University:Future
Festival
Save the Date – University:Future Festival 2026
Mark the date in your calendar now: The University:Future Festival will be back from 22 to 24 June 2026! Further information on the theme, program, and volunteer calls will follow this winter, stay tuned!
The University:Future Festival (U:FF) is the largest event dedicated to the (digital) future of academic education.
As a leading event on digitization in higher education and teaching, it offers guidance, networking, and inspiration. And it is community-oriented and open to everyone! The festival covers a wide range of topics related to AI, architectures, technology, strategy development, skills, didactics, and much more. It is aimed at everyone involved in the present and future of academic education: university staff and students; researchers and politicians; civil society and artists.
The University:Future Festival is a cooperation between Hochschulforum Digitalisierung, Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre and Stifterverband.
Highlights
Stronger presence
The festival includes a physical location in Berlin as well as additional partner stages in the DACH region. This allows us to accommodate up to 1,500 people at once, who can exchange ideas and network.
Community in the center
The community is involved in planning at all times to determine the focus of the content. In addition, various calls provide opportunities to actively contribute to the programme.
Broad and flexible programme
The programme is a colourful bouquet of topics and different formats: from workshops and micro-training courses to classic talks, there is something for everyone.
Recap: U:FF 2025
The fifth edition of the University:Future Festival has taken place from 13-15 May 2025 under the motto /imagine!
This year’s topics included AI, future skills, didactics, and strategy processes. Exciting keynote speakers such as Julia Freudenberg, Christoph Biemann, Lisa Niendorf, Jürgen Geuter, Aya Jaff, Sven Schütt, and the podcast KI-verstehen were represented at U:FF 2025. An overview of all speakers can be found here.
Click here for the programme. For more information about U:FF 2025 and the on-demand programme, please refer to our Recap 2025.
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