BWGV Mittelstandstag
FUTURE CANDY was at the BWGV Mittelstandstag, providing inspiration and hands-on insights into digitalisation and future technologies with engaging keynotes and interactive experiences.
The Challenge.
The task
we faced.
Understanding the most important trends and gaining an overview of the state of the German Mittelstand.
The Solution.
Was wir daraus
gemacht haben.
Masterclasses, keynote and a tech corner
Every year the Baden-Württemberg cooperative banks (Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken) hold the VR Mittelstandstag for their mid-sized customers from trade, crafts, industry and the professions, including the award of the VR Innovation Prize for the Mittelstand. FUTURE CANDY supported this with three formats. First there were exclusive masterclasses for the VR Innovation Club, in which guests tried out AI tools on a set task and experienced technologies such as the WeHead and the Apple Vision Pro. Nick Sohnemann then gave a keynote on the 2020s and 2030s, showing how important moonshots are and which trends are relevant for the Mittelstand. Alongside this we provided technologies at a tech corner so that the wider audience could try them out.
What stuck
in the end.
Alongside inspiration, visitors get to know relevant trends and technologies for the future and can derive opportunities and risks for their own company from them.
Our Products
What we put
to work here.
Products by FUTURE CANDY – put to work on the future topics that mattered in this project.
Products used

Education
Your team learns the future.
AI bootcamps, masterclasses and trainings, so your team uses new technologies itself.
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Innovation Consulting
Innovation that ships.
Strategy, delivery and transformation. We turn trends into solid roadmaps and real projects.
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Keynotes
The future on your stage.
Nick Sohnemann & Roman Weishäupl activate your audience for what's next.
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From the first idea
to a finished result.
4 steps, how FUTURE CANDY delivers a project like this.
A preliminary talk about the topic, the participants and the desired outcome – so the workshop pays into a clear goal.
We design the flow, exercises and inputs so that a concrete, usable result stands at the end.
A facilitated working session: working on the topic together, trying out technologies, capturing results.
Documenting the results and recommending how things continue inside the company afterwards.
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