SHAPESHIFT FESTIVAL 2026 | 24-26 APRIL | SOFIA

Name: SHAPESHIFT FESTIVAL 2026 | 24-26 APRIL | SOFIA
Start: 2026-04-24T18:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-04-26T21:00:00+03:00
Location: Топлоцентрала

Schedule

Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 09:00 pm

UTC+03:00

Location

Топлоцентрала | Sofia, SF

SHAPESHIFT Festival 2026: The Human Algorithm
📅 24–26 April 2026
📍 Toplocentrala · Sofia
🎟️ Get your tickets: https://tickets.shapeshiftfestival.com/
Meet the visionaries joining us in Sofia to explore The Human Algorithm:
🔵 Maciej Zasada & Karol Góreczny {PL} – Founders of the creative tech studio UXMachina and our festival co-curators.
🔵 Yinong Dong {CN/UK} – Innovation leader at Amazon.
🔵 Alexandre Mballa-Ekobena {CM/DE} – Head of 3D at Adidas Originals.
🔵 Merel van Helsdingen {NL} – Founder of Nxt Museum.
🔵 Karen Antorveza {CO/CH} – Bio-design researcher at ETH Zürich.
🔵 Stephan Bischof {UK} – Creative Director & Storyteller.
🔵 Marta Djourina {BG/DE} – Visual Artist, in conversation with Vesselina Sarieva.
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Every day, our lives run on patterns. Some are cultural, some are computational. Together, they shape what we notice, what we choose, even how we imagine the future.
But those patterns aren’t fixed. They learn from us as much as we learn from them. Which raises the question: when machines shape our decisions, how do we keep the human voice – our creativity, our ethics, our empathy – at the core of the loop?
SHAPESHIFT 2026: The Human Algorithm explores hybrid intelligence where soft skills matter as much as software, where human care is built into every design, and where augmentation flows both ways – humans teaching machines, machines provoking humans.
Over three days in Sofia – through exhibitions, talks, workshops, films, and the messy joy of collaboration – we’ll ask how to build systems that don’t just process data but reflect our values.
The Human Algorithm is a call to turn technology into a mirror of our best selves – and to design futures that are as humane as they are innovative.
Consider this your invitation – not to watch the future unfold, but to help write it.
Come not as a spectator, but as a shapeshifter. 🌀
🌐 Full program & details: https://shapeshiftfestival.com/