Hamburg Collaboration Meeting 26

As has become our end-of-year tradition, we're back in Hamburg on Thursday, November 26 for our annual collaboration meeting — an afternoon and evening of learning, sharing and wrapping up the year together with peers from across Europe.

The format stays simple: a series of short talks and open discussion with moderrn leaders, followed by an informal get-together once the sessions wrap up. Enterprise teams, public-sector leaders, product companies and agencies in one room, comparing notes on what's working and what isn't.

As Janus Boye put it after last year's meeting:

“The result felt less like an event and more like an inspirational working session with friends.”

Speakers

This is not the final list of speakers. We'll update this page as more speakers are confirmed.

Interested in becoming a speaker? Fill out this brief form to start the conversation.

Program

The program is still taking shape, so check back as speakers and sessions are confirmed. Expect an afternoon of short, practical talks from digital leaders, followed by time to connect with peers over a dinner.

15:00 - 18:00 The sessions

We'll gather at Monday Consulting for an afternoon of lightning talks, around 10 minutes each, from digital leaders on the shifts we're all navigating. Last year that meant everything from agentic AI and accessibility to open source in public administration and the design of gingerbread things. Expect a similar spirit: short, practical and open to discussion.

Have a topic you'd like to share? Feel free to send us your suggestions.

18:00 - onwards Informal get-together & dinner

Around 18:00 we'll change location and head to an informal dinner nearby. No agenda for this part, just good food, a drink, and the conversations that don't fit into a session slot. Venue to be announced.

Host

This year we're hosted by our friends at Monday Consulting, a Hamburg digital agency and long-standing member of our community. The team builds CMS and digital experience platforms for large companies from the insurance and banking sectors, for example. They're CoreMedia, FirstSpirit and Optimizely system partners, offer verified AI consulting and development, and have a focus on accessibility. Their subsidiary Formcentric offers a powerful form management solution for digital processes.

The sessions take place at their office at Schaartor 1, 20459 Hamburg, in the heart of the city, a short walk from Baumwall U-Bahn or Stadthausbrücke S-Bahn station.

What to expect

It's a full afternoon of sessions bringing together digital leaders from enterprise, public sector, product companies and agencies to share experiences and learn from each other.

Last year, our host Klaas Klaassen from adesso DX opened with a whiteboard exercise on what we'd established, what we'd tackle next, and which attitude would carry us there. Marc Schneider from Cognigy gave a clear-eyed reality check on agentic AI, Vladimir Schneider from SAP asked whether UX will thrive or fade in the age of AI, and Svenja Wiegemann from the City of Hamburg showed how service design is gaining a seat at the table in public administration — and the day closed with Hertje Brodersen on the design of gingerbread things, followed by live music and dinner.

For a closer look at what these afternoons are like, read our recaps from previous years:

• Hamburg 2025 collab meeting: designing for humans, agents and everything in between

• What did we learn in 2024? - from our 2024 end-of-year meeting

• What might 2024 bring? - from our 2023 end-of-year meeting

Apply for a seat

The Hamburg collab meeting is free of charge for members and friends of Boye & Company. Places are limited, so we recommend signing up early. We do curate the room to create the best experience and preference is given to members, friends and those participating for the first time.
We're usually happy for you to bring along colleagues or friends who'd enjoy it, so feel free to forward them this page and ask them to apply below.