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Explore the FORM / FUTURE 2026 program with keynotes, panels and sessions on design, business, technology and society across English and German conference formats. The conference will take place on September 10, 2026, at the former Tempelhof Airport Berlin (THF).

The FORM / FUTURE 2026 program is set. On this page, we are currently sharing a selection of sessions and participating speakers, with more to be revealed over the coming days and weeks. Stay tuned as we gradually unveil the full conference schedule.

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Stage Two — RESTAURANT
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08:45 — 09:30
OPENING: 20 Years UNESCO City of Design Berlin [EN]
Michael Biel, Dr. Stefan Franzke
09:30 — 10:00
Transforming Design [EN]
Alice Rawsthorn
10:00 — 10:30
Design & Business
I FEEL SPACE — The Art of Resonance; Spatial Experience in Hospitality [EN]
Joana Dickinson, Philipp Kirnbauer, Bettina Böhm and Teerapat Amnueypornsakul, Mario Weck, Felipe Sánchez Luna, Jessica McGowan
10:00 — 11:30
From Post-Wall to Berlin 2030+: Re-designing Berlin for a Decade of Big Events [DE]
Sylvia Schenk, Daniel-Jan Girl, Myriam Sztayn, Alexander Gutzmer
10:45 — 11:45
Policy & Society
Digital Atlas for Political Processes [DE]
Frederik Kampe, Jule Helene Leinpinsel
11:30 — 12:30
Policy & Society
The City Feels: Emotion, Art, and What Makes Urban Spaces Work [EN]
Dr. Corinna Kühnapfel, Dr. Nicole Ruta
11:45 — 12:15
Policy & Society
City as a Process: Insights from the UNESCO City of Design Network and Thoughts about Berlin [EN]
Dr. Corinna Kühnapfel, Dr. Nicole Ruta, Alina Rathke, Saskia Wheeler
12:15 — 13:00
Design for Planet
Critical Design Thinking [EN]
Prof. Dr. Felix Kosok
12:30 — 13:00
Lunch Break + SenSen Creative Sensing Experience
Tim Heiler, Caroline McMillan
13:00 — 14:00
Design for Planet
From Paralysis to Possibility: Why Design Is the Most Powerful Future Technology We Have [EN]
Dr. Nicole Zabel-Wasmuth
14:00 — 14:30
Policy & Society
Open Source as Requirement for Digitally Sovereign Products [EN]
Frank Karlitschek
14:00 — 14:30
Design & Business
Design is a Leadership Decision: How Design Governance Creates Organisational Value [EN]
Claudia Friedrich
14:30 — 14:45
Policy & Society
Designing the Rules We Live By — PublicLegalDesign in Times of Crisis [EN]
Rojda Tosun
14:30 — 14:45
Design & Business
Rethinking the Value of Design in an AI-Native Business [EN]
Robin Auer, Andrea Goebel, Lucas Pinheiro Teixeira, Paula Kühn, Julian Dorn
14:45 — 15:30
Policy & Society
Becoming More Robust, Strengthening Resilience [EN]
Thomas Rütting
14:45 — 15:15
Design & Business
Why the Future Needs Designers Everywhere but the Design Team [EN]
15:15 — 15:45
Design for Planet
Rail Sounds Truly Sustainable. But It’s not Quite That Simple. [EN]
Christian Harbeke
15:30 — 15:45
Design for Planet
Resilience & Circular Economy: How Design is Shaped by Geopolitics and Becomes a Core Asset for Resilience [EN]
Susanna Minato-Torkler, Christian Harbeke, Marius Pohl, Frederike Kintscher-Schmidt, Dr. Daniel Senff
15:45 — 16:30
Design & Business
The Age of Sameness — Branding for Humans & Machines [EN]
Nicole Kuderer
15:45 — 16:00
Design & Business
Dialog Beyond Disciplines: Rethinking Design for Societal Challenges [EN]
Corinna Gratzl
16:00 — 16:30
Policy & Society
Brand as Culture: Designing Paris 2024 Games [EN]
Anaïs Guillemané Mootoosamy
16:30 — 17:00
Design & Business
Astronaut Experience: Designing Critical Infrastructure for Humans in Space [EN]
Evgeny Onutchin
16:30 — 16:45
Design & Business
Life Teach Us [EN]
Ludwig Thiede, Emily Eichenlaub
16:45 — 17:00
Policy & Society
Whose City Is It Anyway? — City Branding as a Cultural Design Process [EN]
Anaïs Guillemané Mootoosamy, Dr. Stefan Franzke, Maximilian Mauracher, Lilly Amelie Meinert, Anne Kaiser
17:00 — 18:00
Design for Planet
Design Education, AI and Learning for Jobs We Don’t Yet Know [EN]
Ludwig Thiede, Lars Boettger, Manja Unger-Büttner, Victoria Ringleb
17:00 — 17:45

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