Want to use your ideas to shape the future? Then apply now to be a speaker at the mcbw design summit 2026—one of the highlights of munich creative business week. Under the annual theme Playground of Possibilities, we are opening up space for new thinking: How can creativity take shape in a contradictory world?

Amidst uncertainty, we sense that something is changing. A new energy is awakening—the desire to try things out, to think in new ways, and to take responsibility. Not despite, but precisely because of the fractures and ambiguities of our time.

The mcbw design summit 2026 invites you to enter this creative playing field—the Playground of Possibilities: a place where we experiment, stumble, laugh, and start again. Where concepts emerge, ideas take shape, and visions grow.

Share your perspective, inspire others, and become part of a movement that is rethinking design.

Who can participate? 

Designers, creative professionals, entrepreneurs, researchers, students, and anyone who wants to contribute to the annual theme with their work or project can apply.

Your contribution: 

If you have a topic that relates to our annual theme, “Playground of Possibilities”, and can inspire an expert audience and the creative scene in a maximum of 10 minutes, we look forward to receiving your application.