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Discover the program for GCES 2026.
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Stage: K6
Keynote
Stage: K6
Policy
Opening Egbert Rühl
Egbert Rühl
Keynote
Stage: K6
Policy
Impulse from Dr Carsten Brosda
Dr Carsten Brosda
Keynote
Stage: K6
Policy
Impulse from Gitta Connemann
Gitta Connemann
Keynote
Stage: K6
Policy
Impulse from Björn Böhning
Björn Böhning
Stage: K6
Policy
Digital Greeting from Wolfram Weimer - Minister of State for Culture and the Media
Wolfram Weimer
Side Program
Stage: K6
LÙISA
LÙISA
Keynote
Stage: K6
Policy
Commerce, Creativity & AI: Why the Cultural & Creative Industries Need to Take a Stand Now
Prof Dieter Gorny
Impulse
Stage: K6
Markets & Capital
Moving Images of Tomorrow: New Technologies & Opportunities in Film
Michelle Müntefering
Panel
Stage: K6
Policy
AI at C-level: Business Models in Transition
Rhys NoelkeProf Dieter GornyHannes JakobsenLarissa PohlTamara Güçlü
Impulse
Stage: K6
Markets & Capital
How AI Assistants Can Scale Your Business
Dominic von ProeckTamara Güçlü
Impulse
Stage: K6
Markets & Capital
AI can do a lot. But AI agents can do more.
Nina Matzat
Impulse
Stage: K6
Markets & Capital
AI Becomes Infrastructure: How FUNKE Empowers Editorial Teams
Dr Paul Elvers
Impulse
Stage: K6
Markets & Capital
From Uncertainty to Growth: AI as a Lever for Solo Freelancers
Jenny Habermehl
Panel
Stage: K6
Markets & Capital
From Workflow to Added Value: AI Models for Press, Advertising & Creators
Jenny HabermehlDr Paul ElversNina MatzatHolger Volland
Keynote
Stage: K6
Policy
Digitally Grown Up: Why We Need to Know What Digitalisation Is – In Order to Change It
Wolf LotterTamara Güçlü
Live-Podcast
Stage: K6
Creative Futures
Live podcast "The Boss"
Simone MenneVirginie Briand
ImpulseInterview
Stage: K6
Policy
Zoom out, Brain! What Creatives Already Feel About AI But Haven't Thought Through Yet
Boris EldagsenTamara Güçlü
Impulse
Stage: K6
Wrap Up: What Are the Take-Aways After the First GCES Day?
Tamara Güçlü
Impulse
Stage: K6
Policy
Human Nature: Was bleibt, wenn Algorithmen Pop entscheiden?
Balbina
Interview
Stage: K6
Impact
Many Roles, One Voice & the Courage to Be Creatively Complex
Miriam DavoudvandiTamara Güçlü
Keynote
Stage: K6
Statement by Nathanael Liminski - Minister for Federal and European Affairs, International Affairs and Media of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and Head of the State Chancellery
Nathanael Liminski
Impulse
Stage: K6
Policy
From Politics to Capital: How Public Funds Leverage Private Creative Investments
Caroline NorburyTamara Güçlü
Impulse
Stage: K6
Policy
Decoding Political Influence: How Social Media is Redefining Political Communication
Maurice van gen Hassend
Panel
Stage: K6
From Content to Community: Creator Economy Between Entrepreneurship & Democratic Responsibility
Fabian GrischkatMaurice van gen HassendPeter HoffmannPaula Lauterbach
Impulse
Stage: K6
Policy
Who owns the attention and how freely do we really decide online?
Charlotte Freihse
Panel
Stage: K6
Policy
Made in Europe: The Data Room as a Tailwind for AI & Creatives
Dr Florian HarmsMax HaarichMartin AndreeDr Nikolas HillTamara Güçlü
Panel
Stage: K6
Policy
The Creative Shift: Transformation, AI & Political Responsibility for the Creative Industries
Daniel KnöllJörn FreynickOlaf ZimmermannProf Lena FalkenhagenTamara Güçlü
Interview
Stage: K6
Policy
AI Between Awakening and Fear: An Assessment of the Situation
Prof Nico HofmannTamara Güçlü
Impulse
Stage: K6
Wrap-up: Where Do We Stand After Two Days of GCES?
Tamara Güçlü
Stage: K4
Networking
Stage: K4
Creative Futures
Let's match! Networking & exchange on the future of the creative industries
Dr Anna HeugelChristina SchentenMiriam AbadaMarc BehlauLaura Rohloff
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Creative Futures
MAIA & CyberLÄND: How 3D Avatars Connect Community, Content & Business
Dr Frank Dürr
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Creative Futures
Cross Innovation Made In Saxony
Christian RostClaudia MuntschickHenrike Terheyden
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Creative Futures
blank spaces: The conference festival from Mönchengladbach
Clemens Brück
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Creative Futures
Future Lab Germany: How Cities, AI & Creativity Open Up New Spaces
Dr Frank DürrKatharina PelkaProf Benjamin ZierockClemens BrückClaudia MuntschickHenrike TerheydenChristian RostKübra Sekin
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Creative Futures
Cities as Sandboxes of the Future: Learning from "Test in Heidelberg"
Katharina PelkaProf Benjamin Zierock
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Markets & Capital
KfW Innovation Promotion for SMEs
Anja Bukowski
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Markets & Capital
Funding Futures: Financing That Makes Creative Ideas Possible
Jakob JochmannSilvia TaschnerHelene BerlingAnja BukowskiKübra Sekin
NetworkingCase
Stage: K4
Markets & Capital
Financing Advice for Creative Start-ups
Silvia TaschnerHelene Berling
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Markets & Capital
Instructions for Decentralized Escalation: Underdog Expertise as a Driver for Innovation
Jakob Jochmann
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Markets & Capital
Creative Connections: How International Networks Open Up New Perspectives
Noémie NjangiruJudith SchuldeDr Ruth SchaldachSabrina FleischerNathan HaydukNico Degenkolb
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Markets & Capital
Quantum, Art & Culture That Moves Europe: Projects from the Goethe-Institut
Noémie NjangiruJudith SchuldeNico Degenkolb
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Markets & Capital
Creative Go Global: EU Funding Made Easy
Dr Ruth SchaldachSabrina Fleischer
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Markets & Capital
Creative Bureaucracy: How Creative Administrations Create New Solutions Worldwide
Bernd Fesel
CaseNetworking
Stage: K4
Markets & Capital
From Network to Impact: How kreativland.tirol Unleashes Creative Potential
Gerald Windisch
Stage: K2
Impulse
Stage: K2
Policy
Beyond Mediocrity: Creativity as a Responsibility in the Age of AI
Dr Dorothea Winter
Panel
Stage: K2
Policy
AI & Ethics: Responsibility in the Digital Transformation
Eric BartolettiDr Dorothea WinterFlorian ScheibleMaike ScholzDaniel Anibal Bröckerhoff
Panel
Stage: K2
Policy
Truth in the Feed: Journalism Between Platform Logic, AI & Education
Gregor SchmalzriedSvea EckertVera BauerDaniel Anibal Bröckerhoff
Impulse
Stage: K2
Policy
AI, Creativity, Dependencies: What Geopolitics Means for the Industry
Prof Dr Daniel Mügge
Impulse
Stage: K2
Policy
Technological Developments & Their Impact on Creative Processes
Svetlana Jakel
Impulse
Stage: K2
Policy
Unsovereign! Europe's Approach to Art, Culture & Creativity
Matthias HornschuhDaniel Anibal Bröckerhoff
Panel
Stage: K2
Policy
AI, Copyright, Business: Who Owns Creativity in the New AI Age?
Michael DuderstädtDr Sebastian RengshausenAnne KaiserSaralisa VolmKatharina Uppenbrink
Case
Stage: K2
Markets & Capital
Reinventing Manufacturing Through XR-Based Skill Transfer and AI
Osamu Oji
Case
Stage: K2
Markets & Capital
Interactive Audio Formats: New Opportunities for Publishers, Games & Brands
Christian Mahnke
ImpulseQ&A
Stage: K2
Impact
Business Value Meets Impact: Four AI Impulses & Joint Q&A
Said HaiderSophie DobrigkeitJudith AugustinClaudia S. FriedrichZamina AhmadTimo WietzkeNiki De SchryverDaniel Anibal Bröckerhoff
Impulse
Stage: K2
Impact
AI Can Do Everything – But for Whom?
Zamina Ahmad
ImpulseQ&A
Stage: K2
Impact
Shaping Inclusion with AI: Social Added Value Meets Business Value
Claudia S. FriedrichTimo Wietzke
Impulse
Stage: K2
Impact
Social impact with AI: What companies learn from a case of affected person support
Said Haider
Impulse
Stage: K2
Impact
Women in Design – Where Are We Now? Gender Equality in the Creative Industries
Sophie DobrigkeitJudith Augustin
Impulse
Stage: K2
Impact
AI, Data & the Creative Economy: How Fashion Is Using Digital Tools to Drive Real-World Sustainability
Niki De Schryver
Impulse
Stage: K2
Policy
Cultural & Creative industries as the Infrastructure of a "Place-based Economy"
Dr Peter Kurz
Impulse
Stage: K2
Policy
Creativity as the Infrastructure of the Future
Dr Matthias RauchDr Bastian LangeDaniel Anibal Bröckerhoff
Panel
Stage: K2
Policy
What Supports the Future? Creativity Between Politics, Practice & Perspective
Dr Peter KurzDr Bastian LangeDr Matthias Rauch
Panel
Stage: K2
Markets & Capital
Bye-bye Car Park? How New Mobility is Making Our Cities More Liveable
Dr Anjes TjarksDr Kirsten MatheusFrank HansenProf Dr Stefanie BremerDaniel Anibal Bröckerhoff
Panel
Stage: K2
Markets & Capital
Financing 4.0: AI, Digital Markets & New Monetization Strategies
Aissu DialloKerstin GoldMathis NitschkeDaniel Anibal Bröckerhoff
Interview
Stage: K2
Creative Futures
Young Talent vs. AI: How Young Creatives are Changing Agencies Today
Nina KirstJonas Kratz
Stage: P1
Side Program
Stage: P1
Anti-fascist Bouncy Castle
Frieder Bohaumilitzky
Workshop
Stage: P1
Creative Futures
Analogue Focused: The Best of the Bullet Journal® Method
Kerstin Schiemenz
Workshop
Stage: P1
Creative Futures
What Comes After the Prompt? – How AI Becomes Part of Your Team
Carena BarkowStefanie Bilen
Workshop
Stage: P1
Policy
From Bad Voice messages to Grandiose Visions of the Future: An AI-Powered Reflection on the Futures of the Cultural & Creative Industries
Lore KurtzChristoph Brosius
Workshop
Stage: P1
Creative Futures
Decoding AI - Artificial intelligence in Content Production
Martin Schlösser
Side Program
Stage: P1
Community Playground: Creative Business Pingpong
Jonas Johne
Workshop
Stage: P1
Creative Futures
When the Bridge Wobbles: Resilience Kit for Cross Innovation
Mira Kleinemore speakers will be announced soon
Workshop
Stage: P1
Creative Futures
Disruptive Product Innovations: Shaping Tomorrow with Design Futuring
Marc BehlauKathlen Jost
Side Program
Stage: P1
Anti-fascist Bouncy Castle
Frieder Bohaumilitzky
Workshop
Stage: P1
Policy
Creative Economic Policy: Shaping a New Narrative
Dr Bastian LangeDr Matthias RauchDr Peter Kurz
Workshop
Stage: P1
Markets & Capital
Content Production in the Age of AI: Between Variance, Differentiation & Humanity
Armin NoackDario Mohtachem
Side Program
Stage: P1
Community Playground: Creative Business Pingpong
Jonas Johne
Stage: Foyer
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
Interactive AI Poetry: Poetic Visual Worlds in Real Time
Reno Mezger
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
THE CREATIVE LÄND VR Portal with AI Avatar MAIA
Katja Schurr
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
The Rug Project – United Threads
Mona Steinhäußer
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
COLLIMBO. Collaborative Artistic Intelligence in Action. A Set of Cards.
Sandra FreygartenDr Lucia Rainer
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
CIRC&LOV circular lounge – Prototypes for Circular Furniture Design Made from Discarded Furniture
Ulrike Acker-ThomsenDaniel Weiss
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
Smart Hans
Max Haarich
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
SHUGI – XR-Based Skill Transfer Platform for the Future of Manufacturing
Osamu Oji
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Policy
Political Advocacy for the Self-employed: Facts Instead of Prejudices
Katharina Mandlinger
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Policy
Introduction to the AI Tool Take-Aw.ai
Rönke von der HeideMichael Schieben
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
Why AI Economies Need Cultural Legitimacy
Detlef Schwarte
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
"DDR Moonbase": AI Entertainment from the Cosmos
Philipp Marius Ladage
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
Beyond Traditional Payments: Blockchain Markets for Creatives Using the Example of worksheer
Kerstin Groh
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Markets & Capital
AI Between Art & Capitalism
Prof Dr Friedrich von Borries
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
AI in Event Marketing: Insights from Scientific Research
Prof Dr Oliver Lohmar
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
People, not AI: Letting Our Unique Shining Proposition Shine
Griselda Welsing
Networking
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
Let's Join Creative Forces! Networking, Music & Drinks
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
Smart Hans
Max Haarich
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
SHUGI – XR-Based Skill Transfer Platform for the Future of Manufacturing
Osamu Oji
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
Interactive AI Poetry: Poetic Visual Worlds in Real Time
Reno Mezger
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
THE CREATIVE LÄND VR Portal with AI Avatar MAIA
Katja Schurr
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
The Rug Project – United Threads
Mona Steinhäußer
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
COLLIMBO. Collaborative Artistic Intelligence in Action. A Set of Cards.
Sandra FreygartenDr Lucia Rainer
Side Program
Stage: Foyer
CIRC&LOV circular lounge – Prototypes for Circular Furniture Design Made from Discarded Furniture
Ulrike Acker-ThomsenDaniel Weiss
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
AI & Future Skills: Further Training in the AI Transformation
Jonas Johne
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
Creative Collaboration with AI: Changing Roles, Processes & Learning Curves
Birgit Gebhardt
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
Learn AI, Strengthen Creativity: International Study Programs at a Glance
Dr Ulrike Müller
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
Virtual Worlds, Förderung und die Distribution von Games & interaktiven Inhalten
Sönke Kirchhof
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Markets & Capital
Innovation Program for Business Models & Pioneering Solutions
Robin von HardenbergJoanna Szlauderbach
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
AI in Gamification & Serious Games: From Prototyping to Rethinking Balancing
Dr Philipp Busch
Impulse
Stage: Foyer
Creative Futures
Was macht eigentlich das Büro nach KI?
Stefan Kiss
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Panel
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Creative Futures
Curating AI: Design & Responsibility in Cultural Institutions
Marion MairDaniela VogelFelix BeckerStefan ScholzeSean Weingarten
Panel
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Impact
IMPACT NOW - From Complaining to Doing
Marianne BullwinkelJudith AugustinSophie DobrigkeitMelanie Hölting-EckertJulia von WinterfeldtPetra Lammers
Keynote
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Creative Futures
Future Collaboration: New Forms of Collaboration for a Complex World
Nina Mönich
Panel
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Creative Futures
Back to Real Life? How Physical Places Are Renegotiated Between Digitality, Staging & Encounters
Dennis BajerMarvin BratkeDara Sepehri
Panel
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Creative Futures
If You Only Optimize, You Lose: How Cross Innovation Determines Competitiveness
Robin BühlmannProf Dr Martin KielChristian WeyersInes RainerEva Schiele-RecknagelSean Weingarten
Filmvorführung
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Creative Futures
Film Screening: Der Unternehmer das Dorf und die Künstler
Panel
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Policy
Creativity in Governance
Svenja Bickert-ApplebyZehra ÖztürkBernd FeselProf. Regina HankeSean Weingarten
Panel
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Creative Futures
Urban Development: How Properties with Creative Uses Can Have an Urban Impact
Bettina SteindlDr Katja WolframmChristopher WeißTina Unruh
Impulse
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Creative Futures
Scaffolding for Transcendence: The Future of Education in an AI Economy
Prof Christoph WeckerleProf Dr Simon Grand
Panel
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Impact
Humor Can Change the World! Why Comedy Is One of the Most Effective Tools for Social Change
Laura Lo ZitoMatthias MatschkeDr Nicole ZabelLars Jessen
Keynote
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Impact
Where Do We Draw the Vertical Line? Technology, Territory, and the Material Cost of Intelligence
David Odiase
Filmvorführung
Stage: Alabama Cinema
Impact
Greetings from Eckart von Hirschhausen // Premiere: Deceptively Real? Deepfakes, Democracy & the Power of Images
Eckart von HirschhausenBjörn StaschenKristin SiebertSean Weingarten
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