Young Professionals
The stars of the BAU industry of tomorrow! The trainees and students of today are the idea bearers of tomorrow. With the BAU 2025 Young Professionals program, we promote creativity, reward inventiveness and inspire enthusiasm for the many facets of the construction industry.
Highlights from the construction industry await our young talents every day! The young talent program for BAU 2025 is diverse, exciting and forward-looking. Whether forum lectures, scavenger hunts or award ceremonies—students, trainees and young founders of start-ups are just right here.
The young talent offer at a glance
Monday, January 13, 2025 | Trainee scavenger hunt across the BAU |
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | Built on IT—construction professions with a future |
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 | BDA lecture program for young professionals |
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | BAKA University Day—Education offensive 2050 |
Thursday, January 16, 2025 | FORWARD: Impulses of a future-oriented generation of architects |
Friday, January 17, 2025 | AIT student tours |
Trainee scavenger hunt at BAU
The scavenger hunt for trainees from BDB member companies has been a real highlight and a popular part of BAU since 2007. With the help of an app, the trainees from the building materials trade are guided through the halls of BAU - including discussions with industry representatives and tricky questions. In this way, they learn a lot about the building materials industry at first hand, as well as about market partners. A sofa talk round with a celebrity surprise guest and the award ceremony after successfully completing the scavenger hunt complete the trainee star tour of the Bundesverband Deutscher Baustoff-Fachhandel e.V. (Federal Association of the German Building Materials Trade).
Organizer: Federal Association of the German Building Materials Trade (BDB)
Date: Monday, 13.01.2025 from 09.30 -3.30h
Meeting point: Stand of the BDB, West Entrance, Hall A1 Stand 101
Registrations can still be made until December 06, 2024 at: https://www.bdb-bfh.de/veranstaltungen-detail/azubi-sternfahrt-bau-2025.html
*Participation is reserved for trainees of partners of the Bundesverband Deutscher Baustoff-Fachhandel e.V.
Award ceremony “Auf IT gebaut”—building professions with a future
As Dr. Robert Habeck (Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection) said about the “Built on IT” award: “ [...] It shows the innovative power in the form of creative solutions in the construction industry. And above all, it shows how competently and future-oriented young men and women know how to use the new technologies in the interests of a modern construction industry. [...].”
Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 entries from the competition areas of craftsmanship and technology, construction management, civil engineering and architecture. There is also a special start-up prize for young founders with digital solutions for the construction industry.
Organizer: RKW Competence Center
Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from 10.00–1.00
Location: Forum Innovation Hub, Hall A4 Stand 330
BDA lecture program for young professionals
As at previous BAU trade fairs, we are delighted that numerous universities and colleges will be presenting their current research projects at BAU 2025.
The subject areas are just as varied as the solutions. And so, on the second day of the trade fair, the audience can look forward to twelve exciting presentations, ranging from infra-lightweight construction, the Stuttgart 210 research project, the Alfons-Bayerer-Straße high-rise residential building with a deconstructable facade, the development of material and energy-efficient timber construction systems made of hardwood and softwood, hops as a building material and the integration of passive and active functions in additively manufactured construction sites. Be inspired by the creativity of Germany's universities and colleges.
Organizer: Association of German Architects
Date: Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from 2.00–6.00 pm
Location: Forum Innovation Hub, Hall A4 Stand 330
BAKA University Day: Education Offensive 2050
The educational offensive for students from colleges and universities in Germany and neighboring European countries shows new paths and ideas from the students' perspective, which are dedicated to the core questions:
How are we prepared for the requirements of a sustainable design of our society and, above all, the future living space?
Project work from the fields of space, buildings and neighborhoods that are oriented towards sustainability aspects and deal with the topics of sufficiency, efficiency, consistency and resilience can be submitted.
Organizer: BAKA Federal Association for the Renewal of Old Buildings.
Date: Wednesday, 15.01.2025 from 13.30h
Location: Forum Innovation Hub, Hall A4 Stand 330
FORWARD: impulses for a future-oriented generation of architecture
Under the title “FORWARD: Impulses of a future-oriented generation of architects”, a series of lectures will take place at BAU 2025 that will focus on the priorities and working methods of young architecture firms worldwide.
Organizer: AIT-Dialog - Gesellschaft für Know-How-Transfer in Architektur und Bauwesen mbH
Date: Thursday, 16.01.2025 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Meeting point: Forum The Future of Building, Hall C2 / Stand 303
AIT student tours
The guided AIT tour on Friday, January 17, 2025 is primarily aimed at the next generation—the architects of tomorrow.
Whether students, graduates or young professionals—the 90-minute tour will focus on the topic of the “future viability” of products and solutions for climate-friendly, resource-efficient and demand-oriented planning and construction in new and existing buildings.
Organizer: AIT-Dialog – Gesellschaft für Know-How-Transfer in Architektur und Bauwesen mbH
Date: Friday, January 17, 2025 at 12.00 noon
Meeting point: Entrance East / Stand 05