What's happening: Week of 1 June 2026
One of Berlin's largest AI gatherings of the year — 2,000+ senior executives, industry leaders and AI pioneers descend on the Estrel for two days of enterprise AI strategy, business…
with Darya Kamkalova (Founder, Venturing Women) · Vanessa Wachtmeister (Founder & Creator, Go Onwards)
The weekly Thursday Gathering at Venture Café Berlin turns its attention to one of the ecosystem's quieter questions: how do you navigate a career in this industry? Two founders share their playbook — Darya Kamkalova (Founder, Venturing Women) on building community and professional positioning, and Vanessa Wachtmeister (Founder & Creator, Go Onwards) on experimenting your way to the right next step. Free to attend and open to all. Doors from 17:00, programme from 18:00, networking until 20:00.
SuperReturn Venture is Europe's premier gathering for the venture capital and LP community — 1,000+ attendees across three days at Hotel Palace Berlin, with 350+ LPs and 500+ VCs from…
TEDxBerlin returns for a two-day deep dive into how AI is reshaping business, society, and creativity. Day 1 at Factory Berlin Mitte (Mon 8 Jun) is hands-on — workshops, panels,…
TEDxBerlin returns for a two-day deep dive into how AI is reshaping business, society, and creativity. Day 1 at Factory Berlin Mitte (Mon 8 Jun) is hands-on — workshops, panels, and practical AI use cases across industries. Day 2 at the Berliner Ensemble (Tue 9 Jun) delivers the classic TEDx stage with global voices on AI's impact on power, governance, trust, and culture. Tickets are available for one day or both. The two-venue format pairs Berlin's startup hub with one of Germany's most historic theatres.
The Thursday Gathering at Venture Café Berlin takes on aerospace and New Space this week — a sector attracting serious attention and capital as Berlin positions itself as a European hub for space tech and dual-use innovation. Open networking from 17:00, programme from 18:00. Free to attend, open to founders, investors, engineers and ecosystem professionals with an interest in the sector. CIC Berlin at Lohmühlenstraße 65.
GreenTech Festival is Berlin's flagship gathering for the people and companies pushing sustainability and climate technology forward — three days at Station Berlin in Kreuzberg with 100+ sessions, 50+ leaders…
PITS — the Public-IT-Security Congress — is Germany's flagship event for IT security in the public sector. Two days at the Hotel Adlon Kempinski bring together IT leaders from federal, state and municipal authorities, plus industry, academia and the security vendor ecosystem. The 2026 motto is "Heroes and Heroines in the Background." Expect substantive sessions on AI in security operations, cloud usage by public administration, building IT security capacity, and the daily reality of defending public-sector systems against cyber attack. Highly relevant for anyone selling into the public sector, working on regulated AI/cloud deployments, or building security products for institutional buyers.