On November 5–6, FMExchange 2026 will bring developers, consultants, business owners and technology leaders together in Milan for two days of conversations about the future of FileMaker.
The final agenda is now online. And if you’re expecting another parade of familiar speakers delivering the same talks you’ve already seen throughout the European conference season, you’ve completely missed the point.
Don’t get me wrong. You’ll recognize quite a few names. Some of them have probably spent more time on European conference stages this year than at home.
But we didn’t invite them to repeat what they’ve already said elsewhere.
We invited them to have a different conversation.
One where a factory that still runs on FileMaker shares the stage with three companies that decided FileMaker had to go. Where we question whether rebuilding an application from scratch might actually make sense. Where developers are asked what they’re selling when writing code becomes the cheap part of software development. And where, at the same time, we look at what people are already building with FileMaker today.
Because apparently, FileMaker is doing something rather inconvenient: it’s refusing to fit neatly into either the success stories or the obituaries. And that’s where our story begins.
By November, the European FileMaker conference season is almost over. We’ve heard about new features, explored new tools, discussed AI from just about every possible angle. Finding something genuinely different to say at this point in the year isn’t easy. So we decided to change the conversation rather than simply add another one.
And here’s where I owe Claris, our main sponsor, a special thank you. Supporting a FileMaker conference is one thing. Supporting one where we openly question the future, challenge some long-held assumptions and occasionally get a little irreverent? That’s something I genuinely appreciate. After all, a healthy community should be able to ask uncomfortable questions about the technology it loves.
One track. One conversation. Two days.
We built FMExchange as a story, with a beginning, a few uncomfortable twists, different points of view and an ending I’m definitely not going to spoil for you.
Each session adds something to the conversation. Sometimes it challenges what came before. Sometimes it offers a completely different perspective. And sometimes it raises more questions than it answers. You’ll have to stay until the end to find out where we’re taking you.
We called this year’s Milan FileMaker Week Surviving the Future.
Surviving doesn’t necessarily mean keeping everything alive. Sometimes it means understanding what still matters, what needs to change and what we’re finally ready to leave behind.
There’s one more thing we’ve come to realize while building this program: the future isn’t next.
You’ll have to join us to find out why.
And before you start making excuses about travel, work or not having two days to spare, let me make your life a little more difficult: you can join us online, too.
Can’t make it to the live stream either? We’ve got recordings.
Sorry. We’re running out of excuses for you.
