Digitale Leute Köln

We invite you to our Digitale Leute Meetup in Berlin powered by SAP. Look forward to inspiring talks and Q&A sessions.

Get your free ticket here

***

The Digitale Leute Meetup is an event series organized by Digitale Leute.

Invitation
We invite you to join us for our second meetup this year on June 4th at SAP in Berlin! We just celebrated the successful restart of our event series in Cologne with over 100 participants, and we cannot wait to dive deep into the Berlin product builders community.
Look forward to leading professionals from product, engineering, and UX/design, sharing their best practices and discussing trends and topics with you the community.
We are still early in our planning, but expect the first speaker announcements soon. Join us for an evening of networking, fueled by drinks and bites – just bring your ideas and your colleagues!

Schedule
06:30 PM - Doors open
07:00 PM - Welcome by Christoph Bresler, Founder of Digitale Leute School
07:05 PM - Welcome by SAP & Moderation by Thomas Riedel

07:10 PM - DL Interview:
Mareike Dorra, Head of Product Management Bootcamps at Digitale Leute School (ex-Zalando) will interview Jan Hegewald, VP Engineering at Rabot Energy (ex-SumUp, -Zalando, -Idealo) about the rise of Product Engineering. AI is changing how software is built. In this conversation, Mareike Dorra and Jan Hegewald explore why the focus is shifting from software development to product development—and how engineers, through product thinking, new tools, and closer collaboration with product managers, are evolving into “product engineers.”

07:40 PM - Questions & Answers
08:00 PM - Networking
08:55 PM - Wrap up of the meetup

Good to know
In addition to our meetup, we bring together over 1,000 product builders in Cologne every November at our international software product development conference, the Digitale Leute Summit. Speakers in 2026 include representatives from Atlassian, Google DeepMind, Zendesk, sevdesk, and many more.
You can find more information here: Digitale Leute Summit 2026

About Digitale Leute
Digitale Leute has always been about one thing: bringing together the people who shape digital products. The thinkers, the builders, the ones who care deeply about how technology is made and why it matters. Over the years, our community has grown – but we’ve missed the magic that only happens when you’re in the same room, sharing ideas, swapping stories, and sparking conversations that no Slack channel can replicate.
So we decided: it’s time to bring our meetups back.

About SAP in Berlin
Located in the heart of European innovation, SAP in Berlin combines the power of a global company with the strength of a unique local ecosystem – we attract talent, shape SAP‘s image as a front-runner of innovation, and foster our position as market leader for enterprise application software in Berlin. Our location in Berlin offers a perfect meeting point for innovators and decision makers, while we stay on top of software trends and technologies to define their value for business and society.

Digitale Leute Summit 2026 - TICKETS

Digitale Leute Summit 2026 – Germany’s leading conference at the intersection of Product, Engineering and UX/Design.

We believe that software product people are the ones that create the future. Successful digital products are developed by teams at the intersection of Engineering, Product, UX/Design & Business. Digitale Leute Summit is the only cross-functional professional education and networking event focused on software product development.

In two days, Software Engineers, UX-Designers, Product – and Digital Managers learn how to develop better software products from international speakers. Get deep insights into the tools, tactics, and methods of professionals developing digital products in large-scale environments. Learn how these individuals and organizations find unique solutions to their digital challenges and get pragmatic advice for your daily work.

Facts & Figures:

• November 17 – Pre-Conference Day (@ smartvillage Cologne)
• Location: smartvillage Cologne
• Address: Schanzenstraße 6-20/Gebäude Nr 2.19/ Kupferwerk, 51063 Köln
• Hands-on full-day expert workshops. Workshop line-up coming in March 2026
• Interactive networking breaks

November 18 – Conference Day (@ Palladium Cologne)

• Location: Palladium
• Address: Schanzenstraße 36, 51063 Cologne, Germany
• Participants: 1250+
• Speakers: 50+
• Exhibitors: 25+
• Schedule: 3 tracks (Engineering, UX/Design & Product), interviews, talks & panels and masterclasses.

More information and tickets:
Digitale Leute Summit 2026