The #1 Conference for Freelancers & Solopreneurs in Europe

The place to level up your freelance or solo business career. Learn, get inspired, and enhance your skills in sales, marketing, taxes, admin, networking, and securing high-quality projects.

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Thank you for making Freelance Unlocked 2025 unforgettable!

750+ attendees, 50+ speakers, and countless connections made.
We can’t wait to see you next year!

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Why attend Freelance Unlocked?

Earn More & Scale Your Business

Go beyond survival mode—learn how to increase your income, refine your pricing, and secure high-value projects.

Solve Freelancing's Biggest Challenges

Tackle issues like client negotiations and business uncertainty with expert-backed solutions to create stability and long-term growth.

Build a Powerful Network

Connect with freelancers, agency owners, and industry leaders who can refer you to projects, collaborate with you, or even become your clients. Strong connections lead to more opportunities.

Optimize Your Freelance Business

Learn how to streamline your workflow, reduce admin tasks, and implement systems that make your freelance business run more efficiently—so you can focus on what truly matters.

Who is attending Freelance Unlocked?

Freelance Unlocked brings together a diverse community of 750+ independent professionals from various industries. If you're working solo, this event is for YOU!

Freelancers

Consultants, Coaches, Advisors

Interim & Fractional Experts

Solopreneurs & Startup Founders

What will you learn at Freelance Unlocked?

Sales & Marketing

Learn how to effectively market your freelance services and attract the right clients to build a strong, sustainable business.

Business Growth & Strategy

Gain insights into scaling your freelance business, staying ahead of market trends, and enhancing your leadership and strategic thinking.

Finance - Admin & Legal

Understand the essential financial, legal, and administrative tools you need to protect and grow your freelance business.

Professional Development & Wellbeing

Develop a resilient mindset, expand your skill set, and connect with like-minded professionals to enhance your freelance career.

Freelance Unlocked is not just another conference!

Here's how attending Freelance Unlocked has helped freelancers and solopreneurs level up their careers.

Katrin Zinke

eLearning Author

A conference just for freelancers? Yes, it really exists. The format is impressive, featuring a wide range of presentations, workshops, and a lot of opportunities for networking. I've never experienced such a great chance to connect with participants before, during, and after the conference. The presentations provided valuable insights: When should I establish a GmbH? When can I raise my prices? What do I need to consider regarding GDPR and working abroad? I’m already looking forward to the next one. It’s hard to imagine it being any better.

Nicole Kamp

Agile Business Analyst

Freelance Unlocked was a great experience. 2 days filled with interesting and helpful content. Besides the presentations and workshops, one of the best parts was to exchange experiences and connect with other freelancers. It’s a friendly and open community, and I look forward to next year.

Bertrand Rothen

Senior Product Management Consultant

Freelance Unlocked definitely is the conference to be for all freelancers in tech & digital! A great event for 'new freelancers' to find answers to questions we all had at some point (like how to navigate German bureaucracy and get clients), and for more seasoned freelancers to brush up on current trends, reconnect with friends – and also meet new ones. I was impressed by the production values (amazing main stage!), great content curation, no-fuss vibe (no suits, no complicated schedule or venue), and it was nice atmosphere to bring a lot of people together that usually work individually!

Olivia Olivares

Google & Meta Ads Manager

Freelance Unlocked in Berlin was great. Two days of a great program, all about freelancing. There was something for everyone, whether it was legal issues, how to raise your rates or how to network properly. Up to 3 stages of concentrated expert knowledge. It was also a great opportunity to network. I'll be there again next year!

Mark Rödiger

Marketing Manager

In May 2024, I had the opportunity to attend Freelance Unlocked in Berlin. The various panels and lectures offered a wide range of insights into topics and challenges relevant to me. I particularly enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, which made networking easier and allowed me to make valuable connections. Overall, it was an inspiring event that I would gladly attend again.

Judith Böhlert

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Freelance Unlocked was fantastic 2 days filled with expert talks, workshops, and networking. My favourite part was meeting and connecting with people from my online network in real life. Kudos to the organisers who brought this event to life!

Mike Gaertner

Senior Project Manager

I always find it exciting to meet new people with diverse backgrounds and exchanging our experiences, ideas and knowledge. This was the greatest part of the event for me. Networking and making valuable connections, exchanging ideas and get to know people you wouldn’t have met without the event. You always meet twice 😉 I went to network with people and was 100% satisfied with the outcome of the event! Looking forward to the next one! Thanks Freelance Unlocked 🔓

Josefine Walter

Agile Coach & Scrum Master

Freelance Unlocked does so much differently! It's a networking event for freelancers that takes networking seriously. I enjoyed the community aspect the most. Freelance Unlocked connects people in various ways, starting right from the beginning with WhatsApp groups and helping participants find commonalities. This gives everyone the opportunity to get in touch, exchange ideas, and form peer groups with significant value. In this way, a strong community is built. I also learned a lot from the speakers, including how to optimize my LinkedIn profile and CV, as well as how to better handle the legal aspects of my business. Thank you for making this possible!

Christian Grümme

Senior Java Fullstack Developer

I attended the Freelance Unlocked 2024 conference in Berlin and enjoyed the experience. The biggest highlight was meeting the Uplink members; it felt like a class reunion. Connecting with so many of them in person, who travelled from all over Germany, made me feel more connected to the community.

Yun Qiu

Business & Mindset Growth

I attended Freelancer Unlocked in May 2024, and it was just awesome. Even though I only attended one day of two, I still took so much out of it: insightful speeches, amazing outgoing people from different industries, and a great location and environment. All in all, everything was perfect!

Göran Hielscher

Design Thinking Coach & Consultant

Freelance Unlocked met my expectations for connecting with interesting people and gaining valuable insights. I loved the atmosphere, location, and well-crafted agenda that allowed for networking in Berlin. The presence of government representatives was encouraging. Professionally, I made amazing connections and learned about the tech world. While the full benefits will materialize later, it was an energizing event for an important topic. Certainly my networking sparks ignites the fire soon.

Tanja Schaub

Freelance Multidisciplinary Designer

Unlike any other conference I've attended, this one stood out for its openness and genuine sense of community. It wasn't limited to a single field or profession, which created a unique and inclusive atmosphere where everyone felt like part of a big family, even if we were strangers.

Fabian Oechsner

Product Coach & Consultant

One of the biggest surprises was how easy it was to network. An aspect that I often neglected and to which I had given too little time in advance. Talking to like-minded people, having good conversations with recruiters and making new contacts made the two days a highlight.

Sandra Dickmeis

Freelance Senior UX Designer

It was an incredible experience being surrounded by so many like-minded individuals. I've never experienced such an open and welcoming atmosphere at a conference before. The willingness to connect, share insights, struggles, and successes among all attendees was truly inspiring!

Stefanie Drost

Freelance Software Developer & Personal Trainer

Finally a conference where I met many interesting people with similar backgrounds and the same problems/experiences. From the conversations with other participants and the great presentations, I was able to take away a lot of new input.

Diego Usai

Marketing Analytics Consultant

I can hardly recall such vibrancy and a genuine desire to listen to people’s stories and make a connection! I enjoyed this aspect immensely! This is just what the community needed.

Thorsten Scherp

Freelance Agile Project Manager

Two days at Freelance Unlocked were so impressive. So many positive mindsets, so much good input in the sessions and through good conversations in-between.

Meet our partners

Does your organization share a passion for empowering freelancers and shaping the future of work? Freelance Unlocked offers a unique opportunity to showcase your brand, connect with industry leaders, and engage with a diverse audience of freelancers and businesses.

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Who is behind Freelance Unlocked?

freelancermap is an open platform that connects companies with 50K freelancers, consultants and contractors in the IT industry at 0 commission fees.

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9am is a freelancer operating system that helps 8K freelancers along their whole lifecycle, making collaboration between freelancers and organisations easier.

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Uplink is an exclusive network of 4K experienced IT freelancers from all over Germany, offering fair and transparent job postings, an active community, and more!

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CodeControl is a community of 850 highly talented tech freelancers, dedicated to matching them with world-class projects and companies that require their services.

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