Work Culture Festival 2026: Book Signing with Angelique Kerber, Photo: © Leading Minds
Oct 29 12:00 Hall 6, Specials

Book Signing with Angelique Kerber

Following the session, Angelique Kerber will be signing her book, “Eine Frage des Willens. Mein Weg nach oben”, and look forward to meeting attendees in person at the Board Stage in Hall 6.

Photo: © Leading Minds

Presentation language: German

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Board Stage

Zoomer Meets Boomer: Leadership That Connects
Director Strategy Agentic AI at Plan.Net Agentic AI Senior Vice President at EGYM Wellpass Entrepreneur, Consultant, Trainer & Coach
Fairness and Team Spirit: Values in Elite Sports and the Workplace
Former Tennis World No. 1 & Three-Time Grand Slam Champion Founder & Publisher of STRIVE Magazine
Designed to Feel: Neurodiversity, Sensory Experience and the New Workplace
Director at Universal Design Studio
"Cooking Is Like Music": What Businesses Can Learn from Fine Dining
Chef & Entrepreneur
What Happens When a Doctor and an Entrepreneur Come Together to Rethink the Future of Healthcare? (live podcast)
Physician and Entrepreneur Futurist for Culture and Innovation
UNSUCK HR: How to Transform HR from a Cost Center into a Profit Center
Founder & Publisher of STRIVE Magazine Pilot & Founder of WeOne Moderator Chief People Officer at HRS Group
Why the Human Element Makes the Difference in a Digital World
Managing Director at Europäischer Hof Heidelberg Editor-in-Chief at Harvard Business manager
“Cover Women” – Gesine Braun and Laura Kienbaum Talk About the World of Work Behind the Cover Stories
Founder of loop_creating places Editor-in-Chief at Harvard Business manager

Next Stage

Architonic Design Minds at Work: Benedetta Tagliabue
Architect & Co-Founder of EMBT Architect
Physical AI: The Impact of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence on the Future of Work
Manager at Drees & Sommer Managing Director of macom and Associate Partner at Drees & Sommer
Social Thinking About Space: From Office to Connection
Engaged Scholar at the Future of Work Lab at the University of Konstanz Researcher at Dresden University of Technology
RESI Rocks: Sustainable Architecture Meets a New Work Culture
Partner at Alpha IC GmbH Partner at Alpha IC GmbH
Less Space, More Value: Why the Future of the Office Isn’t Decided by Square Metres
Associate Partner at Drees & Sommer Architect and Associate Partner at Drees & Sommer Head of Department Workplace Transformation at Munich Re Senior Team Lead at European Central Bank
The Office as a Playful Arena: What Spaces, Realities, and Shared Experiences Do We Need to Improve Together with AI?
Trend expert and futurologist Head of last by schachermayer
Beyond Green Buildings: Redefining Workplace Sustainability in the Age of the AI
Global Design Strategy Lead at JLL
Workplace as Strategy: Designing Organisations, Not Just Offices
Global Design Strategy Lead at JLL Co-Founder & Principal of Studio O+A Global Head of Workplace at Siemens Healthineers

Academy

Health Management in Practice (Workshop)
Senior Sales Manager Corporate Health at EGYM Wellpass
Beyond ChatGPT: When AI Becomes Physical (Workshop)
Manager at Drees & Sommer Managing Director of macom and Associate Partner at Drees & Sommer
R-evolve Update: The Digital Product Passport
Sustainability Expert & Head of European Level Environmental Law Specialist Product Technical Director at Grupo Forma 5 Managing Director of Integrated Worlds GmbH and Initiator of the Furniture-X Initiative
From Square Metres to Added Value: Identifying, Evaluating and Implementing Efficiency Levers for Office Space (Workshop)
Associate Partner at Drees & Sommer Architect and Associate Partner at Drees & Sommer
Unlocking More Value from Existing Assets: How Digital Transparency and Reuse Are Transforming the Office Industry
Co-Founder of newen - powered by IBA CEO of seventhings

Specials

Book Signing with Michael Trautmann & Oskar Trautmann
Director Strategy Agentic AI at Plan.Net Agentic AI Entrepreneur, Consultant, Trainer & Coach
Book Signing with Angelique Kerber
Former Tennis World No. 1 & Three-Time Grand Slam Champion
Book Signing with Cornelia Poletto
Chef & Entrepreneur
Book Signing with Dr. Laura Kienbaum
Founder of loop_creating places
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Michael Trautmann, Oskar Trautmann & Johannes Füß

Zoomer Meets Boomer: Leadership That Connects

Angelique Kerber

Fairness and Team Spirit: Values in Elite Sports and the Workplace

Carly Sweeney

Designed to Feel: Neurodiversity, Sensory Experience and the New Workplace

Cornelia Poletto

"Cooking Is Like Music": What Businesses Can Learn from Fine Dining

Toan Nguyen & Dr Anne Latz

What Happens When a Doctor and an Entrepreneur Come Together to Rethink the Future of Healthcare? (live podcast)

Katharina Wolff, Alexandra Barth, Dr Tanja Becker and Alissa Stein (Moderation)

UNSUCK HR: How to Transform HR from a Cost Center into a Profit Center

Dr Caroline von Kretschmann

Why the Human Element Makes the Difference in a Digital World

Dr. Laura Kienbaum & Gesine Braun

“Cover Women” – Gesine Braun and Laura Kienbaum Talk About the World of Work Behind the Cover Stories

Benedetta Tagliabue

Architonic Design Minds at Work: Benedetta Tagliabue

Jörn Lehmann & Oliver Mack

Physical AI: The Impact of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence on the Future of Work

Amelie Marie Fischer & Dr Ann-Sophie Lauterbach

Social Thinking About Space: From Office to Connection

Andrea Schmidt & Daniela Merkenich

RESI Rocks: Sustainable Architecture Meets a New Work Culture

Bernd Fisel, Andreas Stieglbauer, Maximilian Schumacher & Alice Wildhack 

Less Space, More Value: Why the Future of the Office Isn’t Decided by Square Metres

Birgit Gebhardt & Winni Ransmayr

The Office as a Playful Arena: What Spaces, Realities, and Shared Experiences Do We Need to Improve Together with AI?

Dr Guzmán de Yarza Blache

Beyond Green Buildings: Redefining Workplace Sustainability in the Age of the AI

Dr Guzmán de Yarza Blache, Primo Orpilla, Alina Rehorst

Workplace as Strategy: Designing Organisations, Not Just Offices

Rebecca Schnelle

Health Management in Practice (Workshop)

Jörn Lehmann & Oliver Mack

Beyond ChatGPT: When AI Becomes Physical (Workshop)

Dr Martin Führ, Klaus Bröhl, Álvaro López Arroyo, Volker Weßels (Moderator)

R-evolve Update: The Digital Product Passport

Bernd Fisel & Andreas Stieglbauer

From Square Metres to Added Value: Identifying, Evaluating and Implementing Efficiency Levers for Office Space (Workshop)

Philipp Dicke & Michael Lehnert

Unlocking More Value from Existing Assets: How Digital Transparency and Reuse Are Transforming the Office Industry

Michael Trautmann & Oskar Trautmann

Book Signing with Michael Trautmann & Oskar Trautmann

Angelique Kerber

Book Signing with Angelique Kerber

Cornelia Poletto

Book Signing with Cornelia Poletto

Dr. Laura Kienbaum

Book Signing with Dr. Laura Kienbaum

Zoomer Meets Boomer: Leadership That Connects

Michael Trautmann, Oskar Trautmann & Johannes Füß

Work Culture Festival 2026: Title, Photo: © Johannes Füß, Oskar Trautmann, Michael Trautmann
Oct 29 10:30

Architonic Design Minds at Work: Benedetta Tagliabue

Benedetta Tagliabue

Work Culture Festival 2026: Architonic Design Minds at Work: Benedetta Tagliabue, Foto: © Sergi Alcazar BNhigh
Oct 29 10:45

Fairness and Team Spirit: Values in Elite Sports and the Workplace

Angelique Kerber

Oct 29 11:15

Health Management in Practice (Workshop)

Rebecca Schnelle

Work Culture Festival 2026: Health Management in Practice, Foto: © Rebecca Schnelle
Oct 29 11:15

Book Signing with Michael Trautmann & Oskar Trautmann

Michael Trautmann & Oskar Trautmann

Work Culture Festival 2026: Book Signing with Michael Trautmann & Oskar Trautmann, Photo: © Michael Trautmann & Oskar Trautmann
Oct 29 11:15

Physical AI: The Impact of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence on the Future of Work

Jörn Lehmann & Oliver Mack

Work Culture Festival 2026: Physical AI: The Impact of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence on the Future of Work, Photo: © Drees & Sommer
Oct 29 11:30

Book Signing with Angelique Kerber

Angelique Kerber

Work Culture Festival 2026: Book Signing with Angelique Kerber, Photo: © Leading Minds
Oct 29 12:00

Designed to Feel: Neurodiversity, Sensory Experience and the New Workplace

Carly Sweeney

Work Culture Festival 2026: Designed to Feel: Neurodiversity, Sensory Experience and the New Workplace, Foto: © Carly Sweeney
Oct 29 12:00

Social Thinking About Space: From Office to Connection

Amelie Marie Fischer & Dr Ann-Sophie Lauterbach

Work Culture Festival 2026: Soziales Raumdenken: Vom Büro zur Begegnung, Photo: © Amelie Marie Fischer & Dr Ann-Sophie Lauterbach
Oct 29 12:15

Beyond ChatGPT: When AI Becomes Physical (Workshop)

Jörn Lehmann & Oliver Mack

Work Culture Festival 2026: Beyond ChatGPT: When AI Becomes Physical (Workshop), Photo: © Drees & Sommer
Oct 29 12:30

"Cooking Is Like Music": What Businesses Can Learn from Fine Dining

Cornelia Poletto

Work Culture Festival 2026: Cooking is like music, Photo: © Melanie Dreysse
Oct 29 12:45

RESI Rocks: Sustainable Architecture Meets a New Work Culture

Andrea Schmidt & Daniela Merkenich

Work Culture Festival 2026: RESI Rocks: Sustainable Architecture Meets a New Work Culture, Photo: © Karolina Parot
Oct 29 13:00

What Happens When a Doctor and an Entrepreneur Come Together to Rethink the Future of Healthcare? (live podcast)

Toan Nguyen & Dr Anne Latz

Work Culture Festival 2026: What Happens When a Doctor and an Entrepreneur Come Together to Rethink the Future of Healthcare?, Photo: © Leading Minds
Oct 29 13:30

Book Signing with Cornelia Poletto

Cornelia Poletto

Work Culture Festival 2026: Book Signing with Cornelia Poletto, Photo: © Melanie Dreysse
Oct 29 13:30

R-evolve Update: The Digital Product Passport

Dr Martin Führ, Klaus Bröhl, Álvaro López Arroyo, Volker Weßels (Moderator)

Work Culture Festival 2026: R-evolve Update: The Digital Product Passport, Foto: © iStock, ismagilov
Oct 29 13:45

Less Space, More Value: Why the Future of the Office Isn’t Decided by Square Metres

Bernd Fisel, Andreas Stieglbauer, Maximilian Schumacher & Alice Wildhack 

Work Culture Festival 2026: Less Space, More Value: Why the Future of the Office Isn’t Decided by Square Metres, Photo: © Drees & Sommer, Maximilian Schumacher, Alice Wildhack, Drees & Sommer
Oct 29 13:45

UNSUCK HR: How to Transform HR from a Cost Center into a Profit Center

Katharina Wolff, Alexandra Barth, Dr Tanja Becker and Alissa Stein (Moderation)

Work Culture Festival 2026: UNSUCK HR: Wie man HR vom Cost zum Profit Center entwickelt, Fotos: © Katharina Wolff, Dominik Pfau, Dr. Tanja Becker, Alexandra Barth
Oct 29 14:15

The Office as a Playful Arena: What Spaces, Realities, and Shared Experiences Do We Need to Improve Together with AI?

Birgit Gebhardt & Winni Ransmayr

Work Culture Festival 2026: SIMULATE – The Office as a Playful Arena, Photo: © Birgit Gebhardt
Oct 29 14:30

Why the Human Element Makes the Difference in a Digital World

Dr Caroline von Kretschmann

Work Culture Festival 2026: Why the Human Element Makes the Difference in a Digital World, Photo: © Leading Minds
Oct 29 15:00

From Square Metres to Added Value: Identifying, Evaluating and Implementing Efficiency Levers for Office Space (Workshop)

Bernd Fisel & Andreas Stieglbauer

Work Culture Festival 2026: From Square Metres to Added Value: Identifying, Evaluating and Implementing Efficiency Levers for Office Space (Workshop), Photo: © Drees & Sommer
Oct 29 15:00

Beyond Green Buildings: Redefining Workplace Sustainability in the Age of the AI

Dr Guzmán de Yarza Blache

Work Culture Festival 2026: Redefining Workplace Sustainability in the Age of the AI, Photo: © Dr Guzmán de Yarza Blache
Oct 29 15:15

“Cover Women” – Gesine Braun and Laura Kienbaum Talk About the World of Work Behind the Cover Stories

Dr. Laura Kienbaum & Gesine Braun

Work Culture Festival 2026: „Coverwomen
Oct 29 15:45

Workplace as Strategy: Designing Organisations, Not Just Offices

Dr Guzmán de Yarza Blache, Primo Orpilla, Alina Rehorst

Work Culture Festival 2026: Workplace as Strategy: Designing Organisations, Not Just Offices, Photo: © Dr Guzmán de Yarza Blache
Oct 29 16:00

Unlocking More Value from Existing Assets: How Digital Transparency and Reuse Are Transforming the Office Industry

Philipp Dicke & Michael Lehnert

Work Culture Festival 2026: Unlocking More Value from Existing Assets: How Digital Transparency and Reuse Are Transforming the Office Industry, Foto: © Philipp Dicke / Michael Lehnert
Oct 29 16:15

Book Signing with Dr. Laura Kienbaum

Dr. Laura Kienbaum

Work Culture Festival 2026: Book Signing with Dr. Laura Kienbaum, Photo: © Dr. Laura Kienbaum
Oct 29 16:30
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