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A festival of digital transformation in the service of people

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Re_d Rethink Digital Fest is the Łódź Special Economic Zone's annual technology festival at Fabryka Grohmana. Over two days it brings together science, technology, business and culture: themed stages, technology demonstrations, startup competitions, workshops and a Business Mixer.

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The Re_d festival hall in red light, a full audience in front of the stage and a presentation screen

What Re_d Rethink Digital Fest is

The festival grew out of Rethink Digital Hub, our European Digital Innovation Hub. Once a year we gather in one place those who build digital transformation and those who want to benefit from it.

The fourth edition in October 2025 was held with strategic partners, the European Space Agency and Filmteractive Festival. On the first day three stages ran: Space Tech, Digital Economy and Creative, with more than 50 speakers and around 500 participants, while the festival zones offered more than 30 technology demonstrations, startup consultations with funds and an overview of funding sources for digitalisation. Artur Kurasiński gave the keynote “Technophobia”, the University of Łódź presented the Polish language model PLLUM, and in the Space Pitching Arena satellite startups competed for a PLN 200,000 grant and ESA mentoring.

The second day was a Technology Business Mixer, workshops on technology readiness levels with the Horizontal Contact Point and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, film workshops with the Łódź Film School and a VR workshop by Hutchinson Institute. The festival was held under the patronage of the Ministry of Digital Affairs and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. The next edition takes place in October 2026; the programme and registration are at re-d.pl.

The Re_d festival hall with the audience and screens

Re_d in numbers

fourth edition, 2025

  • 3themed stages
  • 50+speakers
  • approx. 500participants on day one
  • 30+technology demonstrations
  • PLN 200,000grant in the Space Pitching Arena

See what the 2025 edition looked like

Three minutes from Fabryka Grohmana: stages, demonstrations, startups and the festival audience.

The Re_d festival hall in red light, a full audience in front of the stage

Want to speak, show your technology or become a partner? Write to us

The festival is prepared by the Rethink Digital Hub team. Tell us what role you see for your company and we will come back with a proposal.

Not sure who to call?

Call the helpline or go to the festival website.

Zone helpline+48 42 208 06 00

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