Call for Speakers
Kongresshaus
November 19, 2025
Your Time to Lead the Conversation
We’re looking for insightful speakers to join an exclusive event with 800+ executives, innovators, and decision-makers. This is your opportunity to share your expertise on the most pressing issues in Technology, Transformation and Leadership.
Through immersive dialogue, real-world insights, and constant learning, Lead26 empowers attendees to grow, connect, and lead with clarity in an era of complexity.
LEAD26 Focus Topics
To guide the application process, the Independent Board has identified some themes for LEAD26. We welcome proposals on these topics as well as beyond:
I. Leadership: Leading Through Complexity and Change
- How leaders turn disruption into clarity, momentum, and value
II. Technology: Doing Things Right
- What it takes to build with speed, trust, and scale in the age of AI
III. Transformation: The Future-Ready Organization
- Creating the conditions for continuous reinvention and cultural momentum.
Selection Process
1
All abstracts are evaluated. Applicants who are shortlisted will be asked to send their presentation to the organizers:
When submitting your abstract, we ask you to start thinking about how your presentation will look. The LEAD26 Board, which is responsible for curating the technical focal points, decides whether your contribution will be included in the program.
2
The Conference Board will evaluate the presentations and select 20 - 25 presentations for the final program:
The decision has been made, and you may officially call yourself a Lead26 Speaker. A board member will contact you to discuss your speech and your ideas in advance. Please note that speeches are limited to a maximum of 30 minutes. You could assume that 20 minutes are intended for your speech and 10 minutes for Q&A.
Abstracts will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Benefits for participants / Transferable learning objectives
- Originality / Innovation
- Comprehensibility / Storyline / Structure
- Practical relevance / actionable content
Key Deadline
June 11, 2025: Abstract Deadline
No Sales Pitches, please!
You love your company, your products, your services? And that’s great, because life is too short to waste at a job you hate! But please focus your talk/workshop on practical, real-world solutions that are transferable to other attendees. Pure sales pitches and talks that focus heavily on a specific tool or service will be rejected.
Format
Talks and Workshops are 30 minutes long (incl Q&A) in English.
Admin
All speakers are granted free entry to the conference (Lead26), including catering and the partner expo. Please note that travel and hotel costs are not covered by the organizers.
Contact us
Still have some questions? Drop us a message at: info@lead-conference.com