Anga Com Unveils 2026 Conference Agenda

ANGA COM has published the conference agenda for its 2026 exhibition and conference, which will take place in Cologne from May 19-21.

The organiser said this year’s event will feature more than 50 panels and over 200 speakers, with broadband, media and connectivity among the main themes.

A keynote will be delivered by Dr Karsten Wildberger, Germany’s federal minister for digital transformation and government modernisation. He will also join a Gigabit Summit alongside the CEOs of Vodafone, o2 Telefónica, Deutsche Glasfaser and NetCologne.

The media programme will include an interview with RTL Deutschland CEO Stephan Schmitter, conducted by DWDL.de editor-in-chief Thomas Lückerath, followed by a new Media Policy Summit organised with VAUNET. The second day will open with a Fiber Summit under the theme How do we make FTTH a success story?, followed by a TV and Streaming Summit focused on marketing, monetisation and partnerships.

Broadband strategy sessions will cover topics including fibre take-up rates and wholesale, the migration from copper to fibre, in-home networks, open access, digital regulation, cyber security, AI and digital sovereignty, as well as international CEO and CTO panels on fibre business models and deployment strategies.

The media strand will examine content trends, platform competition in TV distribution, retransmission and OTT-TV regulation, net neutrality and fair share, AI in television and streaming, video advertising, and GenAI content creation in newsrooms.

ANGA COM is also introducing a Theme Day Municipalities on Thursday May 21, when attendance at both the exhibition and conference will be free of charge. The programme will include a Municipalities Summit on financing, cooperation and resilience, alongside sessions on fibre pre-marketing, homes connected, data centres and digital sovereignty.

Another new feature for 2026 will be around 30 round table discussions, designed as smaller group exchanges on practical and controversial telecommunications and media topics. The round table programme will be released in April.

ANGA COM chief executive Dr Peter Charissé said the event had further expanded its conference offer this year across both broadband and media.

More than 400 exhibitors have already booked space across the two exhibition halls, according to the organiser.

Tickets for the exhibition are priced at €25, while conference passes start at €140. A reduced young professionals ticket for under-30s is again available at €40. Attendance on the final day of the event will be free. Registration is online only, with no on-site ticket counters.