Meet the Future (Treffpunkt Zukunft)

'Meet the Future' (Treffpunkt Zukunft)  is a special initiative by Messe Frankfurt aimed at fostering young talent. School and university students are invited to Light+Building by Messe Frankfurt. There they can get an overview of the sector and its innovations and establish contact with potential training centres or employers.

'Meet the Future' is composed of a variety of projects, which focus in specific ways on young talents from a very broad range of disciplines:

'Workshop Street' where young visitors to the fair are particularly welcome! Trainees from the electrical and information technology trades have the chance to try things for themselves and to discover the latest techniques.

Seminars on health and safety in the workplace: this section, aimed at young people who are already training for a career, provides useful information about health and safety in the workplace and accident prevention.

Young Design: young creative talents introduce themselves to a trade and professional public and present their first lighting designs.  

Promotional area for young companies: Light+Building 2012 helps newly founded companies to break into the market with the first promotional area for young, innovative companies. The promotional area is offered in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie - BMWi).

Job Exchange: exhibiting companies can offer vacancies, visitors can get an idea of the attractive jobs on offer and both parties can make contact with one another during the fair.

University area: universities working in the fields of architecture, lighting design, building services engineering and technical equipment and fittings for buildings will be presenting their current projects  and giving information about the many and varied courses at their institution.

Design Plus: the Design Plus powered by Light+Building competition offers young creative talents in the field the opportunity to submit their ideas for assessment by a panel of international experts. The award-winning prototypes will be displayed as part of Light+Building in a special exhibition.