DIGITAL
SHAPER SUMMIT
15.04.2026 in Berlin
Empowering
the Next Generation of Tech Leaders
In collaboration with our grant partners:
About the Summit
Empowering the Next Generation of Tech Leaders​
The Digital Shaper Summit is a one-day event dedicated to empowering tech enthusiasts, career-changers, and industry leaders with essential skills and insights to drive digital innovation.
This event is part of an 8-month project co-financed by the European Union to bring digital skills to the next generation of tech leaders.
Through hands-on workshops, keynotes, and networking sessions, the summit connects over 150 ambitious professionals passionate about using technology to shape our world for good.
Recap Digital Shaper Summit 2023
CORE TOPICS
Developing Careers in the Modern Work Era
Essential skills, mindsets, and strategies to thrive in
today’s dynamic work environment, including leadership development and communication skills.
Driving Transformation through Data, AI, & Security
How data, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity reshape industries, enable smarter decision-making, safeguard digital assets, and drive
sustainable growth.
Innovating with Digital Products & Services
Processes and strategies for successful digital product
development, from design thinking to user experience and agile product management.
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?
TALKS & WORKSHOPS
Learn from leading organizations and experts about modern and future work, where your talent will be needed most, which skills you need to develop and how to enable yourself and others to aquire this knowledge.
NETWORKING
Connect with like-minded and inspirational peers, meet innovative companies that hold potential opportunities for you and discover free offerings of NGOs to support your growth journey.
AFTER-PARTY
What is a day full of learnings and new connections without a good after party? Get yourself drinks and snacks, listen to good music and enjoy an evening full of fun, dancing and chatting.
"The vast majority of us here today has no idea of how this technology actually works. What I'm wondering is: how should we, as citizens, be able to make wise political decisions if we do not understand what's possible and what is not. [...] There is now an increasing gap between those who design the change and those who are left behind. Because they lack the skills or the means to adapt. Once again technology races ahead, and education falls behind."
David Middelbeck
TechLabs Co-Founder @ TEDxMünster
ABOUT TECHLABS
The Organization Behind The Digital Shaper Summit
TechLabs is a globally acting non-profit organization led by volunteers that builds and offers free cohort-based learning programs in technology skills (Data Science, Deep Learning, WebDev, UX Design). The concept combines individual online courses, hands-on project work and a social community of passionate learners, mentors and like-minded business partners. Our program is open for every motivated individual.
We dream of a world full of digital shapers. Individuals who use technology to approach the challenges of our time with a digital and entrepreneurial mindset. Together, we want to address the digital skills gap and shape our world for good.
Until today, more than 3,000 passionate learners from more than 60 countries have participated in our program.
EU Project Reference: 2025-1-DE02-KA210-VET-000352493