Celebrating scientific excellence, knowledge and discovery, and promoting innovative exchange

The festival combines in person formats throughout Berlin with online and hybrid events. The focus is on exchange and reflection: the programme is based on interactive and often interdisciplinary formats ranging from panel discussions, workshops, exhibitions, to VR-experiences, film screenings, music installations and much more. Internationally renowned scientists and institutions contribute to topic tracks reflecting the current challenges and debates in science and society.

Research, science, and innovation do have the potential to help solve the challenges the world is facing, but only if they are accessible to all and are applied wisely. The organizers believe that collaboration, dialogue, and reflection are key to a sustainable future and with this event have created a platform for inter- and transdisciplinary exchange, a meeting place for the visionaries and the science enthusiasts and a space for reflection on where we’re heading and how we want to get there.

Berlin Science Week is also a laboratory for science communication. The ambition is to experiment with science communication formats to find the best ways for making science and technology accessible, entertaining and attractive. The vision is a world of science-literate citizens with a fact-based world-view, where science curiosity is a natural part of our lifestyle.