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…
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),…
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…
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…
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).…
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…
Breaking new ground
The Federal Employment Agency South Berlin and WISTA Management GmbH (WISTA) are initiating a network to secure skilled workers:
“The successful recruitment of skilled workers is the greatest bottleneck for economic growth at many companies. In some cases, the issue is now directly affecting the continued existence of a company,” says Cornelia…
“Access to information is a fundamental right”
Artificial intelligence and archives:
“I am a historian and used many audiovisual media from countless archives for my PhD,” says Cecilia Maas. “That’s when I noticed that tapping into and thus accessing them is very difficult. Listening to 4,000 original…
CHIC start-up develops history lesson of the future
The Historicity agency wants to use playful learning to teach about history:
The aim is to inspire new users for historic content by using apps and tablets. The two founders agree that good storytelling helps to make knowledge stick. The young boy with the messy red hair is a bit cheeky. But…
Science up close at Adlershof Technology Park
At long last, the “Long Night of the Sciences” could take place once again:
Thousands of visitors flocked to the “Long Night of the Sciences”, which took place on 2 July in Berlin and Potsdam. The fact that the Science and Technology Park Adlershof again was once again one of the crowd…
Ride Sharing Revival via App
Test project in Adlershof starting in mid-June / Bonus for residents and employees:
Everyone who drives to work in Adlershof knows the chaotic traffic situation in the morning: long traffic jams and no free parking spaces. When you look around, you quickly notice that there is often just one person…
In conversation with Axel Gutzmer
The trained plumbing and heating installer and graduate facility manager supervises two technology centres in the fields of biotechnology and environmental technology in Adlershof:
As the head of the two Centres of Biotechnology and the Environment, Axel Gutzmer is responsible for a total of 80 companies with around 1,000 employees who work in the fields of medicine/biomedicine, pharmaceutics,…
“Homo digitalis” or Having fun at work
Stephan Schäfer, professor of automation technology at HTW Berlin, talks about the human-machine partnership:
Humans have been living with machines for centuries. These partnerships – everyone seems to agree – will become deeper, more substantial, and more comprehensive than ever before in future. Data, processing power, and…
Siemens Mobility to relocate its Berlin Treptow branch to the Adlershof science and technology park
Update 31 December 2023: The project was terminated by Siemens Mobility due to economic reassessments and the leasehold contract with the site operator was terminated by mutual agreement. Siemens Mobility is moving…
Berlin Adlershof: Facts and Figures
The Berlin Adlershof Science City is one of the most successful high-technology sites in Germany and Berlin’s largest media location – embedded in an integrated urban planning concept. It is home to 1,187 companies…