Journey
The Rebuild journey is 12 months to support the new generation of social platforms. Through gatherings, programmes, and tools.
When closing on 15 December 2026, Rebuild will have facilitated hundreds of defining new connections for rebuilding social platforms.
The beginning.
The boost.
The shift.
Three connected gatherings across Europe in 2026
Each a 48-hour catalyst for the people building the next generation of social platforms in Europe.
The first hands-on assemblies tailored 100% to Europe’s future social platform entrepreneurs.
Where the entrepreneurs, investors, pioneers and digital leaders come together to move things forward.
A focused 48-hour format: arrive Sunday afternoon, build hard through Monday, wrap it all Tuesday afternoon with new partners, ideas, and action plans.
Rebuild 1
Copenhagen, Denmark
Mar 1 - Mar 3
Demos of all social platforms
See what Europe's social entrepreneurs are building right now. Learn from one another's products, business models, and approaches within the different categories, e.g. networking, events, etc.
Focused Keynotes
Focused perspectives from pioneers of social platforms, Rebuild ambassadors and current day platform entrepreneurs on everything from challenges to product innovation and scaling approaches.
Overcoming shared challenges
Working groups tackling the problems no entrepreneurs should face alone. Bring your toughest questions. Build solutions together. With live support from digital pioneers, early builders, and visionary investors.
Collaborative Outcomes
Hands-on prototyping of a set of actionable tools needed to build a new direction for social platforms. Think design principles, investment concept papers, opportunity maps.
Rebuild 2
Helsinki, Finland
Aug 30 - Sep 1
Keynotes with direction
Talks by Rebuild patron Margrethe Vestager, local design icons Christian Lindholm and Marko Ahtisaari and more. Focused perspectives on what it takes to build platforms that last and how we win.
Forty masterclasses by practitioners
Structured peer-to-peer learning from practitioners in the field. Founders, designers, technologists and investors sharing what they know about building, scaling, and designing social platforms — the decisions that worked, and the ones that didn't.
Kids building platforms
An ongoing track for the next generation. Kids learn to think about how social platforms are built, what they do, and what they could become. Then, they get to direct the building of some.
Social dinner and evening sessions
The movement doesn't stop when the sessions end. Two evenings of shared dinners, vivid conversation and community activities. In Helsinki, that probably means sauna too.
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Paris, France
Dec 13 - Dec 15
Mobilising Europeans to shift
A coordinated awareness with all European media to share the platforms and progress emerging from the industry. Designed to build momentum and readiness ahead of the Big Shift Day.
Top 20 case studies
A curated look at the biggest breakthroughs and cases to learn from. Making it usable for the wider industry.
Designing the next decade to come
Defining the actions, priorities, and structures that will guide the industry forward. The starting point for long-term collaboration and commitment.
Sunsetting Rebuild - Open sourcing the resources
A clear and intentional close to the one-year catalyst initiative. Releasing Rebuild, open sourcing all resources, so the industry can continue with its own momentum.
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Programmes build connections and momentum among key actors. Directing resources from one track to another. Talents to starts-ups, pioneers to board positions, investors to platforms.
Investor programme
Bringing together investors from across Europe taking an active part in rebuilding social platforms
Talent programme
Attracting and directing top talents to social platform start-ups
Public funds programme
Bringing public funds together to support social platforms
Board programme
Activating pioneers and digital leaders in committed board positions
In the planning for the next chapter:
Big Shift Day
Where Europeans make a collective shift.
Industry organisation
Dedicated to becoming the future driver of initiatives for the social platforms of Europe.
Annual Gathering
Carrying forward the initiative to assemble yearly.
Rebuild is a sprint for European social platforms
We are moving fast in order to catch a critical momentum, with the intention of creating space
for a new industry – not to take space.
For the same reason, Rebuild is
intentionally designed to close down after exactly one year. On 15 December 2026, Rebuild will
host the last gathering in Paris, open-sourcing all frameworks, tools, and resources back to a
strengthened industry.