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It's complicated, so let's celebrate, talk and listen together
How can we stop the attention spiral? How do we deal with misinformation and loss of trust? What are the implications of AI for the media industry? What opportunities do decentralized platforms offer? How do we ensure that relevant and correct content is quickly recognized and seen in the future? How do I maintain a community? And while we're at it: What framework conditions are actually required for healthy growth?
There are questions upon questions in our industry and none of them are easy to answer. Reason enough for us not to despair and throw up our hands in despair, but to organize a festival. Let's talk about the most pressing questions and not lose heart in the process.
The nextMedia.festival offers the opportunity to pause and look at the challenges facing our industry in a positive atmosphere. Together with you, we will press the pause button, meet in the real world and take on new perspectives.
Cheers!
When?
25.3. – 26.3.2026
Where?
SPACE Hamburg | Am Sandtorkai 27
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Register now- Masterclasses: Registration now open
Our masterclasses are compact, practical sessions in small groups with experts from the media and digital economy. Separate registration is required for participation. Places per session are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. One masterclass per person can be booked per day. All information about the masterclasses can be found in the program. If you don't have a masterclass slot in the morning, that's no problem: there are plenty of work and networking areas available in the SPACE.
- NEU: Creator Track
Neu in diesem Jahr: Mit dem Creator Track nehmen wir die Creator Economy noch fokussierter in den Blick. Welche Trends bewegen Creator*innen und Marken? Welche Geschäftsmodelle entstehen – und welche Rolle spielt KI? Im Creator Track treffen professionelle Creator*innen, Plattformexpert*innen und Markenverantwortliche aufeinander, um Best Practices, neue Formate und nachhaltige Strategien für eine professionelle Creator Economy zu diskutieren.
- Was erwartet euch?
Spannende Impulse, anregende Diskussionen, Masterclasses und praxisnahe Cases aus unserem Netzwerk. Wir schaffen Raum für Kollaboration und neue Perspektiven – und natürlich gibt’s auch das, was ein Festival ausmacht: leckeres Essen, gute Drinks und eine entspannte Atmosphäre.
- Für wen ist das Festival?
Ob Medienmacher*in, Produktmensch, Marketingprofi, Creator*in oder kreativer Kopf aus Medien- und Digitalunternehmen: Das Festival richtet sich an alle, die Content entwickeln, dessen Distribution verantworten, Communities aufbauen und Medienprodukte vorantreiben – ob in Presse, Werbung, Film, Rundfunk, Musik, Buch, Games, E-Commerce oder Tech.
Moderation 2026
Festival speakers

Michael Petrescu
Managing Director Midflight, BEANS Entertainment
SPACE: Die Location im Herzen der Hamburger Speicherstadt

The festival takes place at SPACE, the innovation space for the media and digital industry. SPACE is located in the heart of Hamburg's Speicherstadt historical warehouse district, surrounded by historical charm and in the M28 creative warehouse - the perfect stage for the nextMedia Festival. The elaborately designed warehouse not only offers a unique atmosphere, but also everything you need for creative impulses: inspiring rooms with a modern interior design, technologies to try out, a content wall with Hamburg products to touch and plenty of space for exchange, workshops and new ideas.
Start-ups, founders and media and digital companies from Hamburg come together every day in this innovation space to drive innovation forward together. During the festival, SPACE becomes the ideal festival location.
The SPACE is located on the 7th floor. An elevator is available.
Address
Am Sandtorkai 27
7TH FLOOR
20457 Hamburg
Review of theme festival #1: AI
Contact person

- Rouven Leonavicius
- Community & Marketing Manager
- T +49 40 / 23 72 435 61












































































