A veteran of Adlershof
Biophysicist Helge Neumann says goodbye – the long-standing head of the WISTA International Office has carried the Adlershof model out into the world:
There are countless issues that Helge Neumann has addressed during his time in Adlershof. The biophysicist has been part of WISTA now for over 30 years. As different as his projects were, they were all characterised…
Adlershof celebrates diversity
It is no longer a secret that working in heterogeneous teams is more successful. To celebrate the potential that diversity is creating, Technology Park Adlershof will now host the Diversity Festival for the first time:
Under the motto “Every human counts”, WISTA Management GmbH (WISTA) is hosting the “Diversity Festival Adlershof” together with its on-site partners and sponsors on 7 June 2023 between 2pm and 8pm. The first event of…
The productive city
The so-called Gewerbehöfe 2.0 are to contribute to overcoming the separation between working and living and to help bring back manufacturing to the city:
“This is unchartered territory,” says Lech Suwala, a professor at Technische Universität Berlin, who is supporting the development process together with his students. A hundred years ago, people in Berlin would live…
More attractive than working from home
WISTA is testing new spatial concepts for hybrid working:
Performing knowledge-based work decentrally – be it in a home office, on the road, or at a café – can be convenient. But it also has its disadvantages. It makes teamwork, social interaction, stimulating discussions,…
Berlin Adlershof: Record growth despite skills shortage and multiple crises
Positive development despite interlocking crises/ Remarkable increase particularly in employment:
Despite various interlocking crises, the Science and Technology Park in Berlin Adlershof was able to grow significantly in 2022. Revenues and budgetary resources increased to €3.63 billion (2021: €3.21 billion),…
Adlershof Journal March/April 2023
Inspiring. How we enthuse each other:
The honorary sweeper: Kurt Kann-Klara keeps the historical airfield clean // Green Chemistry: Marek Chęciński aims at making methanol production more resource-friendly // FOSSGIS conference: Collaborative geographic…
The spirit of departure
Along the Innovation Corridor Berlin-Lusatia, a new science and technology region is being created that offers space for forward-looking projects and cooperations:
It’s a pilot project. Along the railway between Berlin and Lusatia, an innovation corridor is planned that connects Adlershof, Germany’s largest technology park, with Cottbus and its Brandenburg University of…
Learning from the best
The successful Adlershof Technology Park also serves as a blueprint for the development of the Lusatia Science Park:
A 420-hectare innovation landscape with international appeal is to emerge on the northern periphery of Cottbus. Co-initiator of this outstanding project for Lusatia’s economic restructuring is the Brandenburg…
Hydrogen – yes but safer!
The jointly organised research training group “Trustworthy Hydrogen” by BAM and BTU is committed to training experts who will ensure a safe transition into the hydrogen economy:
It is a key axis of the Berlin-Lusatia Innovation Corridor: A linear distance of 100 kilometres lies between the campus of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in Berlin Steglitz and the…
Great challenges, great future
The Science City in Adlershof is booming. Space has become scarce. Has this success story been told? Far from it. Why? Because there are so many new things happening in Berlin’s southeast. The future is exciting.:
Adlershof: a blueprint for technology parks across the world from America to China. A success story. Have we reached the end of it? A smile flickers across the lips of Roland Sillmann, the CEO of WISTA Management…
Adlershof Journal January/February 2023
Back to the Future – The next chapter:
Where the future materialises: New research centre for hybrid materials // Together, aware of history, open and future-oriented: The president of Humboldt-Universität in conversation // En route to carbon-neutral…
An eye on the future
The Zukunftsorte Business Office aims to network Berlin's research and development locations more closely and create free space for innovation:
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Alan Kay is credited as the inventor of the term “personal computer” and was one of the computer scientists who always kept in mind the practical use that their…
Transfer into the real world
What type of future do we want to live in? Eleven so-called Zukunftsorte in Berlin are addressing this question. One of them is Siemens Square:
As a research campus, the Werner-von-Siemens Centre for Industry and Science e.V. lies at the heart of Siemensstadt and has successfully cultivated a new spirit of optimism. Intriguing issues and challenges of the…
An ecosystem for the transition to green chemistry
The “GreenCHEM” initiative aims to establish the capital’s metropolitan region as a European centre for green chemistry:
Three universities, two chemical companies, and a growing network of industry and research are planning to establish the capital’s metropolitan region as a European centre for green chemistry. The federal government…
Coordinated knowledge transfer
Rawad Chammas and Mirjam Landowski bring scientific knowledge into practice and drive WISTA's transfer projects forward:
When it comes to knowledge transfer from universities into practice, WISTA relies on practice-oriented projects with scientific support. Two smart minds are responsible for planning and coordinating this effort, who…
Accelerating innovation thanks to AI
The digital assistant of IdeaLab.Systems is to provide companies with information for the innovation process in real time:
“Creating innovation is a labour-intensive process,” says Andreas Scheel. “Market and patent research alone takes up a lot of time.” The innovation manager is out to change this – using artificial intelligence (AI).…
Adlershof Journal November/December 2022
Do you dare? Let's venture into the unknown!:
First risk-prone, then self-confident: What does promotion do to leaders? // Blacker than coal and bound to Jupiter: Stefano Mottola investigates far-away celestial bodies // “I like clear lines and shapes”: Photos…
Attracting companies with matching profiles: the future on 300 hectares in Marzahn
A new place of the future, a so-called “Zukunftsort”, with industrial tradition and growth potential is being developed in the north-east of Berlin:
“We could have filled this park three times over by now,” says Lukas Becker, chief project manager of CleanTech Business Park Berlin-Marzahn (CBP) at WISTA Management GmbH. The state-run operating company and business…
Berlin becomes a transfer region for green chemistry
Funding of €10 million for GreenCHEM concept to develop the capital region into an international hotspot for deep tech innovations in chemistry:
To set up an ecosystem for the transfer in the field of green chemistry, the five initial partners (Technische Universität Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, BERLIN-CHEMIE AG and…
Adlershof Journal September/October 2022
Learning as a life task: How we become what we are:
Data library for material researchers: The FAIRmat consortium // With labs, radio and co. on the hunt for STEM talent // The attosecond researcher: Olga Smirnova observes the smallest particles …