1,500 companies in the VDE

The VDE connects science, business and young talent.

Discover the VDE now for yourself and your company as perhaps the strongest connection in electrical engineering and information technology. Because the VDE is not only one of the most important technology associations in the world. It is the community for science, norms and standards as well as for technology and education policy. The VDE is a strong advocate for our industry, and in doing so, it directly strengthens you and your company. Competent and neutral.

Your company is innovative, future-oriented and full of technical know-how?

Then we are a good match. As a VDE member, you will be aware of the latest technology and industry trends earlier than others and will help shape them, for example when it comes to international standards or scientific issues. And you can do this in our professional societies as well as on our interdisciplinary platforms for mobility, energy and ICT.

A real top meeting of electrical engineering and information technology:

100,000 experts together with 1,500 technology companies, universities and research institutions – that is the VDE. As a member, you actively support its goals and tasks.

But the VDE’s competence does not lie in its size alone. It is the interdisciplinary networking that makes us valuable, especially for companies. Whether future technologies, further education, public relations, promotion of young talent or standardization – we are there. As a strong team for new perspectives!

The most important resource in companies is knowledge. And that is not static.

As one of Europe’s major providers of continuing education in electrical engineering and information technology, our members take advantage of an unparalleled edge in expertise with congresses, seminars and management forums.
In our continuing education centers, we provide your employees with comprehensive know-how across the entire spectrum from technology trends to management, standardization and safety topics. Guaranteed to be up to date.

Those who help shape norms and standards shape tomorrow’s markets for themselves.

This is exactly what our members do, and thus benefit from knowledge transfer and new partnerships at the same time. The DKE (German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE), which is anchored in the VDE, develops norms and standards for electrical engineering and information technology and promotes German interests internationally. And thus also for your company.

A head start in knowledge is a head start in time.

We know that. That’s why we as an association do everything we can to give our members more of a head start. From exclusive VDE studies and analyses to the latest standards reports and high-profile events in the key technologies we represent, such as electromobility, smart grid, smart home or ICT security. This is how our network becomes a real powerhouse for your company.

The search for talent is becoming increasingly challenging for companies.

For VDE members, however, it is easier to get in touch with excellently trained young talent. Because we offer a unique forum with the VDE Young Net. And our VDE career portal is the premium platform for professional contacts, recruiting and university marketing. With numerous initiatives for young talent and student competitions, we also set an example for the attractiveness of our technologies.

You can’t buy a good reputation.

But you can acquire it. As a nationally and internationally accredited institution in the field of testing and certification of electrotechnical devices, components and systems, our VDE Prüf- und Zertifizierungsinstitut GmbH offers tested safety. And thus the best prerequisite for a sustained good reputation of your company when it comes to product quality and consumer protection. Since 1920, the VDE-supported testing institute has had worldwide know-how and reputation. For your good reputation.

Whether at international congresses, conferences and trade fairs or locally in the region:

Anyone who is successful with their company should let the (technical) public know that. That’s why we offer our corporate members the opportunity to put their company in the right light as a sponsor – for example, at VDE conferences or our many young talent initiatives. To communicate the best services and competence with effective marketing ideas.

Our industry is one of the engines of Germany and Europe.

To ensure that it continues to run successfully, the VDE is committed as a partner to politics to improving the framework conditions for education and technology policy and the climate for innovation, to optimizing research funding and to removing obstacles to innovation. Our neutral expertise makes us the first point of contact and “service provider” for policymakers. After all, as a technical-scientific association, we pursue only one goal: to advance companies and Germany.

We are big, renowned, influential.

And at the same time very close. Because with our 29 district associations and over 60 university groups, we are there for your company on site. With excursions, workshops or symposia, your VDE offers you extensive opportunities to present yourself really well: Graduates, decision makers and the public. You will meet new business and cooperation partners with us. People who speak your language and who, like us, are curious about the exciting future of electrical engineering and information technology.