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, The beginning
Copenhagen, Denmark
Mar 1 - Mar 3
Demos of all social platforms
A compact showcase of what Europe’s social entrepreneurs are creating right now. Learning from one another’s products, approaches, and experiments
Keynotes
Focused perspectives from people shaping the field. Linda Liukas (Hello Ruby), Marko Ahtisaari (Dopplr), Margrethe Vestager, Florian Meissner (Eyeem), Steffen Fagerström Christensen (TwentyThree), Margrethe Vestager, Thomas Madsen-Mygdal. More to come.
Overcoming shared challenges
Focused working groups tackling issues no entrepreneurs should navigate alone when taking on big challenges. A space to bring problems and build solutions together. With live support from our group of digital pioneers, early builders, and visionary investors.
Prototyping new Design principles
Hands-on prototyping of the set of design principles needed to build a new direction for social platforms.
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Helsinki, Finland
Aug 30 - Sep 1
Board Programme
A structured programme to place experienced pioneers, investors and strategic thinkers on the boards of social platform teams.
Crafting Sessions — How To
Hands-on sessions that break down practical methods and approaches by those who have done it before. How to scale to 1 million users, how to build a marketplace, how to coin your business model, how to get people to shift, how to get investments, how to build the right organisational model for your platform
Product design sessions
Hands-on sessions where teams co-design features, flows, and architectures. End design, explorative UI’s, spatial UI, save for later, TimeLocking.
Designing for the Big Shift Day
Designing for a dedicated day led by the industry mobilising people across Europe to switch to European built social platforms. An industry-led moment to help users make the shift together.
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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 12 months to catalyse 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 it.
For the same reason, Rebuild is intentionally designed to close down in 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.