nextMedia.festival

The annual get-together, where we look at current topics and get into conversation over music and drinks, panels, fireside chats and workshops.

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

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.

Rückblick Festival 2025

Tickets

Sichere dir jetzt noch bis zum 10.02.2026 dein Ticket zum Early Bird Preis.

Festival speakers

Arne Kittler

Product Leadership Consultant, Product at Heart

Bernhard Fischer-Appelt

Founder and CEO, fischerAppelt

Björn Staschen

Change consultant, project manager (NDR/ARD), journalist, author

Constanze Kainz

Head of Podcast Department, ZEIT ONLINE

Daniel Budiman

Presenter and shareholder, Rocket Beans Entertainment

Daniel Sigge

Advisor, Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.

Djenna Wehenpohl

Head of Strategy & Operations, KARAKAYA TALKS

Dr. Nina Klaß

Director, nextMedia.Hamburg

Dr. Paul Elvers

Head of AI, FUNKE Media Group

Isabel Reich

Moderator & audio expert

Isabella David-Zagratzki

Deputy Head of Strategy and Innovation Department, tagesschau

Jan Köster

Transformation expert

Jean-Paul Laue

Co-Founder, klimaundso

Jule Ruß

Creative Producer, FLOW media

Katharina Neubert

SVP Strategy & Investments, Holtzbrinck

Katja Ostrowsky

Managing Director, radio.de GmbH

Laura-Lena Förster

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, stern

Lennart Schneider

Strategy consultant for subscriptions & newsletters, Subscribe Now

Luisa-Maria Wendt

Start-up consultant for innovative and technology-oriented companies, Digital Innovation Center Rostock

Magnus Folten

Agency Lead, WeCreate

Marco Maas

Managing Director & Data Journalist, Datenfreunde

Marina Schakarian

Team coach and digital strategist

Merve Kayikci

Project Manager, SWR X Lab

Michael Petrescu

Managing Director Midflight, BEANS Entertainment

Patrick Schnitzler

Co-Founder, klimaundso

Paula Dieker

Social Host, DIE DA OBEN

Paula Lauterbach

Kommunikationsmanagerin, nextMedia.Hamburg

Robert Kindermann

Management, FLOW media

Saruul Krause-Jentsch

Head of Podcast DACH, Spotify

Wolfgang M. Schmitt

Podcaster

Yannick Franke

AI Team Lead, dpa German Press Agency

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