Events - Networking and making connections

Making contacts, getting to know cultures and arriving in the region - the Welcome Center at TRK offers international professionals numerous events to help them make connections - both professionally and privately. Find out more about the networking opportunities and our events.

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Cross-border employment between Germany and France. Social and tax regulations 10.10.2024

Thursday, 10.10.2024, 4 - 6 p.m.
Eurodistrict PAMINA, 2 Rue du Général Mittelhauser, 67630 Lauterbourg

Bilingual event in French and German!

Target group:

Managing directors, HR managers, executives, interested parties from companies in the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion and its neighboring regions.

Agenda

16.00 Welcome
16:05 Collectivité européenne d'Alsace
16:10 Welcoming skilled workers to the region
Petra Bender, Welcome Center TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe
16:20 Definition of "cross-border worker" - regulations in social and tax law
Sylvia Müller-Wolff, EURES-T
17:10 Practical help - forms & applications
Claudia Hitier, Philipp Geisberger, BARMER
17:25 INFOBEST PAMINA: Information
Stéphanie Roser & Denise Loewenkamp
17:40 Best Practice
Jonathan Scherrer, Sofitex GmbH
18.00 Networking & Snacks

Please register by e-mail to [email protected].

"Invitation 10.10.2024"

Einladung zur Informationsveranstaltung  

„Grenzüberschreitende Beschäftigung zwischen Deutschland und Frankreich. Sozial- und steuerrechtliche Regelungen.“

Gemeinsam mit der EURES-T Beratung der Agentur für Arbeit Karlsruhe-Rastatt lädt das Welcome Center TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe Sie herzlich zu einer zweisprachigen Informationsveranstaltung im Elsass ein.

Unter Mitwirkung der BARMER und INFOBEST PAMINA informieren wir über sozial- und steuerrechtliche Regelungen in der Grenzregion Frankreich–Deutschland und geben praktische Hinweise zu Formularen, Anträgen und Unterstützungsangeboten.

Datum: Donnerstag, 30. Oktober 2025
Uhrzeit: 16:00 – 18:00 Uhr
Ort: Espace Culturel, 4 Rue des Vergers, 67690 Hatten

Zielgruppe:
Geschäftsführerinnen und Geschäftsführer, Personalverantwortliche, Führungskräfte sowie Interessierte aus Unternehmen der TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe und ihrer benachbarten Regionen, zu der auch das Nord-Elsass gehört.

Anmeldung:
Bitte melden Sie sich bis 27. Oktober 2025 per E-Mail an:
📧 [email protected]

Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme und den grenzüberschreitenden Austausch!

Invitation ICT Bretten
Invitation ICT Bretten

Dual Career Workshop

An offer especially for partners of your international employees

Language: English 

If you not only want to attract international specialists, but also retain them in the long term, it is a good idea to consider the career prospects for the accompanying partner.

Our workshop offer is aimed at partners of international skilled workers who would like to develop and realize their own career prospects in the region. We provide information about the regional job market and explain the special features that need to be considered when applying for a job in Germany. The development of application strategies, exchange of experience, networking and advice make the offer an ideal starting point for a successful start in the TKR.

For this workshop we were able to win Meike von Platen-Holzapfel, an experienced dual career specialist. Meike von Platen-Holzapfel is HR Manager at BASF SE, Career Coach (ICF certified) and intercultural trainer. Responsible for the welcoming culture at BASF's headquarters for many years, she has played a key role in enabling numerous partners of international specialists and managers to successfully continue their own professional careers in Germany.
www.linkedin.com/in/meike-von-platen-holzapfel

Interested?
Please contact: [email protected]

Dual Career Workshop - Invitation 15.03.2024

"Finally a professional appointment just for me again, outside my husband's circle of acquaintances, was so good! I have new motivation to apply for jobs in the region!"

International Come Together

Networking, meeting new people and making connections - the International Come Together is a place for encounters. Especially in the early days, it is important to make contacts - both professionally and privately. The Welcome Center TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe invites international professionals and students as well as interested parties from the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion (TRK) to the meetings.

Further offers for socializing

In addition to the International Come Together, we and our partner network in the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion (TRK) offer you further events.

IBZ Karlsruhe

The Internationale Begegnungszentrum Karlsruhe e.V. (ibz) offers a wide-ranging cultural program and is characterized by a variety of integration-promoting offers and projects. The ibz was founded in 1995 following a decision by the Karlsruhe City Council to actively combat xenophobia and right-wing extremism.

Through information events and cross-cultural encounters, the ibz actively contributes to the reduction of prejudices and a better understanding between Karlsruhe residents from all over the world.

  • Our aim is to experience cultural diversity as an enrichment. We want to emphasize not only the differences, but also the similarities between cultures - the unifying values and the common interest in peaceful and respectful coexistence in Karlsruhe.
  • Eleven associations work with us on our premises in different ways. Our services aim to promote interest in and understanding of different cultures and religions through information events and projects and to convey culturally sensitive attitudes.

We want to help people who are new to Karlsruhe to find their way around more quickly and soon find a home here.

AniKA - Arriving in Karlsruhe

The alliance AniKA - Arriving in Karlsruhe offers initial information and initial orientation from a single source on this exchange platform. It aims to help you feel welcome in Karlsruhe through advice, networking and support. The calendar of events shows offers for internationals in the region, here is a selection:

  • The weekly Welcome Café, every Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. in Café Globus at the ibz. The Welcome Café not only offers a place for networking, information and encounters, but also establishes personal contacts. In addition, integration guides are on hand to offer help and advice and accompany you to authorities and offices.
  • The Info exchange is used for the bundled dissemination of information. It takes place twice a year. There you will find various players with their respective offers and information such as
    • Job center
    • School authority
    • Office for Integration
    • Migration counseling
    • Migrant associations

Language training

SprechPunkt is a free service for practicing the German language. Groups are formed according to language level and accompanied by volunteer facilitators. The evenings take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 18:30 to 20:00. Registration is not required.

The "Freunde für Fremde" association at the ibz offers language courses for refugees and asylum seekers. They learn German in small groups under the guidance of volunteers. 

Further topics
Family
Bringing your family to Germany - a big step. We are here to help! Find out more about family reunification and what you can expect in family life at TRK .
Welcome Guides
The Welcome Guides accompany the international professionals on their first steps in the region to make their start easier. Discover the benefits of the Tandem program as an international skilled worker!
Life
Arrive, settle in, feel at home - TRK offers you a very high quality of life. Find out more about living and leisure, mobility and the German healthcare system.
We are here for you!
Please feel free to contact us.