CoLab
Collaborative Laboratory
Beyond [our] Bubbles
Autumn Salon
New Constellations — Pioneering Substance
13th of November 2026 · from 6:30 pm · at the Alster
A curated, immersive Friday evening bringing together a uniquely interdisciplinary constellation of people and perspectives — purposefully composed to reach beyond our usual bubbles.
The Salon’s premise
Substance beforehand. Spaciousness when we meet.
In the weeks leading up to the Salon, a small online editorial series will bring together contributing voices across disciplines — offering perspectives and inspiration to encounter in your own time.
Leaving Friday evening free to unfold.
Around conversation, food and drinks; flowers and, this time of year, likely just as many candles. Time to meet, to linger, and to let one conversation lead naturally into another.
89 € · by personal invitation only
If you are no longer able to RSVP, all places have already been reserved. Please feel free to indicate your interest through the waiting list nevertheless. Should a guest be unable to attend after all, I will do my best to make it possible for you to join us.
The space is warm. The thinking is sharp.
THE AUTUMN SALON
New Constellations — Pioneering Substance
As novelty falls away, substance comes into view. Autumn feels like an apt moment to look ahead.
Over the past few years, AI has brought extraordinary momentum — new capabilities, new possibilities, and an abundance of new approaches. As novelty gradually becomes familiarity, a different question begins to emerge: what will it mean to pioneer from here?
Perhaps the next pioneering approaches will not come from any one discipline alone, but from new constellations between them — from bringing together forms of expertise, experience and perspective that have traditionally existed in separate worlds.
Which new approaches — and which perhaps unexpected constellations of expertise — might shape the next chapter of transformation?
This is the thought at the heart of the Autumn Salon.
Rather than trying to answer it from within one professional bubble, Beyond [our] Bubbles will bring together perspectives from across technology, transformation, leadership, psychology, entrepreneurship and beyond — not in search of a single answer, but to see what becomes visible when different ways of thinking meet.I’m very much looking forward to thinking together,
Laura
Bringing together people across fields such as AI, technology, physics, psychology, finance, law, philosophy, engineering, and beyond, the salon is intentionally designed around curiosity, depth, and meaningful exchange.
Together, we step outside our usual worlds - and into one another’s.
What to expect
The evening will be spacious, effortless, and intentionally designed to allow conversations to unfold organically. The setting is curated - from the atmosphere to the food and drinks - creating a space for thoughtful exchange and genuine connection.
In the weeks leading up to the Salon, a small online editorial series will bring together contributing voices across disciplines — offering perspectives and inspiration to encounter in your own time.
Arrival
We will begin at 6:30 PM.
I look forward to welcoming you and to the genuine connections that will emerge between all of you.
Kind note
As the salon is intentionally intimate, each place matters. Should your plans change, I would deeply appreciate hearing from you at your earliest convenience so that someone from the waitlist may join; even at short notice, this is still helpful.
Waitlist
Please feel free to reach out via e-mail if you were not able to secure a seat. I will do my best to include you - at the very least in the next suitable event. You are genuinely welcome.
Hosted by founder Laura Schnittger