Content Creation & Editing

• AI Interaction and Prompt Engineering
• AI Ready Documentation
• AI-Powered Editorial Workflows
• Quality Assurance in AI-Supported Workflows
• Practical Case Studies from Editorial Practice
• Editing of Content and Data
• Plain Language
• Implementation and Use of CCMS
• Revision and Post-Editing
• Software Tools for Structured Authoring
• Structuring Methods with or without XML
• Topic-Based Authoring
• Writing for Translation
• User Analysis (in AI-Driven Environments)

Content Delivery

• Semantic Search and Intelligent Findability
• Conversational User Interfaces (Chatbots, Assistants, Interactive Systems)
• API-Driven and Headless Content Delivery
• Context-Aware Information Delivery
• Role-Based Content Delivery
• Dynamic Content Assembly
• Making Content Intelligent with Metadata
• Automated Publishing Processes
• Content Exchange Using iiRDS
• Operation Concepts and Navigation of Mobile Documentation
• Content Delivery Portals
• Cross-Media/Cross-Channel Publishing (Omnichannel, Multi-Channel, Multi-Source etc.)

Content Strategy & Information Architecture

• CCMS – Modules, Evaluation and Efficiency
• DITA and S1000D Data Model for Technical Writing
• Information Modeling
• Information Structures and Taxonomies
• Content Tagging
• Communication Strategies 
• Search and Analytics (Clickstream Analysis, Web Tracking, Web Statistics)
• Search Engine Optimization/Advertising (AI SEO/SEO/SEA)
• Topic Structuring and Architectures

Software Documentation

• Agile Software Documentation
• API Documentation
• Blockchain
• Content Operations, CaaS, DocOps
• Continuous Delivery
• Docs as Code
• Machine Operation via Software
• Open-Source- and Do-It-Yourself-Tools
• Service and Maintenance via Software
• Static Websites, Markdown, Editorial Workflows, Git-based Working

Terminology, Translation and Language Technologies

• Terminology as the Foundation for AI and RAG Systems
• Language Data Management
• Multilingual Content Strategies
• Quality Assurance in (AI-Assisted) Translation
• Language Models and Controlled Language
• Evaluation of Language Technologies
• Governance Models for Global Language Processes
• Responsibility in AI-Generated Translations
• Development and Use of Terminology Data Banks
• Managing Translation Processes with CCMS

User Involvement & Feedback

• Content Harvesting – Learn from Your Community and Reuse
• Didactics and Instructional Design
• E-Learning and Web-Based Training
• Gamification
• Learning and Support Integration
• User-Generated Content
• Usage and Value of Communities to Assist Users
• Peer-to-Peer User Assistance
• Social UA Tools and Platforms (from YouTube to Messenger)
• Storytelling in Learning Contexts
• User and Usage Tracking (Know Your Users and Their Needs)
• Changes in Media Use
• Knowledge Media

UX & Information Design

• Analyses of User Behavior, Use Cases
• Extended Reality (AR/VR/MR/Gesture Control/Wearables, Head-up-Displays, Tablets) in Product Information
• Conversational Interfaces (Chatbots, Assistent Systems)
• Accessibility
• Rules for the Design of User-Friendly Interfaces (GUI)
• Designing Online Help
• Test and Evaluation Process (e.g. Usability Assessments, Customer Surveys, Site Visits)
• Use Case-Oriented Delivery, Customer Journey
• UX Copywriting
• Navigation Concepts

Visual Communication

• Visual Design
• AI-Generated Visual Content
• Adopting CAD for Creating Graphics
• Filming Technical Videos on Site
• Creating Computer-/Web-Based Training Sessions
• Graphic Standards for Technical Communication
• Concepts of Visual Communication
• Scripting Storyboards for Technical Videos
• (AI-) Tools for Video Creation and Editing

Career, Skills & Professional Development 

• First Practical Projects
• Fundamentals of LLMs and RAG Systems
• Prompt Engineering and AI Interaction in Practice
• Systematic Prompt Optimization
• Data and Content Analytics Competencies
• Cross-Functional Collaboration Skills
• Comparing and Evaluating AI Tools
• Limits and Risks of GenAI
• Starting a Business
• Self-Coaching
• Exciting Final Theses (Experiences at Entry-level)
• Stress Management

Legal Requirements & Standards

• General and Horizontal Standards
• Legal Requirements for Technical Documentation; Product Liability and Product Safety Law
• Standards at the National and International Level 
• Product Standards and Industry Standards (Revisions, New Standards…)
• Legal Aspects of Translation
• Legal Aspects of Document Management
• Copyright Law in Connection with Suppliers' Documentation and Translation
• Aspects of Contract Law (e.g. Relationships with Suppliers)

Management, Strategy & Governance

• Knowledge Management in the Age of AI
• Organizing and Governing Enterprise Knowledge
• Content as a Corporate Asset
• ROI of AI and Content Initiatives
• Building Business Cases for Knowledge and AI Projects
• Governance Models for AI-Supported Processes
• Metrics and Measurability of Quality
• Multimodal Product Information
• Product Safety & Liability
• Editorial Process Design for Mobile Documentation (Modular Writing, Modular Data Management, Automation)
• Process and Workflow
• Change Management
• Vendor Sourcing and Management
• Managing International Teams
• Stakeholder-Management

System, AI and Automation

• Integrating GenAI into Editorial and Content Management Systems
• Risk Management in AI Workflows
• Integration with Service, ERP, and PLM Environments
• Experience Reports from Integration Projects
• Designing and Operating RAG Systems
• Selecting and Preparing Suitable Knowledge Sources
• Chunking Strategies and Retrieval Optimization
• Evaluating RAG Approaches
• Scaling AI Solutions Across the Enterprise
• The Effects of AI in Tech Comm: Reduced Efforts, Reliability, Copyright, etc.

Service Documentation

• Service and Maintenance Documentation
• Repair Instructions and Troubleshooting
• Digital Service Manuals
• Service and Product Support Documentation
• Documentation in After-Sales Contexts

Information Modelling & Knowledge Struckture

• Development and Implementation of Information Models
• Adapting Existing Models for AI Applications
• Semantic Structuring and Knowledge Representation
• Contextualization of Information
• Structuring Complex Product and Process Information
• Use of Ontologies and Knowledge Graphs
• Metadata and Classification Strategies
• Taxonomies and Classification Systems
• Role- and Context-Based Metadata
• Automated Metadata Generation
• Structuring Content for Reuse and RAG Systems
• Quality Assurance of Structured Content