Dataharvest 2027 will take place from 27-30 May!
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Please find the 2026 conference program, presentations and picture gallery on the Program page.
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“Clear agreements, long friendships”: Dataharvest’s best year yet?
“Robert Gebeloff from the New York Times opened his 2026 Dataharvest panel by saying that this is the best conference in the world”, according to Maximilian Hatzl’s write-up. “I can only agree.” The Arena team were delighted to hear this, alongside the wider praise for this year’s conference; in post-conference reflections, several attendees claim 2026…
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The ‘Matchmaker’: How Arena powers investigation and collaboration
Many of Europe’s most expansive, illuminating investigations did not begin in a newsroom. They began in an auditorium, with an idea sparked by a quote on a powerpoint slide; or in a coffee shop, brainstormed with two new colleagues from across the continent; or over a beer, at the end of a long conference day,…
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‘And that’s not all’: Side events at Dataharvest 2026
Dataharvest offers many opportunities for meeting new people, launching collaborations, and relaxing from your heavy workload.
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“We choose to educate”: AI at Dataharvest
Arena’s Data Skills Co-ordinator, Adriana Homolová, outlines our data team’s stance on AI in the Dataharvest 2026 programme. Large language models and generative AI have rapidly become an ever-larger presence in our private and professional lives. Some embrace the technology and use it daily; others are deeply critical and refuse to engage. Most of us are…
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The Dataharvest 2026 programme is live – and our spring call for proposals is open
We’ve just published the Dataharvest preliminary programme – a huge thank you to everyone who pitched to us and helped shape it this year! If you’d still like to attend, our spring call for proposals is now open. However, at this point, we are only able to accept a very limited number of pitches (for the remaining…
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Attending Dataharvest 2026 on a budget
We can’t wait to welcome you to the 16th edition of Dataharvest in 2026! From 28-31 May, we’ll once again gather Europe’s journalists in the historic market town of Mechelen. In this small, multi-cultural city of around 90,000 people, that sits halfway between Brussels and Antwerp, Arena for Journalism in Europe will host #Dataharvest26: 4…