When does the Pop-up City Lab Mission: Help Grandma! take place?

The event takes place on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

Where does the event take place?

The event location is the University of Bayreuth at Universitätsstraße 30, 95447 Bayreuth.

What is the admission fee?

Admission to the event is free.

What is the focus of Mission: Help Grandma!?

The focus is on social innovation, good aging, care, quality of life, and the development of practical solutions.

Who is the target audience?

Invited are among others students, startups, founding teams, practical partners, decision-makers, and anyone interested in social innovation.

What can attendees expect?

The Pop-up City Lab offers exchange, networking, interactive participation, and new impulses for the next program phase of Mission: Help Grandma!.

Mission: Help Grandma! brings Bayreuth's innovation community together to think further

Name: Pop-up City Lab "Mission: Help Grandma!"
Start: 2026-11-17T16:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-17T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Universität Bayreuth

Together developing ideas for a better life in old age

When committed individuals from academia, the startup scene, and practice come together, new perspectives emerge: The Pop-up City Lab Mission: Help Grandma! brings the innovation community together again on November 17, 2026, in Bayreuth. The focus is on exchange, networking, and the question of how to sustainably support good aging through social innovation.

An interactive space for new impulses

The format is understood as a lively stopover and at the same time as the start of the next program phase. The event continues connections, ideas, and experiences from the previous innovation process. In an open event atmosphere, startups, founding teams, decision-makers, and doers from various industries meet.

Instead of a frontal program, attendees can expect an interactive event experience with space for encounters, participation, and collective further thinking. The audience's mood thrives on direct conversation: What challenges around aging, care, and quality of life remain relevant? Which approaches deserve more attention? And what impulses will carry into the second round of Mission: Help Grandma! in the upcoming summer semester?

Social innovation meets practical relevance

Mission: Help Grandma! is an interdisciplinary innovation format of the University of Bayreuth. Students work together with people from care, organizations, and the social sector to develop new solutions for real societal challenges. Scientific reflection, systemic thinking, target group interaction, and practical testing are combined in the process.

The event planning of the Pop-up City Lab focuses precisely on this intersection. The event management creates a framework in which different experiences become visible and new contacts arise. For students, the exchange provides insights into social entrepreneurship and user-centered innovation. Practical partners and founding teams gain new perspectives on the realities of older and care-dependent individuals.

From the mission to the next program phase

The project is based on a multi-stage innovation process that includes briefing, base camp, expedition, practical briefing, and showdown. The center is real needs, direct encounters, and the development of viable ideas. The pop-up date bundles these experiences and looks forward.

For the University of Bayreuth, the topic holds significance beyond the event: The program was awarded second place at the MöglichMacher University Prize in 2026. The recognition underscores the social claim and innovative strength of the format.

Conclusion: Bayreuth continues to think about good aging

The Pop-up City Lab Mission: Help Grandma! promises an inspiring evening with professional exchange, new contacts, and concrete food for thought. Those who actively want to consider social innovation, founding, care, demographics, or sustainable solutions for older people will experience an event here with a special proximity to practice. Admission is free – a great opportunity to meet the innovation community live and contribute one's own perspectives.