Past edition
DDX ミュンヘン 2026.
Saturday, 9 May 2026
Microsoft Deutschland GmbH · Walter-Gropius-Straße 5, 80807 Munich, Germany
Theme: Innovation meets Impact — pathways to outcome‑driven digital innovation.
What the day was
DDX Munich 2026 brought design, product and innovation leaders together for a day at Microsoft Deutschland GmbH in Munich. Three tracks ran in parallel, with keynotes on the main stage, workshops in the side rooms, table talks over coffee and a startup pitch competition in between.
Leadership & communication — Grow yourself and learn to lead new paths.
Methodologies & process — Solve problems in a better and faster way.
Inspiration & case studies — Discover destinations of innovation.
Microsoft Deutschland hosted the day. Pegasus Tech Ventures ran the Startup World Cup qualifier, Figma and the iF Design Academy each ran a workshop, COBE hosted the pre-event the afternoon before, and Snowflake the after-party.
On the programme
- Design for a Better WorldDon Norman, by video
- Designing the Human Layer of AI: where taste becomes the real intelligenceGleb Kuznetsov, Brain Technologies
- Making the Case for Design: measuring and articulating the value of designDoug Powell, iF Design Academy
- Designing Sanity: UX under stressWendy Fox, SAP
- AI Eats the Journey — what’s left of your brand?Felix van de Sand, COBE
- The Human Hand Behind the Machine: you are the promptLaura Fehre, Figma — workshop
- Strategic Design & Leadership in times of AIChristian Hanke, Edenspiekermann
- The Title changed. Did you?Divya Dinesh Kavungal, Jaguar Land Rover
- Designing with AI Agents: rethinking UX in systems that think and actReem Alwahabi, DeepL
- The New Beat of Aesthetics: how AI is transforming the way designers workJulia Raith and Lennart Baramsky, BMW Designworks
- AI for Good — benefits for industry and societyPanel: Regina Sipos, Rene Pajta and Matt Bender
- Corporate Venture & Startups: co-innovating on data and AI platformsFireside chat: Gonzalo Pérez, Zofia Przytocka and Martin Tantow
- Startup World Cup — qualification for the $1M awardSix new ventures pitching, with Pegasus Tech Ventures
Who spoke
- Don NormanCo‑founder and board member · Nielsen Norman Group
- Gleb KuznetsovChief Design Officer · Brain Technologies
- Daria TarawnehHead of Design · Miro
- Paul LafataDirector of Experience Design · Verizon
- Wendy FoxDesign Lead · SAP
- Reem AlwahabiDirector of Product Design · DeepL
- Christian HankeCEO · Edenspiekermann
- Laura FehreDesigner Advocate · Figma
- Doug PowellLead Lecturer · iF Design Academy
- Julia RaithDirector, Designworks · BMW Group
- Lennart BaramskyUX Designer, Designworks · BMW Group
- Yesim TohumcuDesign Manager · adidas
- Laura MüllerHead of UX/UI · Henkel
- Ina Jade SengAI Strategist · BSH Hausgeräte
- Divya Dinesh KavungalSenior UX Designer · Jaguar Land Rover
- Alina RubinaUX Community Lead · Allianz
- Felix van de SandFounder · COBE
- Matthias SchmiedbauerManaging Director · Manyone
- Margarita GartwichDesigner · Edenspiekermann
- Amit PatelFounder · Experience Haus
- Sebastian LöweDirector of UX · Virtual Identity
- Zofia PrzytockaStartup Program Lead · Snowflake
- Gonzalo PérezHead of Investments, Wayra · Telefónica
- Martin TantowPartner · Pegasus Tech Ventures
- Rene PajtaChief Architect for Cloud & AI · Microsoft
- Nadja SchallerPartner Development Manager · Microsoft
- Regina SiposPostdoctoral Researcher · Technical University of Munich
- Philip PresteleSenior Design Manager · UnternehmerTUM
- Matt BenderAI consultant · WFP Innovation Accelerator
- Felix RankFounder · Young AI Leaders
- Serhat AltinFounder · Wisefrog
- Tashfeen AhmedSenior Product Designer
- Sebastian GierCo‑founder · DDX & Footprint Intelligence
Earlier editions in Munich
DDX 2025 — Saturday, 10 May 2025
Microsoft HQ Germany, Munich. Theme: Innovation meets Impact. 300 guests. Run as part of Munich Creative Business Week, with the Startup World Cup qualifier by Pegasus Tech Ventures.
DDX 2024 — Saturday, 11 May 2024
Munich Urban Colab, Freddie-Mercury-Straße 5. Theme: Augmented Creativity & Innovation. 300 guests. With Munich Creative Business Week, the Digital Product School at UnternehmerTUM and Pegasus Tech Ventures. On stage: Clive Grinyer, Mick Champayne (Google), Mustafa Kurtuldu (Meta), Liliia Mandrino (Electronic Arts), Casey Hudetz (DocuSign), Axel Unger (ex‑IDEO), Layla Keramat (Prophet), Prof. Veronika Ritzer, Prof. Jan‑Erik Baars, Moritz Rodermund (Salesforce), Lea Bachmann (Microsoft), Yasmin Al‑Douri, Alli Carone (Tiqets), Gerhard Seizer, Thorsten Jonas (SUX) and Philipp Götz (Red Bull München).
Every edition since 2024 has run alongside Munich Creative Business Week. The written record of each one — the takeaways, the quotes and the photographs — is published in DDX Research, and the editions currently on sale are listed there.
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