Transfer Week Berlin-Brandenburg 2025

Brain City Berlin

From 24 to 28 November 2025, cooperation between science and industry will once again be the focus of Transfer Week Berlin-Brandenburg. Scientists and representatives from industry and politics will come together for the fifth time to exchange ideas and learn about the latest developments in technology transfer in the Brain City Berlin. This year's theme is ‘Deep Tech’.

Berlin is considered a German and European deep tech hotspot. The city's potential unfolds in its dynamic ecosystem. With almost 30 universities and colleges and around 70 non-university research institutions, Brain City Berlin offers a unique environment for innovation. Numerous start-ups develop and produce deep tech innovations based on scientific research. These are considered key solutions for facing the major challenges of our time, such as climate change, mobility, energy shortages and health. Examples include artificial intelligence, robotics, biotechnology, autonomous driving and 3D printing. However, the development of deep tech innovations is capital-intensive and the requirements for knowledge and technology transfer are complex. This requires new models of cooperation between science, industry and politics. National and European strategies and programmes, such as the fundings of the European Innovation Council (EIC), are therefore currently focusing on promoting this field of the future.

The Transfer Week Berlin-Brandenburg 2025 will also focus on the topic of ‘deep tech’ in its five day programme. As with the previous four events, it aims at strengthening the innovation landscape in the capital region and supporting exchange between science and industry. Through information, discussion and networking.

Transfer Week 2025 will start on Monday, 24 November, with an all-day kick-off conference at the Forum Digitale Technologien (Digital Technologies Forum) on Charlottenburg's Salzufer. After a keynote speech by Kristin Schreiber, Director for Chemicals, Bioeconomy, Food and Textiles in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, a high-profile panel discussion is on the agenda. The panel will feature Henrik Vagt, Deputy Chief Executive of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Berlin (IHK Berlin), Katrin Robeck, Managing Director of IBB Ventures, Dr Stefan Franzke, Managing Director of Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH, Thomas Krause, Head of Department at the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, Dr Jack Thoms, Managing Director of the Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD), and Brain City Ambassador Laura Möller, Managing Director of the Startup Factory UNITE Berlin, will discuss ‘The capital's path to becoming the No. 1 innovation location in Europe’. Pitches, matchmaking sessions, a partner exhibition and the presentation of various regional transfer projects will round off the conference.

From Tuesday onwards, the events of Transfer Week 2025 will once again be spread across the entire city. With lectures, workshops, presentations and discussions, numerous partner organisations will provide detailed insights into the transfer activities of the capital region at their premises. A first highlight is the IP Festival on 25 November at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Berlin in Fasanenstrasse. Berlin's universities and non-university research institutions will open their treasure troves of patents and ideas ready for implementation to companies interested in cooperation. Another highlight is the ‘Cluster Conference on Innovations for Transport, Mobility and Logistics’, to which the states of Berlin and Brandenburg are inviting guests on Wednesday in the former Berliner Bank building at Bahnhof Zoo. And at the FUHUB on the grounds of the Freie Universität Berlin in Dahlem, the greenChem initiative is hosting a half-day forum entitled ‘Industry on Campus’ with the aim of further promoting the topic of green chemistry in the Brain City Berlin. At the Wilhelminenhof campus of HTW Berlin in Oberschöneweide, the event ‘The Future of Work’ also promises to be exciting. It will focus on the impact of immersive technologies on business and industry. Application examples will be presented in pitches and can be tested at ‘try-out stations’. The event is organised by the joint project ‘Zukunft findet Stadt’ (‘Future happens with in the City').

On Thursday and Friday, the focus will be primarily on online sessions, online matchmaking and video conferences. On-site, topics such as the circular economy, AI-supported knowledge retention in companies and cyber security in the energy transition will be discussed. With numerous matchmaking sessions and networking events, Transfer Week Berlin-Brandenburg, which is organized by Berlin Partner, will once again offer many opportunities for personal exchange in 2025.

Transfer Week Berlin-Brandenburg 2025 will conclude with the presentation of the Berlin Brandenburg Innovation Award. The winners will be announced on the evening of 28 November at the TH Wildau.

You can register free of charge for all events of Transfer Week Berlin-Brandenburg 2025 via the event platform. (German only)