Why Your Employee Should Attend beyond tellerrand

Your employee wants to attend beyond tellerrand. Here’s why you should say yes. beyond tellerrand is an independent design and web development conference that has consistently sold out since its first event 15 years ago. Around 500 deeply engaged professionals come together to learn from world-class speakers, connect with peers, and leave energised. Not every conference does that. This one does.
What follows is a short guide to help you understand what beyond tellerrand is, what your employee will bring back, and why the investment makes sense.

This page will help you understand what beyond tellerrand is, what your employee will gain from attending, and why it’s worth the investment.

Growing Your Network

At beyond tellerrand, your employee will connect with designers, developers, and creative professionals from across Europe and beyond – fellow attendees as well as the speakers themselves. These are real relationships with talented, like-minded people that often lead to collaborations, new perspectives, and opportunities that outlast the event itself.

Improving Social and Professional Skills

The design and development landscape moves fast. Attending beyond tellerrand helps your employees stay sharp. Not just technically and creatively, but also in how they communicate and collaborate. In an industry where soft skills matter as much as craft, that’s a meaningful return on a modest investment.

Takeaways

Speakers at beyond tellerrand share practical, real-world knowledge from the front lines of design and development. The talks are inspiring and thought-provoking, and your employee will return with fresh ideas, new perspectives, and renewed motivation to do their best work. Which raises a fair question: how much would you invest to get that back from your team?

Companies Who Get It (excerpt)

Companies who understood the importance of in-person events:
1&1 Internet AG, Ableton AG, Aboalarm GmbH, Accenture, adesso SE, Adobe, ALDI Digital Services GmbH, Amazee Labs AG, Amazon, antwerpes ag, AOE GmbH, Aperto AG, Apple, ARD, Audi Business Innovation GmbH, Automattic, AutoScout24, Avon, awork GmbH, Axel Springer AG, BASF SE, Basler AG, Bassier, Bergmann & Kindler, Bayerischer Rundfunk, BBDO, BILD GmbH & Co. KG, bofrost, Booking.com, BörseGo AG, BUTTER. GmbH, bwin, car2go, CHECK24 GmbH, Chefkoch GmbH, Contentful GmbH, Continental Automotive GmbH, Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, Daimler AG, DATEV eG, DB Systel GmbH, Dertouristik Deutschland GmbH, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Kreditbank AG, Deutsche Telekom, DFL Deutsche Fussball Liga GmbH, dpa, Dropbox, Dynatrace, E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH, EDAG GmbH & Co. KGaA, Edenspiekermann AG, Erste Group Bank AG, Facebook, Fjord, Focus, Focus! BV, Folkwang Universität der Künste, G DATA CyberDefense AG, GMX, GoDaddy, Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany, Google, GREY Düsseldorf GmbH, GroupM, Gruner + Jahr Deutschland GmbH, Handelsblatt GmbH, Haufe Lexware Gmbh & Co. KG, Heise, Host Europe, IBM, IBM iX Berlin GmbH, idealo, IMG.LY GmbH, innoQ Deutschland GmbH, InVision, JetBrains GmbH, JobRad GmbH, Jung von Matt, Krankikom GmbH, Kyocera, Lekkerwerken GmbH, Lufthansa Flight Training GmbH, M.I.T e-Solutions GmbH, McFIT GmbH, mcwiwa consulting, meinestadt.de GmbH, Messe Düsseldorf GmbH, MetaDesign AG, METRO Digital GmbH, METRO Markets GmbH, Microsoft, Miele & Cie. KG, Mister Spex GmbH, momox GmbH, Monotype GmbH, Mozilla Corporation, MyHammer AG, NEU.DE, Österreichische Lotterien, Parfümerie Douglas GmbH, Pixelpark AG, Presse- und Informationamt der Bundesregierung, PREUSS und PREUSS GmbH, Project A Ventures, Publicis Sapient, Radio Bremen, real,- Digital Payment & Technology Services GmbH, Red Bull Media House GmbH, RegioHelden GmbH, REWE digital, Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz AG, RTL, SAP, Sapient , Scholz & Volkmer GmbH, Scout24 Holding GmbH, Shopify, Shopware AG, SinnerSchrader Deutschland GmbH, sipgate, SiteGround, skate-aid international e.V., Slack, Software AG, Solarisbank AG, Sparkassen-Finanzportal GmbH, SPD-Fraktion, SPIEGEL ONLINE, SportScheck GmbH, SRF, Storyblok, STRATO AG, Süddeutsche Zeitung, SYZYGY Deutschland GmbH, Tagesspiegel, TARGOBANK AG & Co. KGaA, Tchibo GmbH, Telekom, The Guardian, Tipster Service GmbH, Tonies GmbH, trivago, TÜV Rheinland, TWT Interactive, TYPO3 GmbH, Ubisoft GmbH, Universal Music GmbH, Vaillant GmbH, Vodafone, Volkswagen, Wacom, WeltN24 GmbH, WeTransfer, Wikimedia Deutschland e.V., wysiwyg* GmbH, XING AG, YouTube, Zalando, Zattoo Deutschland GmbH, ZDF, ZEIT DIGITAL GmbH and many more.

Summary of Cost

beyond tellerrand keeps ticket prices deliberately accessible. Inclusion starts at the door. At €349 (incl. VAT and booking fees), it’s one of the most affordable conferences of its quality anywhere in Europe.

Travel and accommodation add to that, of course. Budget around €100–180 per night for hotels near our venues, plus transport depending on where you’re coming from. All in, most attendees spend somewhere between €500 and €800.

That’s a modest sum for what your employee brings back. New skills, fresh energy, and a broader professional network – ready to put to work the moment they return.

Just Send This

Still on the fence? Here’s a message your employee could send you directly – or forward this page and let them make the case themselves.

To: [Your manager's name]

Subject: Conference request — beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf, April 2026

Hi [Name], I‘d like to request approval to attend the next beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf this April. It‘s an independent design and web development conference that has consistently sold out since its first event 15 years ago. Past speakers include Erik Spiekermann, Paula Scher, Stefan Sagmeister, Brad Frost, Chris Coyier and Jessica Hische – world-class people sharing real, practical work. The cost: Ticket: €229–349 (incl. VAT and fees) Hotel (2 nights): €160–300 Travel: €50–200 Total estimate: €560–850 That‘s less than a single day of external consultancy, and I‘d come back with new skills, industry contacts, and fresh ideas directly applicable to our work. I‘m happy to write up a summary of what I learn and share it with the team afterwards. Could we discuss this? Thanks, [Your name]

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