Our journey: From idea to network 🚀🧩
MENT - Our story in milestones
How a vision became a vibrant network of Thuringia's media and creative scene.
02.03.2026
02.03.2026

Umzug ins neue MENT-Büro!
Nach drei Jahren in der Storybox geht's für uns in den STUDIOPARK KinderMedienZentrum.
12.11.2025
12.11.2025

Bei unserer Mitgliederversammlung wird der neue Vorstand gewählt: Herzlich willkommen im Team Katrin Weikart, Susanne Aßmann & Mahsa Nejadfallah - außerdem wieder dabei: Henryk Balkow und Kai Schöttle.
17.10.2025
17.10.2025

MENT wächst weiter: Mit mittlerweile über 400 Mitgliedern aus den verschiedenen Branchen sind wir eine starke Stimme in und für Thüringen.
24.09.2025
24.09.2025
For the first time, we are supplementing MENT MediaNight with a full day program featuring panels and pitches. The MENT x ESH Festival is the business community festival for future makers from the East. Find out more here.
24.06.2025
24.06.2025

Full Thuringian power in the capital: MENT is participating in the summer festival of the Thuringian State Representation in Berlin for the first time. You can read about how it went here.
08.05.2025
08.05.2025

Our 300th member signs up: A new milestone has been reached!
04.06.2024
04.06.2024
Premiere for the new training format in cooperation with the German Children's Media Foundation Goldener Spatz & the Board of Trustees of Young German Film: At the Talent Lab, young film talents come together in Erfurt to immerse themselves in the world of children's and youth film production.
29.04.2024
29.04.2024
In April 2024, we launched two new event series: At MENTogether, we visiting companies and members directly on site and will generally focus on a specific sub-sector, while MENT Medien Café offers informal networking over coffee and cookies.
19.02.2024
19.02.2024
MENT @ Berlinale: We are attending the State Representation of the Free State of Thuringia at the Federal Government and networking with creative professionals from our partner region Hauts-de-France.
27.09.2023
27.09.2023
A new MENT event is launched: The first MENT MediaNight is an immediate success with around 200 visitors.Change in the MENT management: Vincent Ackermann is succeeded by Tamara Kollmeder.
01.06.2023
01.06.2023

Change in the MENT management: Vincent Ackermann is succeeded by Tamara Kollmeder.
01.01.2023
01.01.2023

Since 2023, MENT has been institutionally supported by the Thuringian State Chancellery.
30.09.2022
30.09.2022

Renaming 2.0: The "Spring School Thuringia" becomes the MENT Media Class - which, by the way, always takes place in late summer/autumn.
01.05.2021
01.05.2021

MENT gets its first managing director: Vincent Ackermann.Renaming: The "Association for the Promotion of Network Culture" becomes "Media Network Thuringia" (MENT).
24.03.2021
24.03.2021

Renaming: The "Association for the Promotion of Network Culture" becomes "Media Network Thuringia" (MENT).
01.10.2019
01.10.2019

Sven Schenk takes over the office management of the association and organizational management of the Springschool Thuringia.Founding meeting of the "Association for the Promotion of Internet Culture." This later became MENT.
16.03.2016
16.03.2016

Founding meeting of the "Association for the Promotion of Internet Culture." This later became MENT.
10.03.2014
10.03.2014

The first Thuringia Spring School will take place in March 2014. Approximately 30 students from Thuringian universities will participate in the practical training program in film and television.
23.06.2012
23.06.2012

Im Juni 2012 findet zum ersten Mal unser BarCamp, die „Un“-Konferenz für alle Medieninteressierten in Erfurt statt. Seitdem hat der Name öfters gewechselt, im Veranstaltungsort - dem STUDIOPARK KinderMedienZentrum - aber sind wir noch heute jedes Jahr wieder gern.
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