Creative After Work is the network meeting for the creative industries in Pforzheim and the region. Each of the meetings has a thematic focus. A company, a project or a topic relevant to the creative industries
The topics of trends, AI, PR, social media, online marketing, crowdfunding, storytelling and law are presented by guest speakers. Previous speakers have included Johannes Milla from Milla & Partner, Alexa Pollmann from Peut-Porter,
Michael Meyer from Kärcher, Christoph Everke from Serviceplan and Isabelle Possehl from mabottie GmbH.

In the atmospheric setting of EMMA - Kreativzentrum Pforzheim, the Schöne Bescherung design market presents high-quality Christmas gifts every year in the run-up to Christmas. Regional and national design labels offer jewellery, fashion, bags, home accessories, ceramics and stationery. Schöne Bescherung is now known far beyond Pforzheim and attracts over 2,000 visitors to EMMA every year.

In cooperation with Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences and the Design Center Baden-Württemberg, the city of Pforzheim has been inviting international young designers to Pforzheim every year since 2016 as part of the "Designers in Residence" scholarship programme. Three designers from the fields of jewellery, fashion, accessories, industrial and communication design as well as other design disciplines can work on their own projects at EMMA - Kreativzentrum Pforzheim from April to June, which are then presented in an exhibition at EMMA.
In addition to a place in the fully equipped workshops and coworking area, the scholarship holders receive free accommodation, monthly financial support and a materials allowance. The scholarship holders can also use the infrastructure of the Faculty of Design at Pforzheim University. On average, more than 270 designers from over 50 countries apply for a scholarship. The selection is made by a high-calibre jury.

The neighbourhood on the River Enz between EMMA, Alfons-Kern-Turm (A.K.T;) and the Faculty of Design is characterised by the diversity of people and cultures that live and work here. This is why EMMA, Café Roland in the A.K.T; Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences and the Emma-Jaeger-Bad daycare centre have been inviting people to the neighbourhood festival on the Enz once a year since 2018. A varied programme with workshops by the companies in EMMA, fashion shows, exhibitions, music and other activities allows visitors to discover the neighbourhood.

The A.K.T; sheds light on socially relevant issues from the perspective of art and design. Regular exhibitions are held on two floors, in which national and international contemporary artists and designers take part. In addition, students from the Design & Future Making programme at Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences research future issues in the MADLAB on the top floor.
On the ground floor and first floor is the
Café Roland is located here. The building is the stairwell of the Alfons Kern School, which was demolished in 2010 and opened in 1953 as a trade school. Under the artistic direction of Janusz Czech, exhibitions such as "Dämonkratie", "Meat the Future", "Risikogruppen", "Das dritte Geschlecht" and "Im Osten nichts Neues" have been held there to date. The A.K.T; is funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts and the Werner Wild Foundation.

The "PF Revisited" project aims to save traditional techniques of handcrafted jewellery production, such as guilloché, embossing and pressing, from extinction. In semester courses and a scholarship programme at the German Museum of Technology in Berlin, retired Pforzheim master jewellers pass on their expertise to students. The EMMA - Creative Centre Pforzheim is home to the project office with historical machines, where traditional techniques can be transferred into contemporary design. "PF Revisited" is a project of the jewellery course at Pforzheim University and is supported by C. Hafner. It is part of the overall project "Manufakturelle Schmuckgestaltung" of the Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin (SDTB). The German UNESCO Commission has included it in the register of "Good Practice Examples for the Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage".