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Talent HubLet your ambitions fly

The aerospace talent launchpad: Where the next generation of innovators connects with industry-leading employers.

Photo: Messe Berlin / Johannes Zappe
Talent Hub

What brings you to the Talent Hub?

Study, training & careers

Discover aerospace employers and career paths. The program and attendance information for 2028 will follow.

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Find talent for your company

Want to take part in the Talent Hub as an employer? Discuss participation options with our team.

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Four speakers stand on the upper platform of the ILA Talent Hub, with one person addressing the crowd below through a microphone. The pink Talent Hub display projects into the foreground of the wide view as a visitor points a camera toward the platform. Talent Hub · ILA 2026 Photo: Messe Berlin / Sandra Prengel
Recap 2026

The industry's career meeting point

In 2026, the Talent Hub connected emerging talent, companies and key aerospace topics: featuring the Talent Slam, a dedicated career stage and direct access to recruiters.

  • 3,500 participants: more than double the 2024 figure (1,500).
  • 200+ job offers: from apprenticeships to leadership roles.
  • Outlook: information on new participation options follows with the 2028 planning.
A large group of mostly young visitors gathers on the plaza in front of the two-level ILA Berlin Talent Hub and its merc Moment · ILA 2026 Photo: Messe Berlin / Johannes Zappe
Moment 2026

Between aircraft and new perspectives

Talents crowded in front of the DLR research aircraft Dornier 328 UpLift: the Talent Hub combines career entry with real technology to touch, right on the exhibition grounds.

Growth, next generation, careers

The Talent Hub in figures

3,500
Participants
at the careers meeting point of ILA 2026
+133 %
Growth
more participants than 2024 – more than doubled
43
Next generation
students and pupils in the Talent Hub interest group
36
Aerospace degrees
of Talent Hub-interested students come straight from aerospace programs
Gallery

Talent Hub in pictures

Programme & impact

A careers programme that lands

32
Sessions
three days of careers programme – from talent slams and keynotes to career panels
50+
Voices
speakers across the Talent Hub programme
84
Positive rating
of guests able to judge the offer rate the Talent Hub positively
92
Recommendation
of Talent Hub-interested visitors recommend ILA
Your contacts

Your direct line to the Talent Hub

BDLI shapes the content and stage program; Messe Berlin runs the exhibition and exhibitor services.

BDLI
Viktoria Steffen

Viktoria Steffen

Advisor Labour Market & Education Policy
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Messe Berlin
Anika Chilla

Anika Chilla

Project Manager Talent Hub & B2C
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ILA 2028

Be part of 2028

Your place in the Talent Hub segment: registration for ILA 2028 is open, your contact is ILA Talent Hub team (Participation & partnerships).