Get ready to drop your jaw — and your comfort zone — because Dietmar Dahmen has officially joined the lineup. A creative rockstar and transformation evangelist, Dietmar is known for bringing fire, flair, and full-throttle insight to every stage he steps on. With a career that spans leadership roles at DDB, Ogilvy, and BBDO, he’s worked on the biggest brands in the world — but it’s what he does on stage that sets him apart.
From riding in on an electric motorbike to literally chainsawing pillows as a metaphor for destroying the comfort zone, Dietmar doesn’t just talk about change — he performs it. But make no mistake — behind the wild energy is a razor-sharp mind. As founder of Brainkicks GmbH, he helps brands ditch fear, embrace risk, and unlock bold, future-ready thinking. Dietmar’s talks are a high-voltage mix of humor, chaos, strategy, and soul — designed to shake you up, wake you up, and leave you seeing opportunity where others see disruption.
There are no comfort zones when Dietmar takes the stage. In this no-holds-barred session, he tears through the myths of modern marketing, rewrites the rules of customer success, and shows how chaos can be your company’s secret weapon. Expect bold ideas, real talk, and maybe even a little on-stage destruction — because at this Fight Club, every idea gets tested.
On the DK2025 main stage, Dahmen will share the spotlight with none other than Sophia the Robot, the world’s most famous AI humanoid; Business Insider’s most innovative CMO and Cannes Lions legend Fernando Machado powered by A1, Karen Nelson-Field, the world’s top expert on attention economics, Blair Enns, the world’s leading authority on selling and pricing creative services, Michael Corcoran, the Internet’s savviest troll and the man behind Ryanair’s savage online personality, Marisha Lakhiani, a visionary leader and expert in the science, art, and psychology of marketing, Johan Ronnestam, a serial entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and branding mastermind who has helped the world’s most iconic brands stay ahead of the curve, Mirella Crespi, the mastermind behind 2,000+ ads a month in six languages, who crafted for global names like Amazon, Meta Unilever, and Ubisoft, and Amber Case powered by ENNA, cyborg anthropologist, Fast Company’s most influential women in technology, author, and tech whisperer. With a powerhouse lineup featuring 170+ leaders from Croatia and beyond, this is the event for anyone serious about creativity and communication.
If you’re ready to lead with courage, build teams that thrive in change, and spot the next opportunity before anyone else — this is your moment.