Updates.

Festival App · August 2026

Build your own day at Next Gen

300+ young professionals, four domains, a full day in Amsterdam. What you take away depends on the choices you make.

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Reading List · August 2026

Fixers keep the region running. Builders keep it relevant.

Agenda Nieuw Amsterdam makes a simple but sharp distinction — and asks which one your team actually needs more of right now.

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Reading List · August 2026

Prosperity is not a given. It is a job.

Rapport Wennink leaves you with an uncomfortable but useful thought: prosperity is not something you inherit. It is something you keep re-earning.

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Reading List · August 2026

Europe in 2031, and why it starts in a region

Europe 2031 is not a comfortable read. That's exactly why it earns a place on the list before 28 August.

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Festival Guide · July 2026

Getting the Most Out of ORAM Next Gen: A Field Guide for Young Professionals

What you get out of the day depends less on the program and more on how deliberately you move through it.

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Partners · July 2026

Rabobank commits as main partner for the next three years

Not a one-off sponsorship, but a three-year commitment — with a seat in the program committee starting next year.

Partners · May 2026

Amsterdam Economic Board joins as ecosystem partner

Both organisations focus on the future of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area — and on the gap between setting ambitions and actually delivering on them.

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Speakers · April 2026

We gave the opening to a street artist. Here is why

Streetart Frankey opens ORAM Next Gen Festival 2026. Here is why — and what it says about the day that follows.

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Speakers · April 2026

We didn't search for a host. We recognised one.

Myrthe van den Bosch will host ORAM Next Gen Festival 2026. Here is how we found her — and why we weren't looking.

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Event News · April 2026

Platform live & registration open

nextgenfestival.eu is live. Tickets are open. First speakers announced from 13 April. Here is what the festival is built on.

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Venue & Partners · February 2026

ORAM Next Gen Festival returns to UP Events for 2026

The festival returns to the Amsterdam-West venue that hosted the first edition, and the partnership is only getting stronger.

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