This was beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf 2025

When I started beyond tellerrand, I had a vision, how I wanted the event to be. Friendly, welcoming and with a mix of topics that would inspire and motivate people, even though it would not be their work field. A place to meet new people and make new friends. To grow your network. Professionally and for your next passion project.

15 years after I started planning the very first event, the topic focus slightly shifted. That was not intentional, but a matter of the development of interests, the internet growing up and the world in general. But my aim I mentioned above still is the same.

It still is hard for me to give someone a 5-second pitch about what beyond tellerrand is. But many of the attendees said countless wonderful things to me, which help me, to get a clearer image of what I do.

Our lovely partners of TYPO3 for example said:

beyond tellerrand wasn’t a tech fair. It was a mirror. What people build, how they think, what they expect from the tools they use.

Or learnings like these, summarised by Francesco Schwarz …

Technology is just the enabler. The real focus is the people using it.
Curiosity has no gate. There’s no ceiling on learning, no point where you’ve maxed out. You can always become better at something, always keep digging and expanding.
Be present. Not perfect.

As you can see it is far more than just learning. But still: it is tough for me to describe what beyond tellerrand is.

Therefore I invited the lovely people of Twist Film to produce a recap and I think they did a brilliant job in catching the atmosphere and vibe of Düsseldorf 2025.

In the end, though, I think there is no other way to come and find out yourself, what beyond tellerrand is and why you should be there. We are already looking forward to welcome you at the next event.

I am currently working on the videos. Furthermore I am collecting coverage and anything that has been written about the past event. Instead of a long post like a few years ago, I switched to multiple post now, to give each of the subjects more focus. Therefore: watch this space (aka the blog) to follow along. And if you know of something that has been published or wrote something yourself, please let me know.

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