What is the Future of Berlin?

Creative Forces in Urban Landscapes

“Poor but sexy” is one of many cliché catch phrases that describe Berlin. In 2003, when the city’s former mayor Klaus Wowereit came up with the phrase, it still rung true. Berlin was just ...

Deloitte LeaderIn Event

The location of the Deloitte LeadIn Event was an inspiration in itself. BRLO Browhouse is made of four used shipping containers and stylishly designed. As delicious beer and food was passed around ...

Next Stop: Sustainability

DLD Design & Entrepreneurship Tour

After a packed day of inspiring and insightful talks at DLD Berlin, we headed out for a ride through the city with our very own design bus, co-curated by Berlin Partner. The tour was conceived by ...

Signals for the Future

Signals Beer & Sausage Night

A wonderful two days of conference ended with the kind invitation from the signals Team. At their Open Studio launch speakers, attendees of DLD Berlin and the signals network met to while away the ...

Dear Next Bundesregierung

A Digital Agenda for the Coming Coalition

The coalition talks of the next German government are well underway, and one of the hot topics will be its future digital agenda. During the election campaign Angela Merkel repeatedly said that ...

It´s All About Emotion

Commerce and Content Born Online

Digital native retailers disrupt the traditional supply chain of the fashion and lifestyle industry. Direct-to-consumer brands are able to offer high-quality products for lower prices. Online and ...

Food for Thought

Otto Group Media Lunch

Following an engaging talk on the Brave New Customer and the future of retail, Torsten Ahlers, CEO of Otto Group Media, hosted an exclusive lunch for the DLD community, friends and partners in ...

"Colleagues are also competitors”

Business Creativity, Innovation And Friendship

What stimulates creativity and innovation? What is the secret to a successful company? DLD’s very own Steffi Czerny has a unique answer to this question. It’s friendship. Steffi had noticed that a ...

The Email Killer

Key Trends in the Future of Work

One of the highly anticipated panels at DLD Berlin was the talk of Stewart Butterfield and Stefan Winners. The Co-Founder and CEO of Slack and the Member of the Executive Board of Hubert Burda ...

DLD Berlin Speakers´ Dinner

As much as we are on the hunt for the next big thing, the newest trends, the rising stars and the smartest thinkers, we also cherish our traditions. One of our favorites is the “Speakers’ Dinner”: ...

Three is a magic number

Stewart Butterfield is back at DLD. The serial entrepreneur and digital visionary made his début in 2005 at the very first DLD conference together with his then-wife, Caterina Fake, with whom he ...

DLD in the Media

The invitation of DLD and Serpentine Galleries Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist to London, where the annual Serpentine Marathon – a veritable festival of brave ideas – commenced with a DLD ...

Berlin calling!

We are on the final sprint for our first DLD Berlin, premiering on October 26/27, 2017. “I am delighted to be visiting the capital with our international DLD network, friends and partners for the ...