Lead the Change – Start a Business, Lead, and Take Responsibility @ Female Leadership Day

Nationwide, women accounted for only 19 percent of startup founders in 2025, and the trend is downward. Contrary to the national trend, Hamburg recently recorded a record high of about 30 percent women among new startup founders; nevertheless, the gender gap is still unmistakable here as well. Against this backdrop, “Lead the Change—Founding, Leading, Taking Responsibility@Female Leadership Day” addresses the structural and individual challenges as well as the opportunities that come with founding a business. For this ninth event in the “Female Leadership Days” series, the University of Hamburg’s Transfer Agency ( https://www.uni-hamburg.de/transfer/transfer-mission-und-transferagentur/transferagentur.html ) and Pro Exzellenzia are ( https://pro-exzellenzia.de/ ) partnering with Startup Port as part of Female Entrepreneurship Week.

What can you expect?

We’ll start with a keynote talk by Dr. Julia Freudenberg on the topic of leadership and entrepreneurship. Afterward, you’ll have the opportunity to join a small group discussion with one of the role models—

Lena Gericke, Sogol Kordi, Dr. Julia Freudenberg, and

Dr. Kirsten Mikkelsen. All four women are looking forward to sharing their experiences with you.

Insight: Leadership and Entrepreneurship Dr. Julia Freudenberg ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-julia-freudenberg-40866515/ )CEO of Hacker School gGmbH„Digital education is not an option. It is a prerequisite for social participation.“ Julia is the founder and CEO of Hacker School, through which she is passionately committed to digital education. With a Ph.D. in economics and as a bridge-builder between the IT industry, education, politics, and civil society, she and her team work to promote greater self-efficacy, equal opportunity, and digital literacy among children and young people. Hacker School teaches young people the necessary programming skills and sparks their interest in future careers. She is also a speaker and author of articles and books on digital education and female leadership. Role Model Talk Lena Gericke ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-sofie-gericke-b0127753/ )CFO and COO at Impossible Founders (iF)„Women in startups and leadership roles are a…