Name: Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2026
Start: 2026-06-11T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-06-11T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Festsaal Kreuzberg

Creative Bureaucracy Festival

About Creative Bureaucracy Festival

Administration can be different. That's exactly what the Creative Bureaucracy Festival is about, which takes place once a year in the Festsaal Kreuzberg in Alt-Treptow. Civil servants, politicians, engaged citizens, tech experts, scientists – over 2,000 people from more than 30 countries. The 9th edition takes place on June 11, 2026: around 90 sessions, more than 200 speakers, topics for 2026 include AI in administration, migration, resilience, defense, and cities as innovation labs. The organizer is the Falling Walls Foundation.

Dates 11 Jun — 11 Jun 2026

Venue Berlin (11000)

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Edition 2026

Creative Bureaucracy Festival — edition 2026

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The 9th edition of the Creative Bureaucracy Festival takes place on Thursday, June 11, 2026, at Festsaal Kreuzberg. Doors open at 8:00 AM, program from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, followed by an evening program. Around 90 parallel sessions on several stages, over 200 speakers from more than 30 countries. Organizer: Falling Walls Foundation.

Format as in previous years: parallel stages for keynotes, discussions, workshop rooms for in-depth work. The Impact Stage will be broadcast live. Topics for 2026 include Artificial Intelligence in administration, migration and integration, institutional resilience, defense, and cities as innovation labs.

The complete program overview for 2026 with speaker profiles will be published from spring 2026 on creativebureaucracy.org/festival.

Highlights Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2026

9th edition, over 2,000 on-site participants, more than 200 speakers from 30+ countries, free livestream of the Impact Stage.

Programme Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2026

Thursday, June 11, 2026 — Festsaal Kreuzberg

8:00–9:00 AM — Entry, registration, Coffee & Connect
9:00–11:00 AM — Opening and first keynote round on the Impact Stage
11:00 AM–1:00 PM — Parallel sessions: AI in administration, migration, resilience
1:00–2:00 PM — Networking lunch break
2:00–5:00 PM — Workshops, hands-on rooms, spotlights from 30+ countries
5:00–7:00 PM — Closing keynote and discussion panel on cities as innovation labs
From 7:00 PM — Evening program with live music and reception

The final session list with speaker profiles will be successively published on creativebureaucracy.org/festival. The Impact Stage can be followed live in a free stream.

Prices Creative Bureaucracy Festival 2026

On-site tickets via creativebureaucracy.org/festival. Discounted tickets for public employees, students, and non-profit staff. Livestream of the Impact Stage is free.

Practical information

Practical information — Creative Bureaucracy Festival

Getting there

U1/U3 Schlesisches Tor station, then an 8-minute walk. Bus M29.

Tickets

On-site tickets for all stages via creativebureaucracy.org/festival. Digital participation on the Impact Stage is free via livestream.

What happens here

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival brings together every year in Berlin those who prefer to shape the public sector rather than manage it. The festival originated in 2018 as an offshoot of the Falling Walls program and has developed into the largest international conference on administrative innovation in just a few years. In 2025, over 2,100 participants attended in person, plus more than 2,000 via livestream – record numbers.

The 9th Edition on June 11, 2026

Date: June 11, 2026. Venue: Festsaal Kreuzberg, Am Flutgraben 2, Treptow-Köpenick district, Alt-Treptow neighborhood. Doors open at 8:00 AM, program from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, evening program afterwards. Several stages and workshop rooms, around 90 parallel sessions, over 200 speakers from at least 30 countries.

Topics 2026

The program focuses for 2026 were announced by the Falling Walls Foundation in the areas of Artificial Intelligence in public administration, migration and integration, institutional resilience, defense and security, and cities as innovation labs. The final session list with speaker profiles will be published from spring 2026 on creativebureaucracy.org.

Who attends

The audience is diverse – administrative employees from federal, state, and municipal authorities, program managers from foundations, politics, business, science, activism, the tech world. The digital Impact Stage can be followed free of charge via livestream, making the festival internationally accessible.

Berlin Context

Berlin as the venue is no coincidence: The capital, with its chronic administrative problems, is the ideal laboratory for the discourse on how public institutions could function better. Berlin, State of Berlin.