As Community and Event Manager, Rouven is the contact person for the nextMedia community, event co-operations and various event formats. These include the annual scoopcamp conference in cooperation with a Germany-wide board, the nextMedia Festival, the SPACE DAY and the New Leaders' Forum as part of the Hamburg Media Dialogue. He studied social economics with a focus on market-oriented management at the University of Hamburg and worked part-time in the audio sector. Most recently, he was involved in the new business development of a multimedia project in the children's and family sector and is also active as a musician in Hamburg.