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In conversation with Peter Strunk & Cindy Böhme, corporate spokespersons of the WISTA Management GmbH:

Name: Peter Strunk Occupation: Historian Born in: 1955 Lives in: Berlin Schöneweide With him, it’s all about the (hi)story. Peter Strunk is well-known as the voice of the Adlershof Technology Park. For over 20 years,…

A field report from the WISTA communications team following a year of the coronavirus pandemic:

How do humans react to danger? With fight, flight, or playing dead. When Germany was suddenly shut down on 14 March 2020 and the operating company of Adlershof Technology Park with it, which choice did the…

CleanTech Marzahn: TransferHUB fosters cooperation between businesses and science:

“Clean tech is all about clean and sustainable technologies,” says Marek Wenhöfer. The project manager names further examples, including environmentally-friendly energy production, circular economy, green chemistry,…

The Berlin Adlershof Science City is one of the most successful high-technology sites in Germany and Berlin’s largest media site. It is home to 1,200 companies and scientific institutions on an area of 4.6 km² –…

An entrepreneur, a scientist, and a project manager take a look back and a look ahead:

Has it really been 30 years?! Yes, indeed. The science and business location Adlershof is having a milestone birthday in March. An entrepreneur, a scientist, and a project manager from Adlershof look back, take stock,…

The coronavirus pandemic has also affected the work of start-up and innovation centres:

These are turbulent, crazy times. Rarely has an issue dominated all areas of work and life as much as the coronavirus. Start-ups and other developing companies are being hit particularly hard by the resulting…

What drives prospective business founders – two teams from the Adlershof Founder’s Lab report:

Making the step to start a company requires courage, even when things are normal. What drives prospective founders to take the step during the epidemic year 2020? – two teams from the Adlershof Founder’s Lab report …

Roland Sillmann, head of WISTA Management GmbH, about the skilled trades and high-tech, workshops versus working-from-home, and the “Gewerbehof 2.0”:

Berlin is characterised as a city for tech and start-ups. When and why did Berlin rediscover the skilled trades? When you’re promoting technology centres, you need good suppliers and skilled manufacturers. For this,…

Modular, climate-positive, digitally connected, and recyclable: an architectural and energetic prototype for skilled trade hubs:

In addition to being places that generate creative and productive energy, modern skilled trade hubs in cities will also produce physical energy. This is about self-sufficiency as well as connectivity – within…

TU students conduct feasibility study for developing local hubs for skilled trade businesses in Berlin:

Berlin needs these revived local hubs for skilled trade businesses. But what is going on there? A team of students at Technical University Berlin conducted a feasibility study under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Lech…