All of our stages feature outstanding speakers, networking opportunities, and special local offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We will be presenting the festival’s main stage in Berlin<\/strong>. There you can expect to see national and international experts as well as contributions from our community. The stage in Berlin will take place on 22 and 23 June 2026. The programme is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m. on 22 June and end at 5:30 p.m. on 23 June. On the evening of 23 June, there will be a reception to which all participants are invited. Location:<\/strong> Festsaal Kreuzberg, Am Flutgraben 2, 12435 Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Innovative learning takes centre stage at NRW:Stage in Essen<\/strong>. The focus is on current approaches and developments in digital teaching, accessibility and the teaching and learning methods of the future. In addition to the stage programme, NRW:Stage offers a wide range of opportunities for networking and exchange. The Digitale Barrierefreiheit.nrw network meeting will also take place as part of the partner stage. The NRW:Stage is organised by ORCA.nrw<\/a>, the networks hdw nrw and Hochschuldidaktik NRW, KI:edu.nrw, Moodle.nrw and ILIAS.nrw, as well as the Kompetenzzentrum Digitale Barrierefreiheit.nrw and the digiLL university network. The stage will take place on 22 June 2026. Location: Unperfekthaus, Friedrich-Ebert-Stra\u00dfe 18-20, 45127 Essen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learning and teaching\u2014as an ideal, a subject of research, an established practice, and sometimes even a dystopia. The Future-Tech:Stage in Braunschweig<\/strong> focuses on emerging technologies and the question of how they are transforming learning spaces, exam formats, and university culture. The Technical University of Braunschweig<\/a> explores the topic from various perspectives: technical and pedagogical, but also strategic and human. In addition to the content-related aspects, the venue offers numerous opportunities to network both within and outside the program and to foster inter-university dialogue. The Future-Tech:Stage is organized by the Emerging Tech Lab<\/a>, a subproject of the Digital Teaching Hub Lower Saxony, with the participation of TU Braunschweig, Leuphana University L\u00fcneburg, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, the University of Hildesheim, the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute, and the Stifterverband. In addition, the Media Lab <\/a>offers a second in-person stage with the Media Lab:Stage and focuses, among other things, on the topic of virtual learning spaces. The Future-Tech:Stage and Media Lab:Stage will take place on June 23, 2026, in the old building of the Technical University of Braunschweig (Pockelsstra\u00dfe 4, 38106 Braunschweig).<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the partner stage in Graz<\/strong>, TU Graz<\/a> will discuss the significance of artificial intelligence for universities together with experts, university staff and interested parties. The focus will be on the practical application and impact of AI in research, teaching and administration. The AI:Stage in Graz will take place on 23 June 2026. Location:<\/strong> Ground floor of the building at Stremayrgasse 30, 8010 Graz, Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Nuremberg<\/strong>, the Technische Hochschule<\/a> and the Technische Universit\u00e4t<\/a> are organising the joint partner stage Shifting:Stage<\/strong> for the third time. On 23 June 2026, the stage will offer an exclusive insight into innovative teaching and learning approaches and present the latest research findings. Location: <\/strong>Ohm Innovation Centre, Brucknerstra\u00dfe 11, 90429 Nuremberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At Open for Change:Stage in Hamburg<\/strong>, the University of Hamburg<\/a> and #OERcamp<\/a> are jointly inviting participants to rethink openness as the key to the future of schools and teacher training. The focus is on questions of open attitudes, open practices, and open institutions: How can universities prepare teacher training students for a world in which change is the norm? What role do OER and OEP play in this \u2013 and how can openness be anchored as a professional competence? The stage brings together scientists, practitioners, and interested parties who are jointly seeking ways to make education more courageous, flexible, and collaborative. Short inputs, inspiring perspectives, and space for exchange make the Open for Change Stage a place for inspiration and networking between universities, schools, and the education community. The stage in Hamburg will take place on June 24, 2026. Location: YU GARDEN, Feldbrunnenstra\u00dfe 67, 20148 Hamburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University:Future Festival is a three-day hybrid event and will create five places where participants can come together from 22 – 24 June 2026. 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