Begin your festival with the special opening gala, which starts with a ceremony featuring a rare appearance by celebrated author and futurologist, Herbert W. Franke, plus addresses by Stephen Kovats and Hortensia Völckers. Following the ceremony, Charlemagne Palestine will announce the commencement of the festival by ringing the bells of the Tiergarton Carillon, and Yvette Mattern's latest Global Rainbow laser installation, From One to Many, will be switched on spectacularly illuminating the path between the House of World Cultures and the Alexanderplatz.

1730:    Doors open
1800:    Opening Ceremony, Auditorium
1900:    From One to Many by Yvette Mattern, HKW Terrace
             Tintinnabulations For Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Charlemagne Palestine
2000:    Future Obscura Exhibition opens, Exhibition Hall
2030:    aaajiao & Byetone + Beyond the Rest by Benjamin Laurent Aman, Café Stage

The evening is free of charge and the building freely accessible to the public. No tickets needed for the performances nor the exhibition. Only the Opening Ceremony at 18:00 requires guests to have received an official invitation.