.
Through realistic test environments, we create a protected space for experimentation, validation and learning - without any risk to production systems. In this way, we make complex deployments plannable, provide security when dealing with changes and take away the fear of critical updates.
Experience current industry topics in a practical way and learn from leading experts - this is exactly what the masterclasses offer. The format goes beyond a conventional presentation. In practice-orientated sessions, participants were able to discover innovative solutions, make valuable contacts and gain directly applicable insights.
Quantum computers are developing rapidly - and they will profoundly change our digital world. They offer the potential to solve complex challenges in seconds that currently take conventional systems hours, days or even years.
However, it is precisely this progress that presents us with new security issues.
A central topic: post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
While quantum computers will bring enormous benefits in the future, they could also make many of the encryption methods that protect our IT today vulnerable. Data that is currently stored securely could one day be decrypted - a risk that should be taken seriously.
In this masterclass you will learn:
You will get an understandable overview of the current developments in post-quantum cryptography - and how organisations can strategically prepare today to avoid being surprised tomorrow.
💡 This session is suitable for anyone who wants to understand technological trends before they become standard - and who is interested in actively shaping the IT security of the future.
👉 Sounds exciting? Then join us and discover how we are making our digital world fit for the quantum age.
Materials required: none
In this talk, you will explore the principles of design thinking and their application in rapid prototyping with AI (AWS PartyRock). Design thinking is a creative approach to problem solving that puts the user at the centre and develops innovative solutions through iterative processes. AWS PartyRock provides a powerful, AI-based platform to realise these prototypes quickly and efficiently. Participants will learn how to turn their ideas into tangible prototypes by combining these methods and tools. The talk will include practical examples and interactive exercises to provide participants with a deeper understanding and practical skills.
Materials required: Laptop, tablet or mobile phone with internet access and Google or Apple account.
The masterclass demonstrates with the help of an award-winning, state-funded open-source AI project based on a multi-agent system how AI can help drive the urgently needed digitalisation of the German administration. It provides practical insights into how consultancies and the public sector can successfully collaborate to implement innovative tech projects and make Germany fit for the future.
Your first job can make a difference of thousands of pounds – every year.
And most start below their actual market value.
If you don't want to belong, you shouldn't miss this seminar.
MLP shows you how to recognise your true market value, strategically increase it and negotiate smartly – specifically for the IT industry. You will learn what really matters, which mistakes are costing you money and how to position yourself in conversations so that you are taken seriously.
This doesn't just remain theoretical:
Ruven Bamberger and Katja Weßel recreate realistic negotiation scenarios, give you direct feedback on body language and rhetoric, and show you how staggered negotiation works. They also explain how negotiation results are properly documented in writing afterwards.
In short: Anyone not involved here is very likely leaving money on the table.
Required materials: Please bring something to take notes with – you’ll take away a lot for yourself.
Experience how high-speed innovation and strict banking regulations (BaFin, MaRisk) are successfully combined. Get to know the modern infrastructure of KfW Bankengruppe with Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift as the basis for container orchestration and discover why it relies on cloud-native technologies with microservices and API-first. Find out how Infrastructure as Code (IaC) enables automation with tools such as Terraform and Ansible and how agile working in Safe Scrum Mode characterises everyday working life. Benefit from a lively learning culture with error acceptance, tech talks and internal hackathons. Help shape the invisible and use your code to help finance tomorrow's SMEs today.
Today, AI coding tools make it possible to generate functioning code within a short space of time. However, without clear control and a structured approach, this quickly results in systems that are difficult to understand, difficult to maintain and risky in the long term.
This masterclass will show how AI-supported software development has evolved and what challenges remain. The focus is on Spec-Driven Development (SDD) as a counter-model to pure "vibe coding". It explains how requirements, architecture and tasks are specified and then implemented by AI agents such as GitHub Copilot.
This results in software that is reproducible, traceable and scalable and can be sustainably developed and maintained. The masterclass is aimed at anyone who not only wants to use AI experimentally, but also wants to integrate it into the software development process in a controlled and targeted manner.
More than 500 companies are waiting for innovative minds to join their teams. Find the job that perfectly matches your skills!
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What actually happens behind the scenes at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, especially in the digital space? In this special episode, we talk to an anonymous guest from the BfV's cyber defence. Under the fictitious name "Richard", he provides rare insights into a job that usually remains hidden and makes a key contribution to safeguarding the free democratic order.
Over 500 exhibitors are already successfully recruiting at ITCS events!
We unite Tech conference, job fair and Festival into a unique event format - lively, inspiring and full of possibilities. Our trade fairs create a relaxed and inviting atmosphere in which you as an exhibitor can network with Tekkies in an informal setting.
16 responses to “ITCS Darmstadt 23.04.2026 | Tech Jobmesse Darmstadt”
I was pleasantly surprised by ITCS Darmstadt. The relaxed festival atmosphere, good music, and creative decorations immediately showed that a modern working world is lived here – very different from classic, often stuffy job fairs. Despite the many visitors, everything seemed very well organised and not overcrowded, with short distances and enough space for genuine conversations.
I particularly enjoyed the open and honest conversations with companies, as well as the high-quality presentations and masterclasses, which fit perfectly into the overall programme thematically. The fair was also very accessible for career changers and international job seekers. Small extras such as chill-out zones, gaming areas and sufficient seating made networking significantly more pleasant.
I've made some exciting connections, gained interesting insights into current IT topics, and am taking away some food for thought that will definitely resonate. Overall, a very successful event – professionally organised, personable, inspiring, and absolutely recommended. I'll come back with even more time next time!
I went without high expectations, but was really positively surprised. The atmosphere was much more relaxed than at typical career fairs, and the conversations were sometimes really good and not just superficial. The DevOps and Cloud sessions in particular were exciting and practical for me. Overall, it was definitely worth it.
I found the ITCS in Darmstadt to be a thoroughly successful event. I was particularly impressed by the combination of expert presentations, career opportunities and networking, as well as the variety of discussions with companies and participants. The venue in the darmstadtium also perfectly suited the concept. Overall, it was a varied day with many exciting insights and valuable encounters. Many thanks to the ITCS team for the organisation.
It was my first time there, very spontaneously.
Immediately striking was the relaxed atmosphere, underscored by music that speaks to the zeitgeist of the new world of work – away from the serious, boring, monotonous – towards an open, creative working style.
Accordingly, my conversations with the exhibitors and employers were also interesting. Next time, I'll bring more time for one or two of the talks or masterclasses, which also fit well thematically into the overall programme.
Great event!
Honestly, I walked in half sceptical. Another tech event, another sea of booths and polished pitches? Not quite.
ITCS Darmstadt caught me off guard in the best way. A massive number of attendees, three stages, 30+ talks, and somehow it still felt human. Patrick Koss’s keynote on what separates great tech teams from failing ones hit harder than expected. The room went quiet. That’s rare.
The Masterclass on Post Quantum Cryptography was ninety minutes well spent, unsettling in all the right ways. And the Women in Tech track? Lisa Fröhlich’s talk on AI’s dark side was the most honest conversation I’ve heard at any event this year.
What nobody tells you about ITCS, the festival format isn't just for show. Table tennis between sessions. A gaming area with actual people in it. Chillout zones where real conversations happen.
I left with three connections worth keeping, two companies I'm now watching closely, and one talk still living rent-free in my head.
Darmstadt delivered. See you in Hamburg.
Informative and well-organised event. I particularly liked the job wall, where you could easily find open positions in companies!
It was a wonderful event by ITCS, I liked the way it was organised. Very helpful for people like me who are searching for a job in a new country.
Very well organised, professional presentations.
Mfg Jürgen Nau
Great event with many interesting impressions!
The ITCS Darmstadt was a great experience! Lots of exciting companies and great networking opportunities. Definitely worth it!
Brilliant event!
Super fair!
I arrived at ITCS Darmstadt not entirely sure what to expect, and I left genuinely impressed. The atmosphere was so much more open and relaxed than at typical career events – it genuinely felt like a community coming together, rather than just a series of stalls. I had several conversations that went far beyond the superficial, and one talk (about tech career paths, I believe) offered a new perspective that I've been considering ever since. Another nice touch was the food and seating arrangements, which made it really easy to take a break, refuel, and have proper conversations without feeling rushed. It's rare to see such consideration at free events these days. Thank you to the entire team – I left feeling motivated and more connected to the scene. I'm happy to be a part of it, and I'd recommend it to anyone who's undecided.
The ITCS was designed very pleasantly; unlike other job fairs, it wasn't overcrowded. Short distances thanks to multiple entrances and exits. It was easy to engage with the companies. The presentations were very interesting and diverse; I particularly enjoyed Elisabeth Ermisch's AI presentation. Among the small recreation areas for clearing your head, Nintendo Connect stuck in my mind, having scored points with Mario Kart and friendliness. I also praise the decoration elements of the fair. Best regards.
The trade fair was very well organised. I met many interesting companies and gained valuable insights into the IT industry.
Even though I don't come from a technical background, there were some great conversations and fantastic presentations from strong women! A brilliant conference for career changers too.