Ready for the future
We are taking a look at apprenticeships and advanced training at the Technology Park:
Apprenticeships in Germany are under strain: Companies report unfilled positions and a noticeable shortage of applicants, while many young people are unable to find suitable placements. How do young people start their…
Building connection
How ST3AM’s community management creates innovation communities:
Anyone entering the ST3AM workspace is immediately struck by the bright, warmly designed interiors. This is a place that facilitates focused work, while encouraging spontaneous encounters. But for WISTA staff members…
»People are more likely to support projects when they are intrinsically motivated«
In conversation with Beccs Riley, sensitivity consultant, board member of the Minzgespinst collective and economics student:
Why is diversity so important to you? Beccs Riley: I’m an autistic, openly non-binary trans person with a severe disability who also requires care. So I didn’t really have a choice. I founded Minzgespinst in 2020,…
A career in code
The Data Science Institute from the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC) prepares career changers for roles in the data-driven economy:
Demand for skilled professionals in data and artificial intelligence is growing rapidly. At the same time, many people are looking for new career paths beyond their original training. The Data Science Institute in…
Call for Videos: Promoting early-career researchers
At the Long Night of Science, candidates for Berlin Science Week will be chosen:
How does your research improve the lives of Berliners? That’s the question asked at the Inspiration Stage during Berlin Science Week on November 7 and 8, 2026—and we can help you take the stage. As institutions in…
Despite the 2025 arson attack: Technology Park Adlershof continues to grow and remains confident and optimistic
Germany’s largest science and technology park continues to grow amidst an ongoing economic crisis / companies recognise responsibility for Germany’s technological independence:
The Science and Technology Park Berlin Adlershof continued its positive development in 2025. Revenues and budget funds rose by around 5% to over 4.2 bn. euros (2025: 4.0 bn. euros). The number of employees also…
Berlin Adlershof: Facts and figures
Berlin Adlershof is Germany’s largest and most successful Science and Technology Park as well as Berlin’s largest media location—embedded in an overall urban development concept. Spanning an area of 4.6 km², the park…
WISTA launches new start-up programme
Adlershof Startup Lab – Call for applications until 7 April 2026:
WISTA Management GmbH is kicking off the new funding period for the Berlin Startup Scholarship (BSS) and officially opening the application phase for the newly named Adlershof Startup Lab. With the grant notification…
Adlershof Dissertation Prize for 2025 goes to Dr Sascha Gaudlitz
The mathematician developed new statistical methods for reconstructing hidden dynamics in spatiotemporal systems:
On 11 February 2026, the Adlershof Dissertation Prize was awarded once again. Dr Sascha Gaudlitz received the prize, worth €3,000, which is jointly sponsored and organised each year by Humboldt University of Berlin,…
WISTA Conventions received Sustainable Berlin certification „High Performer“
Sustainable event service in Berlin Adlershof:
For WISTA Management GmbH, sustainability is not a short-term trend, but an integral part of its corporate practice. This has now been officially confirmed: in December 2025, the Adlershof-based event service provider…
Berlin builds a home for the games industry
With the House of Games, Berlin is pooling the technological and cultural strengths of the games industry:
In conversation, Roland Sillmann comes across as someone who prefers observing and analysing a game rather than playing it. “FIFA against my eldest—disastrous,” he says. Too many buttons, too many things happening at…
Save the Date: 23 June 2026 – Kick-off for new network format “Adlershof Connect”
Focus on AI & cybersecurity:
The Adlershof Technology Park is a vibrant hub of knowledge and innovation. It brings together researchers, companies, startups, and students. However, there has been no overarching network format to date that brings…
Satellites for technological sovereignty: German Chancellor Merz and Berlin's Governing Mayor Wegner visited Adlershof-based company BST
Leading manufacturer of small satellites exemplifies Berlin's innovative strength:
During his inaugural visit to Berlin, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Berlin's Governing Mayor Kai Wegner visited BST Berlin Space Technologies at the Adlershof Technology Park to learn about the construction of…
Networked European innovation ecosystem: Campus Squared initiative launched
Cooperation agreement between Adlershof Technology Park and European science locations:
On 12 November, WISTA Management GmbH, the operating company of Adlershof Technology Park, and representatives of other European science locations signed a cooperation agreement officially launching “Campus Squared”—a…
Art with conviction
Core human values are made visible at the ST3AM workspaces in Adlershof and Charlottenburg:
Art in offices is often little more than a meaningless splash of colour on the wall. But it can be done differently. With a clear colour concept, artist Sarah Masura and interior designer Urve Liivak joined forces to…
Trailblazing spirit without role models
A book series about East Germany takes up the success story of the Adlershof Technology Park:
Adlershof is more than a tech site. It’s a symbol of what East Germany can achieve when courage, creativity and political will come together. The book series Denke ich anOstdeutschland … takes up this theme. When the…
Technology park Adlershof hosted Photonic Days and Tech Tour Photonics
Over 400 participants and 3 days of Networking:
The photonics industry from Berlin-Brandenburg met from October 8-10, 2025, at the WISTA Conventions premises in the Adlershof Technology Park for the traditional Photonics Days. The Photonics/Optics, Microsystems,…
New Book: “Earning money with knowledge”—the economic history of Berlin-Adlershof
Published in German:
Berlin-Adlershof – today synonymous with innovation, high-tech, and economic excellence – but the path to get there was by no means predetermined. What began in 1991 as a tentative new start on the ruins of a bygone…
Turning Impairments into Enrichments
How a research project aims to attract more employees with disabilities to the technology park:
Specialist staff are crucial when it comes to helping companies to progress. Although the potential offered by people with disabilities has long been overlooked, things are slowly changing… In some companies, people…
The Startup Factory
More than 50 partners from the fields of science, business, politics, and society have formed the UNITE alliance to increase the number of start-ups in Berlin and Brandenburg:
An ecosystem for science-based startups has recently been created with UNITE, an alliance of over 50 partners from the fields of science, business, politics, and society in Berlin-Brandenburg. Laura Möller, CEO of…