For the second year running, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the re:publica are orgqanizing the Global Innovation Gathering (GIG). GIG brings together Innovation Hub Manager, Maker, Hacker und start-ups from across the world to network and collaborate for a more sustainable development. After a brief welcome by Ms Richter the GIG lounge will be open for micro-talks, discussions, meetings and hang-outs, in particular for discussion on possible new forms of international collaboration to better respond to global challenges.