The Night of Creative Minds (NDKK) on Saturday, October 11, 2025, is this year themed: “Smarter Overnight” and invites you to discover Cottbus from its most creative side.
The NDKK has been a staple in the event calendar of the city of Cottbus for over a decade. Once a year – always on a Saturday in October – around 20 companies, universities, and institutions open their doors for visitors between 6 PM and midnight to show them what is being thought, researched, and developed in Cottbus.
Thousands of knowledge seekers embark on a nocturnal journey of discovery through laboratories, workshops, studios, and offices. In addition to exciting insights into research and innovation, the event also offers a special opportunity to meet potential employers. Many program points are specifically aimed at students and address training, studies, and career paths in the region.
Together with the State Chancellery, the Lusatia Economic Region opens Haus & Hof at Magazinstraße 28 and transforms everything into a vibrant marketplace of structural change projects.
MinGenTec will also be represented at this station and invites young and old to inform themselves about the structural change in Lusatia through infotainment and edutainment: From mining to renaturation to the technology generation.
In parallel, short lectures and dialogue formats will take place in the conference rooms. With this, we aim to create positive touchpoints for the diverse structural change.
To reach as many places as possible, a free shuttle service – consisting of buses and, depending on the year, also trams – connects all participating locations.