Meet the Creative Bureaucracy Festival Jury 2025
Jury 2025
Since the festival’s conception our aim has always been to create a practice-focused programme that shines a light on the pioneers and unsung heroes working in and with public administrations. People, projects and ideas on a mission to change how old bureaucracies think, plan and act through creative problem-solving.
To find more of these hidden talents we introduced our annual Call for Participation. A call to all creative bureaucrats to submit their ideas and have a chance to present them to a global community of fellow peers. Since we are receiving an ever greater volume of brilliant submissions, we knew we needed support in selecting which to offer a stage.
Every year we invite a global jury – outstanding individuals who will support us in crafting a new festival programme that sparks imagination, challenges the status quo, and showcases bold projects for the greater good. Meet the 2025 Jury!
International Programme
Anke Gruendel
Academic researcher, Humboldt University of Berlin
Chikako Masuda
Head of Intelligence Research and International strategy, Digital Agency of Japan government
Terrance Smith
Bloomberg Public Innovation Officer @ the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University & Chief Innovation Officer at Baltimore City
Juan Felipe Yepes González
Institutional and Public Policy Innovation Leader, Public Innovation Lab of Bogotá iBO
Marvin Zmiewski
Senior Consultant, PD – Berater der öffentlichen Hand
German Programme
Anika Fischer
Senior Consultant, PD - Berater der öffentlichen Hand
Peter Kurz
Bürgermeister a.D., Stadt Mannheim
Joseph Langner
Co-Geschäftsführer, JoinPolitics
Zehra Öztürk
Programmleiterin Steuerung Fachverfahren & stv. Referatsleiterin Steuerung Fachverfahren und Neue Technologien, Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
I’m thrilled to join this year’s jury because I’ve experienced the festival’s impact firsthand—as a mainstage presenter and fishbowl facilitator, I’ve seen how meaningful the connections, shared insights, and professional development opportunities can be. I’m excited to help evaluate the presentations that will continue to shape and elevate the festival experience.
Terrance Smith
