For four days we make the future we want – with the people building it.
Speakers
01 / 06 · Newly confirmed
First space capsules, now engines for heavy-lift rockets: Hélène Huby is on a mission to secure Europe’s future in space. With $680 million raised, can she and The Exploration Company break Europe’s dependence on SpaceX? Get to know her in the new ARD documentary “Ganz nach oben”.
Helene HubyThe Exploration Company
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02 / 06 · Newly confirmed
We're thrilled to have Björn Ommer back in 2027! A professor at LMU Munich, he's one of Europe's leading AI researchers. He knows what scientists are working on right now, which breakthroughs are on the horizon, and where expectations still outpace reality.
Björn OmmerLMU Munich
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03 / 06 · Newly confirmed
Less German Angst, more courage to shape the future! As host of ARD’s AI podcast and “The Peter Thiel Story”, Fritz Espenlaub knows the tech world inside out. In his new book “Das Ende der Welt ist erst der Anfang”, he explores why now might be the perfect time to take our future into our own hands.
Fritz Espenlaubu.a. Der KI-Podcast (ARD)
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04 / 06 · Newly confirmed
What happens when talking to AI feels like talking to another person? Christian Mio Loclair brings together art, technology, and entrepreneurship. With his startup Ojin, he’s building lifelike AI agents that interact with us in real time. How will this change our relationship with machines?
Christian Mio LoclairOjin
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05 / 06 · Newly confirmed
What if AI makes truth less a matter of right or wrong and more a question of probability? In his book “Die wahrscheinliche Wahrheit”, author Mads Pankow explores why we need to rethink truth in the age of AI – and why that might not be such a bad thing after all.
Mads PankowPublizist
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06 / 06 · Newly confirmed
Don't rock the boat, don't take risks: Have we become too cautious? Tobias Haberl, bestselling author and journalist at SZ-Magazin, asks uncomfortable questions in his new book “Mut” (“Courage”). And makes the case for daring more – even when we don't know where the road will lead.
Tobias HaberlAutor
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It happens where the people driving it come together: researchers, founders, artists, engineers – and everyone who wants to know what comes next. On Munich's Museum Island, between keynotes, prototypes, workshops, art and community.
Focus 2027
No technology is changing our work, our lives and our society as fast right now. In 2027, artificial intelligence moves back to the centre of the festival – practical, concrete and first-hand:
Tickets
For you · for many · as a quote first · on invoice · as a gift
Conference on 1 and 2 July 2027 at the Deutsches Museum. The family weekend is free.
Super Early Bird
until 31 December 2026
From 1 January 2027: Early BirdAI Business €399 · Regular €119 · Student €39
From the archive · since 2019
The 2027 line-up is taking shape. Until then, a look back: people who have already stood on our stages.
Björn OmmerLMU Munich
Katalin KarikóNobel laureate
Joscha BachCalifornia Institute for Machine Consciousness
Vitalik ButerinEthereum
Daniel MetzlerIsar Aerospace
Jan GoetzIQM Quantum Computers
Ann-Kristin AchleitnerTU Munich
Herbert DiessInfineon (formerly Volkswagen)
Christian BruchSiemens Energy
Florence GaubNATO Defense College
Maja GöpelEconomist
Harald LeschLMU Munich & ZDF
Ijoma MangoldDIE ZEIT
Chelsea ManningNymtech
Jonathan MeeseArtist… and more than 1,200 others since 2019
The four days
What runs when
Keynotes, panels, workshops, pitches, live shows. Plus networking with people working on the same questions as you.
Thu + Fri · With ticketInteractive exhibition on more than 1,000 m² with VR experiences, tech demos, hands-on prototypes and exhibits between art and science.
All four daysOn the weekend the festival opens up: talks, hands-on workshops, live shows, a street festival on Museum Island – the future for all generations.
Sat + Sun · Free entryThe venue
Not a conventional congress centre, but an iconic building with edges and corners that carries the future in its name. We take it over completely for four days – from the dome to the courtyard.
Who's behind it
1E9 is a startup from Munich: a medium, think tank and community for people exploring technologies and ideas for a better world. All year round we bring them together – at meetups and events, in our magazine, and in direct exchange with innovators and forward thinkers. Once a year, that becomes the Festival der Zukunft. As a member you're part of all of it – and pay 20 % less for the festival.
€75 a year – book it together with your ticket, the discount applies instantly.
The Deutsches Museum is one of the largest science and technology museums in the world – and for more than 120 years a place where technology becomes tangible for everyone. Its “Forum der Zukunft” on Munich's Museum Island gives the festival its home: a space that doesn't exhibit the past but puts the future up for discussion.
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Meetups
Then drop by one of our meetups! Small circle, big topics, pizza and drinks – at the 1E9 office on Museum Island. We also host joint events with the PATHOS theatre. The next dates:
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