SMART REBEL CONVENTION 2026

Ten days.One region.One finale.

Europe is not explored from a single stage. It is explored on the move.

From 23 October to 1 November 2026, the Smart Rebel Convention moves through the Rhine-Main region: an opening, an expedition through Europe's universities, institutions, laboratories and stages, and a closing family brunch. It ends where everything comes together: at the International Space Assembly at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management on 31 October.

23 OCTOBER TO 1 NOVEMBER 2026 · RHINE-MAIN REGION

OFFICIAL AFTERMOVIE 2025

GUIDING PRINCIPLE

Space does not mean building rockets. Space is our space in every second, and our opportunity.

The ten days · as of 14 October 2026

  1. Fri 23 OctOpening · Lights onNo gala this time. A curated table in Bernd's Space Club Kitchen, with guests joining in digitally. Who, remains a surprise.Club Kitchen, Frankfurt
  2. Sat 24 OctUniversity DayUniversities have always been the melting pot of visions. How do we support students and their ideas? Featuring the Smart Rebel Convention scholarships.Club Kitchen, Frankfurt
  3. Sun 25 OctSpace Club Kitchen · Hosted by WomenAn evening where women alone have the say. Women in the highest positions in business, women who lead foundations. We dedicate this evening to them and to the new generation. The only man is Bernd, and he cooks.Club Kitchen, Frankfurt
  4. Mon 26 OctSpace Club Kitchen · LongevityLongevity. One word, one buzzword, many meanings. Here the experts speak.Club Kitchen, Frankfurt
  5. Tue 27 OctCapital DayFounders meet capital. With the Frankfurt Stock Exchange at the house of the IHK.IHK Frankfurt
  6. Wed 28 OctScience Day · ESOCLive at ESA's control centre in Darmstadt, from where satellites and space probes are operated. By bus from Frankfurt.ESA/ESOC Darmstadt
  7. Thu 29 OctSpace Club Kitchen · Kitchen CabinetPoliticians at the kitchen counter. Open conversations about the big questions, without a stage and without platitudes.Club Kitchen, Frankfurt
  8. Fri 30 OctStartup Day · FuturyYou have an idea but do not know how to make it happen? Here you get everything you need for it.Futury, Bertramshof
  9. Sat 31 OctInternational Space Assembly · FinaleThe finale at Frankfurt School. Europe's future in space with politics, spaceflight and capital. 13:00 to 21:00, then the afterparty.Frankfurt School
  10. Sun 1 NovFamily BrunchThe closing event for the whole family. Brunch with space food to taste and stories from ten days.Venue to be announced

31 October

ISA, the Finale

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management · Frankfurt

The Smart Rebel Convention is more than ten days: a movement of science, business and the next generation.

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The 2025 finale

This is what the last finale looked like.

An astronaut at the photo wall, a minister-president at the table, Sir Richard Branson on screen. The finale of the Smart Rebel Convention 2025 in Frankfurt.

Photo wall with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer and guests
Photo wall with Matthias Maurer
Minister-President Boris Rhein at the table
Boris Rhein at the table
Sir Richard Branson on screen
Sir Richard Branson on screen
Speaker at the lectern at the 2025 finale
At the lectern
Stage programme with music at the 2025 finale
Stage programme
The hall at the 2025 finale
The hall at the finale
Hosts on the Smart Rebel Convention stage
Hosts on stage
Singer performing on stage
Stage performance
Guests celebrating after the programme
Celebrating after the programme