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TOA is Europe’s Leading Technology Festival. Our mission is to help people future-proof their businesses and their lives.

We believe that technology is transforming the way we work, live and relate: only if you understand technology can you take advantage of the opportunities it creates.

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Conference

150+ thought-leaders from tech, art, and science share their vision on how they see the world evolving. Connect, collaborate and learn from prominent entrepreneurs at the iconic Funkhaus Berlin. Deep dive into the tech ecosystem with inspirational storytelling, interactive panels, workshops, art installations, live music, and so much more…

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Satellite Events

Satellite Events allow the community to take over the festival and transform Berlin’s creative community into an interactive hub for tech. Visit some of Berlin’s most unique social and startup spaces, and network at memorable meetups, workshops and parties city-wide.

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TOA Partners

We empower companies to think differently, to engage with their audience in brand new ways, and to achieve their goals through immersive events and unforgettable experiences. We’d love to have you on board.

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Open Circle

Open Circle is an intimate program of events taking place between 2-5 July, concurrent to TOA Festival. Chaired by Axel Springer CEO, Mathias Döpfner, it’s a one of a kind experience giving you access to ‘behind the scenes’ events at TOA that are limited to TOA speakers and a select group of changemakers.

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TOA in Numbers

20,000

Attendees

120+

Satellite Events

150+

Speakers

3,800

Founders/ CxOs

4000m²

Exhibition Area

"The SXSW of Europe, only with more Hefeweizen”

TOA19 Speakers

Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk

CTO, Cloud and Enterprise Security

Microsoft

Claire Hughes Johnson

COO

Stripe

Jada Sezer

MODEL & ACTIVIST

Lora Haddock

FOUNDER & CEO

Lora DiCarlo

Erika Cheung

FOUNDER

Ethics in Entrepreneurship

Niklas Östberg

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

Delivery Hero SE

Bruce Linton

FOUNDER

Canopy Growth Corporation

Ben Bradlee Jr.

Journalist & Author

Taavet Hinrikus

CO-FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN

TransferWise

Marc Lesser

FOUNDER & CEO

ZBA Associates LLC

Amber Venz Box

FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

rewardStyle

Danny Lange

Vice President of Artificial Intelligence

Unity Technologies

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Schedule

Day 1

2 July

8:30 am2 am+

Satellite Events 5 pm-till late

Open Circle 6 pm-till late

Day 2

3 July

8:30 am2 am+

Conference 9 am-6 pm

Satellite Events 6 pm-till late

Open Circle 9 am-till late

TOAxNight 6 pm-till late

Day 3

4 July

8:30 am2 am+

Conference 9 am-6 pm

Satellite Events 6 pm-till late

Open Circle 8:30 am-till late

Day 4

5 July

8:30 am2 am+

Satellite Events 9 am-till late

Open Circle 12 pm-till late

Haus of Tech

Our TOA Expo hall hosts the world's biggest brands and most disruptive startups. Forget stuffy conference centres, The Haus of Tech is a breathtaking arena where the best minds in technology will meet for two unforgettable days of knowledge exchange and networking. This comes on top of the 55.000m2 of space that is dedicated to the other elements of the TOA Conference.

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Featured Satellite Events

tuesday 17:00-20:00

Climate-KIC Accelerator Innovates for Climate Action: Let’s get Circular

Stimulating the energy and enthusiasm of entrepreneurs to lead the charge with new climate-positive business models is a powerful way to address climate change across sectors and systems. Join us for our event ‘Let’s get Circular’ to explore more about new business models in circular economy. Two Climate-KIC Accelerator startups Suncrafter and cirplus will present how their digital innovations for waste prevention and up-scaling are contributing to circularity. Our startups are working hard to re-define economic growth, understand system waste, […]

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tuesday 18:00-22:00

Fjord Trends 2019

The Fjord Trends are a look at what is ahead in the next 1 – 3 years for the future of business, technology and design. The trends are sourced from Fjordians around the world culminating in a comprehensive view of the business landscape. At Fjord Berlin we are creating an immersive installation that will allow visitors to experience our selected Fjord Trends. We have focused each point of the trends into one point so that the visitors will experience and […]

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wednesday 19:00-22:00

AI and Play: The Future of Creativity

This event will take a look at recent developments in the broad field of AI and creativity. How does technological advances impact the world of art, music, photography and television? What impact will AI have on the creative life of Berlin? What future do we want to create together, and how ‘human’ does art need to be to feel authentic? We will explore these questions and more through an interactive panel and audience debate, including speakers from the Berlin-based company […]

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friday 08:30-17:30

3rd Annual Machine Intelligence Summit

The 3rd Machine Intelligence Summit will explore the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence & Deep Learning from the world’s leading experts from industry, research and enterprise, in natural language processing, computer vision, ethics, data security & privacy. More than 500 AI experts and business leaders under one roof to be part of a program addressing real case studies and the most essential and intriguing topics in applied AI.

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friday 19:00-23:00

Food Tech Fuck-up & BBQ

Get to know Food Tech Campus members and hear their stories of utter humiliation, glorious mistakes, and constructive learnings. Meet the team behind the campus and connect with your future colleagues. A light barbecue will be served at Berlin’s No.1 location for founders in food tech.

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friday 19:00-23:00

Made for Womxn By Womxn

Who This event will highlight womxn-made media and products and inspire ambition. It will be open to people* of all ages, experience, genders, and identities.What The majority of this event will be centred around presentations and panel discussion. Allowing speakers to present themselves before the panel discussion is key, as this makes the speakers more accessible to the audience. This accessibility will lead to an enhanced panel discussion with audience questions. We will also speak about the gaps and misrepresentation […]

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friday 21:30-23:59

Meet Wirecard at Spielfeld and Experience the Digital Future

We start the day with a breakfast in our berlin office at Spielfeld Digital Hub. Before the networking breakfast, my colleagues will do a short introduction round and the content part will begin afterwards. There will be a small workshop/informational part about Wirecard, our services for Startups and how we want to shape the payment world in the future with our innovative ideas. Subsequent to that every participant can learn more about our newest innovation showcases in the field of […]

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