Name: NUEDIGITAL — Nuremberg Digital Festival 2026
Start: 2026-06-22T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-07-02T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Dezentral in Nürnberg, Erlangen, Fürth und Umgebung

NUEDIGITAL

About NUEDIGITAL

The NUEDIGITAL — Nuremberg Digital Festival is one of Germany's largest technology and innovation festivals, and by far the largest in Southern Germany. Between the end of June and the beginning of July, the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region transforms into an open campus: conferences, workshops, meet-ups, hackathons, and lectures in companies, universities, libraries, and co-working spaces. Topics include AI, cybersecurity, Digital Health, New Work, robotics, and startups. The festival is free and decentralized.

Dates 22 Jun — 02 Jul 2026

Venue Nürnberg (09564)

Prices Free

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

NUEDIGITAL — edition 2026

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The 14th edition of the NUEDIGITAL Nuremberg Digital Festival runs from June 22 to July 2, 2026, under the motto "Recode the Future". Over 240 decentralized events by around 260 partners in Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth, and surrounding areas. Premiere in 2026: the Bavarian Digital Summit is part of the festival for the first time. All events are free; registration per event is required.

The 14th edition of the Nuremberg Digital Festival spans eleven days and ten thematic focuses. Companies, universities, public institutions, initiatives, and individuals from the entire metropolitan region are involved. The main sponsors for 2026 are N-ERGIE AG and Consorsbank.

For the first time in 2026, the Bavarian Digital Summit is directly integrated into the festival — a politically and economically significant step for Middle Franconia as a tech location.

Interested partners could register their own events until April 21, 2026. The complete program went online on April 28, 2026.

Highlights NUEDIGITAL 2026

Bavarian Digital Summit as a festival part for the first time, 240+ events, 260+ partners, 18,000+ participants expected, motto "Recode the Future".

Programme NUEDIGITAL 2026

Ten Thematic Tracks of the 2026 Edition

Data Science & AI
Software Engineering
Security & Digital Sovereignty
Robotics & Smart Industry
New Work and Future Skills
Digital Health
Startups and Entrepreneurship
Cybersecurity
Sustainability and Digitalization
Digital Culture

Festival Highlights 2026

June 22, 2026 — Opening of the 14th Nuremberg Digital Festival
During the festival — Bavarian Digital Summit as a festival premiere
FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg with decentralized university events
Company tours, hackathons, pitches in the Datev, Siemens, Adidas environment
Workshops in co-working spaces in the region
July 2, 2026 — Closing

Event Format

Lectures, workshops, conferences, hackathons, meet-ups, pitches, showcases. Events take place in Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth — on-site, hybrid, or purely digital. Many events are also available in English.

Full program and registration per event at nuernberg.digital.

Prices NUEDIGITAL 2026

All festival events are free. A separate registration via the festival website is required for each event; spots per event are often limited.

Practical information

Practical information — NUEDIGITAL

Getting There

Nuremberg is easily accessible via the main train station (ICE stop), the A3, A6, A9 motorways, and Nuremberg Airport. Events are spread throughout the entire metropolitan region; individual addresses will be communicated upon event registration.

Admission

All festival events are free. Registration per event via the festival website is required.

Program

The complete program traditionally goes online about two months before the festival begins — for the 2026 edition, starting April 28, 2026, at nuernberg.digital.

One Festival, Many Venues

The NUEDIGITAL Festival is not anchored to a single central location. Over 240 events are organized by around 260 partners from companies, universities, public institutions, initiatives, and private individuals throughout the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region — spread across Nuremberg, Erlangen, Fürth, and surrounding areas. Over 18,000 participants from Germany and abroad experience together how digitalization is lived in Franconia.

2026 Edition — Recode the Future

In 2026, the 14th edition will run under the motto "Recode the Future". A premiere: for the first time, the Bavarian Digital Summit is part of the festival — a significant step for Franconia's digital visibility at the Bavarian state level. The main sponsors for this edition are N-ERGIE AG and Consorsbank.

The Ten Thematic Tracks

Data Science & AI
Software Engineering
Security & Digital Sovereignty
Robotics & Smart Industry
New Work and Future Skills
Digital Health
Startups and Entrepreneurship
Cybersecurity
Sustainability and Digitalization
Digital Culture

Who Organizes What

FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg is one of the festival's pillars. Chairs, student groups, and individual researchers register their own events — lectures, workshops, showcases, pitches. Companies like Datev, Siemens, and Adidas also shape the program, as do co-working spaces, startups, libraries, and cultural institutions.

Why It's Free

NUEDIGITAL is organized as a non-profit and is free for visitors. Those who wish to attend an event must register in advance via the festival website — most events have limited capacity.