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Events & Dates

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Presence with substance.

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GFU is where the home and consumer tech industry comes together: at conferences, panels, fireside chats, and in direct dialogue with industry, media, and politics. As industry insiders, Carine Chardon and her team bring market knowledge and context to the debates that move the industry. GFU is active as an organizer and brand owner where it is at home: at IFA in Berlin.

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In Dialogue

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Where exchange happens.

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Whether at a specialist conference or a fireside chat: GFU is regularly on site to bring people, perspectives, and topics together – without being an exhibitor itself. That role is reserved for the industry.

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What connects everything, however, runs through all areas of GFU, from press relations to dialogue with the industry: it is about creating interfaces and enabling conversations. As an industry insider, Carine Chardon moderated the Media Innovation Platform MIP#7 on June 25, 2026, in Berlin: The English-language panel “AI Along the Value Chain: Who Stands to Gain, Who Will Be Left Behind?” discussed with representatives of leading media companies how artificial intelligence is being integrated along the entire audiovisual value chain.

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Active at IFA

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At the heart of it as brand owner.

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At IFA Berlin, GFU plays an active role as brand owner and with what defines it: up-to-date figures on the market, trends, and developments. From the IFA Kick-Off with GFU Insights & Trends to the opening press conference and the Opening Press Conference, GFU contributes the data foundation to the key moments of the trade show.

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You can meet us at these IFA events

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IFA Kick-Off with GFU Insights & Trends

June 30, 2026 · Futurium Berlin

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The IFA Kick-Off is the official start of IFA, and GFU opens it in terms of content: Immediately after the welcome, it will present Insights & Trends 2026 together with Oliver Wyman, an international consumer study on health tech, wellbeing, and longevity. After that, the day becomes an experience: keynotes from leading brands, hands-on experiences, and a networking evening that kicks off the IFA season.

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Go to the Insights & Trends page

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IFA Pre-Press Conference

August 20, 2026 · Berlin (location tba)

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Carine Chardon, Managing Director of GFU, will appear on stage at the IFA Pre-Press Conference together with Leif Lindner, Managing Director of IFA Management. The event is the final update before the trade show, with first sneak previews of the highlights of IFA 2026 and an outlook on the topics that will shape the industry in September.

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