Future Career Festival 2026 – Future Skills · Global Minds · Grow Together

Mandy Yuman Sun, CEO of Global Spotlight GmbH

LinkedIn post from August 12, 2026

🚀 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 – 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 · 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀 · 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, designed to help you accelerate your career, expand your professional network, and thrive in the new era of AI, innovation and global transformation.

On 15 October 2026, we are deeply honoured to bring together future-of-work thought leaders including Thomas Ogilvie (𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗢, DHL 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽), Andrea Hendrickx (𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱, Infosys 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆), Sebastian Dettmers (𝗖𝗘𝗢, StepStone Group), Stefan Geister (𝗖𝗦𝗢, L'Oréal 𝗗𝗔𝗖𝗛) and Mona Neubaur (𝗗𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮), who will share fresh insights, practical career advice and bold ideas to help you navigate the changing world of work and build a successful career in the age of AI, innovation and global transformation.

Following the successful kickoff of our festival in March 2026 (formerly the Global Talent Career Festival), which welcomed 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟮𝟴𝟬 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗲𝘀 and 𝟭𝟬 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀, including BASF, Henkel, Infosys Europe and the Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces), as well as with our festival co-host WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and Diversity at WHU, we are so excited to return with a full-day festival featuring an even stronger focus on the career trends shaping tomorrow's workforce: from 𝗔𝗜 & 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 & 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀

Alongside inspiring keynotes and panel discussions, participants can look forward to our 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗼, 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝘂𝗯, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 and the 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 with inclusive employers committed to attracting and developing diverse talent from Germany and around the world.

Looking forward to creating a more impactful future with our future oriented employers and global minded candidates, as well as with our festival co-initiators Michel Rudin Christina Sontheim-Leven Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Meyer-Falcke, Global Impact e.V. founding members and our dear supporters along the journey. 

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