Calendar-worthy 2025 events and conferences for creatives in Europe.
“Oh but I can never find cool summits to attend, they are always in the US”: me until I went on a deep Sherlock-mode dive on events and conferences I would actually be willing to mark on my calendar. Here is a list of (cool) European events and summits for creatives and entrepreneurs in the digital industry. Let’s go!
Munich Creative Business Week
📍 Location: Munich, Germany
📅 Date: 10-18 May, 2025
Overview: Empowered by bayern design, the mcbw is the biggest design event in Germany and an important meeting point for the national and international creative and design industries. It brings together designers, design enthusiasts, companies, and students from all design-related fields and industries to promote interdisciplinary exchange and make the relevance of design accessible and tangible for everyone. Theme of the year: How to Design a Vibrant Community.
OFFF Barcelona
📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain
📅 Date: 08-09-10 May, 2025
Overview: Founded in Barcelona in 2001, OFFF is the largest gathering of contemporary creativity, where the best talents from around the world come together to share their creative processes and explore the future of the global creative industry. Over several days, the festival offers a program of talks from big-hitting speakers, hands-on workshops, masterclasses, installations, exhibitions, a design market, and creative sessions.
Info and tickets: HERE.
FORWARD Festival
📍 Location: Berlin, Germany // Vienna, Austria
📅 Date: 28-29 August, 2025 // 02-03 October 2025
Overview: FORWARD is a festival for Creativity, Design & Communication. 2 days, 3 stages, 40+ top creatives from around the world that will inspire you with talks, hands-on workshops, interactive formats, immersive installations and networking opportunities with fellow creatives.
Info and tickets: HERE.
Slush 2025
📍 Location: Helsinki, Finland
📅 Date: 19-20 November 2025
Overview: Slush is a not-for-profit organization on a mission to help and create founders to change the world. Based in Helsinki, Slush annually hosts the world’s leading startup event bringing together a curated crowd of European startups, world-class investors, and tech journalists. They stand by relevance over scale, bringing tangible value, and sharing actionable company-building advice. One of the best entrepreneurship conferences in the world.
Info and tickets: HERE.
ViennaUP
📍 Location: Vienna, Austria
📅 Date: 8-16 May, 2025
Overview: ViennaUP is a city-wide festival of entrepreneurship and innovation, created by the startup community for the world. Events are designed and hosted by 35+ programme partners and scattered around Vienna, inviting you to explore the city, get to know the Viennese startup ecosystem, and mingle with founders, investors, talents and enablers from around the world
SXSW London
📍 Location: London, UK
📅 Date: 2-7 June, 2025
Overview: SXSW London will be the stage for bold, big and unexpected ideas at the forefront of technology, creativity, arts and business that will inspire our community. The Conference presents daring ideas and bursts of future-thinking at the intersection of tech, creativity, arts and business.
Info and tickets: HERE.
Upstream Festival
📍 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
📅 Date: 21-22 May, 2025
Overview: Upstream is where innovation meets community. Join the event for an electrifying blend of inspiration, collaboration, and forward-thinking. Whether you're a founder, investor or a corporate changemaker, this community-driven festival is your gateway to cutting-edge ideas, meaningful connections, and endless possibilities.
Info and tickets: HERE.
NOW25 – The TypeParis Conference
📍 Location: Paris, France
📅 Date: 31 May, 2025
Overview:
NOW25 is a one-day conference dedicated to typography, graphic design, and visual culture, hosted by the prestigious TypeParis program. Bringing together internationally renowned type designers, graphic artists, and creative professionals, the event offers insightful talks, panel discussions, and networking opportunities.
Info and tickets: HERE.
DIBI Edinburgh
📍 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
📅 Date: 5-6 March, 2025
Overview: DIBI is a conference that explores the world of digital products and services. Their international speakers inform, challenge and inspire across commercial, creative and technical domains. Two days of design and development inspiration, featuring industry-leading speakers, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities. Discover the latest trends, gain valuable insights, and connect with like-minded professionals.
Info and tickets: HERE.
FollowMe
📍 Location: Paris, France
Date: 3-4 November, 2025
Overview: Followme is the flagship event that brings together brands, agencies and creators to celebrate influencer marketing and digital creation. It offers an exclusive showcase for European agencies, platforms, service and product providers to showcase their expertise, community, services and products.
Info and tickets: HERE.
SocialDay
📍 Location: London, UK
📅 Date: 20-22 May, 2025
Overview: SocialDay is the premier event for social media marketing professionals, started back in 2015 with the goal of providing the audience with the most current and impactful information to help them excel in their marketing roles. Attending the festival is the perfect opportunity to expand your professional network and connect with like-minded individuals from the industry.
Info and tickets: HERE.
POV Budapest
📍 Location: Budapest, Hungary
📅 Date: 11-12 September, 2025
Overview: POV Budapest brings together motivated industry leaders, both international and local, to raise awareness among key stakeholders and help the general public appreciate the creativity and work that drives our visual culture forward.
Info and tickets: HERE.
International Social Summit
📍 Location: Barcelona, Spain
📅 Date: 12 June, 2025
Overview: The International Social Summit is an event aimed at global social media managers and digital marketing managers.
It will focus on the opportunities and challenges of running social programmes across multiple markets, languages and platforms. Attendees will get practical advice, tips and tactics for growing an effective social presence, whatever your budget or target markets.
Info and tickets: HERE.
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