Program for
7 July 2027
Main area
10.00
Talk
Kick-off and opening words
A short welcome to open the weekend, introduce the theme, and set the tone for three days of learning, making, talking, and meeting people offline.
Room 310
8 spots left
10.30 - 12.00
Elias Novak
Creative Strategist
10 Signal Studio
Workshop
Not so awkward filming day
Learn how to film yourself for content without becoming a fake internet version of yourself. Simple setups, prompts, framing, and habits for showing up more naturally.
Room 206
10.30 - 12.30
Mary Feld
Printmaker & Founder
Studio Offcut
Workshop
Print Your Own Manifesto Tee
A hands-on silk-screen printing workshop where participants create their own T-shirts using short statements, symbols, slogans, or visual ideas connected to their creative practice.
Explore nearby
12.00 - 13.30
Talk
Lunch time
Time to eat, decompress, compare notes, and meet people outside your own workshop room.
Main area
+ Livestream
14.00 - 15.00
Nina Voss
Founder & Creative Director
GW Office
Talk
Intentionally small, internationally big
A talk about growing from one person to a 10-person team in under a year. And why smaller teams can be better for culture, quality, margins, and long-term sanity.
Main area
+ Livestream
15.30 - 17.30
Jonas Reed
Moderator
+ 5 panelists
Panel
Is AI Killing Creativity - or Just Exposing the Boring Parts?
A moderated panel on whether AI is good, bad, overhyped, misunderstood, useful, dangerous, or simply unavoidable for the creative industry.
Pink Elephant
18.00
Social
Dinner at the Pink Elephant
A relaxed group dinner nearby for continuing conversations from the day.
Green Leaf Restaurant
18.00
Social
Dinner at the Green Leaf Restaurant
A second nearby dinner option for smaller groups, new introductions, and slower conversations.
Program for
8 July 2027
Main area
10.00
Talk
Second day kicks off
A short morning gathering to introduce the day’s sessions, picnic format, and evening plans.
Room 208
10.30 - 12.30
Clara Mendoza
Freelance Finance Educator & Founder
Soft Ledger
Workshop
Money Without the Meltdown
A practical workshop on tracking expenses, understanding your real costs, planning for irregular income, and making better money decisions as a freelancer or independent creative.
Room 312
10.30 - 12.30
Tomas Keller
Design Business Consultant
Studio Margin
Workshop
Price Your Work Without Apologizing
A practical session on pricing creative work, calculating your baseline, building offers, and understanding when low rates are quietly damaging your practice.
Outside
13.00 - 15.30
Talk
Lunch picnic outside
A long outdoor lunch with time to eat, meet people, join informal conversations, and take a proper break from the venue.
Main area
16.00 - 18.00
Designers, critics, and stand-up comics
Panel
Portfolio Roast ‘27
The most anticipated event of the year! A live portfolio critique with useful and not so useful feedback, filled with honest reactions, all with a twist of dark humor.
Mickey's Pub of Many Drinks
19.00
Social
Dinner and drinks at Mickey's
An informal evening meetup for food, drinks, and the kind of conversations that usually start after the program ends.
Program for
9 July 2027
Main area
11.00
Talk
Sunday kick-off
A slower start to the final day with coffee, recaps, and a look at the closing sessions.
Main area
+ Livestream
11.30 - 13.00
Adrian Vale
Consultant
A.V. Consultancy
Talk
Selling Creative Work
A lecture on the business of design, how to shape a strong sales pitch, and how to get your foot in the door with major companies while still building a mobile, independent creative life.
Outside
13.00 - 15.00
Talk
Picnic lunch
A final long lunch for conversations, new contacts, and closing the weekend without rushing people out the door.
Main area
15.00 - 17.00
Julian Hart
Author & Essayist
Talk
The Typewriter Method
A lecture on writing daily with a typewriter, working without AI input, scanning drafts back into a digital workflow, and using friction, noise, and repetition as tools for creative discipline. Includes a process for writing more clearly, more often, and with less dependence on digital prompts.
Main area
17.00
Talk
Closing words
A short closing moment to end the weekend, thank everyone involved, and send people back into their own creative work with new contacts, references, and energy.