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The festival of great examples.
4 May 2026. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Bucerius Law School, Hamburg.

2MR is a festival that focuses on democracy-strengthening social media. Communication professionals from business, culture, media, municipalities, and public administration demonstrate how they successfully use open networks without relying on big tech.

“2MR” is pronounced “zwoMR” and can be read as “tomorrow” – the social media of tomorrow is being shaped today!

Highlights

For those who can’t make it to Hamburg in person, here are a few highlights from 2MR 2026 at Bucerius Law School.

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The entire 2MR 2026 recording is available for you to watch.

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Our Speakers

**Marc-Uwe Kling**
Mitinitiator FUN FACTS

**Elena Rossini**
Filmemacherin, Autorin und Künstlerin (elena.social)

**Dr. Carsten Brosda**
Senator für Kultur und Medien, Hamburg

**Aya Jaff**
Autorin, Unternehmerin, Vortragsrednerin

**Thomas Jarzombek, MdB**
Parl. Staatssekretär im Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung
^{Foto: Tobias Koch}

**Felix Hlatky**
Executive Director, Mastodon

**Awet Tesfaiesus**, MdB
Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis90/Die Grünen

**Sebastian Vogelang**
Entwickler Flashes, Skeets, Co-Lead Eurosky

**Franziska Heine**
Executive Director, Wikimedia Deutschland
^{Foto: Jason Krüger}

**Prof. Martin Andree**
Autor “Krieg der Medien”

**Lena Schiemann**
SoMe-Managerin, EWS Elektrizitätswerke Schönau

**Jana Ballweber**
Medenjournalistin KNA, aktiv auf Mastodon

**Robin Thiesmeyer**
Autor, Cartoonist (“Meta Bene”)
^{Foto: Alexander Haßkerl}

**Melanie Bartos**
Wissenschaftskommunikatorin Universität Innsbruck

**Christian Bollert**
Geschäftsführer detektor.fm
^{Foto: Susann Jehnichen}

**Jessica Staschen**, Presseförderung und Kommunikation, ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS
^{Foto: Axel Martens}

**Sascha Foerster**
Geschäftsführer, bonn.digital

**Saskia Welch**
Head of Social & Community, The Newsmast Foundation

**Sascha Pallenberg**
Techblogger, pallenberg.video

**Ralf Stockmann**, Leitung Verbund und Digitale Entwicklung, Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin

**Martina Behrens**, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Kommunikation, Joachim Herz Stiftung
Foto: Andreas Klingberg

**Robert Amlung**, Senior Innovation Advisor, Direktion Audience, ZDF
^{Foto: ZDF}

**Samuel Philipp**
Gründer und Geschäftsführer Ossrox

**Alma Spribille**
Geschäftsführerin WEtell

**Philipp Schild**
Programmgeschäftsführer funk
^{Foto: funk/Jana Kay}

**Dr. Jesper Zedlitz**
Staatskanzlei Schleswig-Holstein

**Dr. Frederike Milhoffer**
Gerichte im Norden

**Dr. Thilo von Bülow**
Gerichte im Norden

**Nepomuk ‘Muki’ Seiler**
CPTO & Managing Director gutefrage.net

**Carolin Kley**
„Recht SymBadisch“, Landgericht Karlsruhe

**Martin Fuchs**
Politikberater, Blogger und Speaker

**Paula Lauterbach**, Head of Communications, nextMedia Hamburg
^{Foto: Oliver Reetz}

**Laurens Hof**
Writer and analyst, ConnectedPlaces

**Robert Amlung**
Senior Innovation Advisor, Direktion Audience, ZDF

**Michael Foster**
The Newsmast Foundation

**Rocko Schamoni**
Autor, Musiker und Künstler

THE PROGRAM

The free internet has been abolished: the growing dominance of big tech monopolies has led to a concentration of opinion-forming power that threatens our democracy. But the internet belongs to all of us! Our society needs better platforms for social networking, exchange and debate. And there are many good examples of this.

2MR shows you these projects, the role models, the beacons for how we can reclaim the social web. And we engage in dialogue with politicians, businesses, associations and organisations about how we can strengthen new networks.

A perfect location for great ideas.

The Moot Court is located on the first floor of the historic main building of Bucerius Law School close to Hamburg´s Dammtor train station.

The stylish, circular room under the illuminated glass dome creates the perfect atmosphere for our festival. The university uses the room primarily for moot courts, i.e. simulated court hearings.