yoona AI Summit
yoona AI Summit: E-Commerce, Product Design & AI
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Join us at CIC Berlin for an open evening of talks, ideas, exhibition moments, workshop formats, music, drinks, and open exchange. This is the yoona AI Summit, Summer 2026, presented as part of the Venture Café Berlin Thursday Gathering ☀️
The Thursday Gathering is Venture Café Berlin’s weekly meeting place for founders, creatives, innovators, industry leaders, and curious minds to connect, exchange ideas, and discover what is being built across Berlin’s innovation ecosystem. For this edition, yoona is hosting the evening program with a focus on AI, e-commerce, product design, and the future of product creation.
This season, we’re expanding the conversation beyond fashion and into the wider world of product creation. From apparel, accessories, and footwear to homeware, lifestyle, furniture, consumer goods, and e-commerce, the question is no longer just “how do we design with AI?” It is “how do we use AI to create products that are more relevant, more intelligent, and more connected to the market?”
THE EVENING
Doors open at 5 PM. Expect conversations, hands-on formats, and showcases exploring the future of AI-powered product creation, e-commerce, brand building, creative technology, and market-driven design. We will also present the AI Design Award, where three finalists pitch their AI-powered product line concepts to an expert jury and a winner is announced on stage.
Then we close out the night with a DJ set, drinks, and mingling.
We’ll also be raising a belated birthday glass to our CEO, Anna, so come celebrate with us 🥳
THE PROGRAM
17:00 | Workshop: WTF is a Trend Agent?! Score Your Designs Before You Make them
What are AI Agents for Fashion and Product Design, What They Can Do, and Why Your Industry Is Already Changing Around You. AI Agents are everywhere, but how do you actually use them? This practical session shows how to get started, test ideas, assess market fit, and improve your work with the kind of intelligence usually reserved for large brands.
With Miriam Barnhart, Product Manager at yoona.ai & Elena Nürnberger, Customer Success Expert at yoona.ai
17:25 | Opening Remarks
Anna Franziska Michel, CEO & Co-founder of yoona & Maren Jasper Winter, Head of Public Affairs at LEAG and Candidate (FDP) for the Berlin Election
17:35 | Mini-Keynote: Art Directing the AI
Why Taste Still Belongs to Humans
With Yana Dulina, Fractional Design Director at Bitwala and Founder & Creative Director of [block] berlin
17:45 | Mini-Keynote: AI Without the Cloud Bill
How decentralized processing can cut costs and keep data under your control.
With Henning Grambow Founder & Music Producer, Klangchat / Gravityfog
17:55 | Panel: The AI Shift
What AI means for commerce, creativity, policy, and the people in the middle.
With Anna Franziska Michel, Maren Jasper Winter, Yana Dulina, Henning Grambow, and Brian Frumberg
18:15 | Introducing the AI Product Design Award
Meet the jury and the three finalists.
Jury: Alexander Gedat, Former CEO of Marco Polo and Multi Non-executive Board Member; Matthew Drinkwater, Director of Innovation and Agency at London College of Fashion; Öykü Ece Uza, Founder & Creative Director of Delights; Michael Ratcliffe; Director of Content at PI; Chris Zippel, Managing Director of Bourani Capital and Genuine Sounds; Theo Grassl, Dean of Studies & Programme Director at AMD Akademie Mode & Design; Judith Wild, Creative Designer; Caitlin Kakoti, Color Operations Manager at SWIM USA
18:20 | Finalist Pitches 🏆
Three finalists present their AI-driven product concepts live on stage.
Finalists: Yana Dulina, Fractional Design Director at Bitwala and Founder & Creative Director of [block] berlin; Jana Heinemann, Founder & Creative Director of Impari; Emmanuel Mberu, Founder & Creative Director of PatchWorks
18:50 | The Autonomous Enterprise: What Comes After SaaS
With Brian Frumberg, CEO & Founder, Venture Out
19:15 | Award Winner Announcement 🏆
The 2026 winner is revealed live on stage.
19:30 onward | The Party 🎵
DJ, drinks, networking, and a belated birthday toast to our CEO, Anna.
With DJ Albutwerky
Program and speakers are subject to change.
THE AI DESIGN AWARD
Now in its second edition, the award has expanded well beyond fashion. This year it's open to creators across fashion, accessories, footwear, jewelry, lifestyle, furniture, homeware, and any retail or e-commerce category — anyone with a vision for what AI-powered product creation can look like.
Three finalists, pre-selected from a global open call, will pitch live on stage. The competition is open worldwide and finalists can join in person or virtually.
All finalists receive 6 months of yoona.ai Premium, including access to specialized Trend, Market, Design, and E-commerce agents (2.219€ value), plus stage time, jury feedback, and high-visibility exposure across the Summit.
The winner receives a full year of yoona.ai Premium (3.954€ value), a 1:1 mentorship session with a jury member, and social and press coverage.
Want to compete? Applications are open. Learn more and apply at yoona.ai/ai-product-design-award. Deadline: June 22, 2026 at 12 PM CET