We are working on full speed on the festival edition 2021...

Feeling impatient already?
Then dive back into the 2020 festival.

Find the video recordings of every 2020 session on the session detail page after clicking on the session listing in the programme overview, then scroll all the way down to the video.

(Re-)watch all sessions.

Over 180 Sessions
More than 400 Speakers from 35 nations
15,000 unique visitors from 89 countries
50% of participants under 34-years-old
All about the festival

Enjoy our outtakes!

News, Stories & Case Studies

We want your input!

What topics, issues, projects or people should be part of the festival 2021? ⟶

On Creative Bureaucracy: An Interview with Horizons Publics (in french language)

Shortly after the festival 2020, Charles Landry was interviewed by Stéphanie Chemla on what Creative Bureaucracy is about and what role it could/should take in times of a pandemic. ⟶

Project management power-ups wanted!

We are looking for public sector enthusiasts to help us get the festival to the next level ⟶

Bringt Automatisierung Verwaltung weiter?

Wie gelingt der digitale Staat? Welche Rolle spielen dabei KI und Automatisierung? Fraunhofer FOKUS diskutiert zum Thema mit Expertinnen und Experten aus Verwaltung, Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft. ⟶

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award winners 2020

The Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award 2020 ⟶

We and the city (WAY)

Wie können Mitarbeitende in kommunalen Verwaltungen in kleinen und mittleren Städten mehr Offenheit für zivilgesellschaftliche Themen erlangen und Zivilgesellschaft systematisch in Prozesse einbeziehen? ⟶

The award winner 2020

Every year the Creative Bureaucracy Festival Award is given to people who have made a difference in the public sector by imaginatively addressing public challenges and improving the workings of government. In 2020 we are proud to announce four people as recipients of the award:

RUDI DICKS

LISA WITTER & ROBYN SCOTT

CHRISTIAN DROSTEN

Our partners 2020

Festival Partner ⟶

Festival Partner ⟶

Partner 'public sector careers' ⟶

Partner RISE (resilient, intelligent, sustainable & equitable) Cities ⟶

Partner 'digitising public service' ⟶

Partner 'international relations' ⟶

»This festival is like oxygen for civil servants.«

Anna Lisa Boni