08.11. 10:00 - 11:15 Festival Centre Miriam Makeba Auditorium German DLR_Raumfahrt_Show: Eine Zeitreise in die Zukunft Leben wir bald auf dem Mars? Wird es Hotels im Weltraum geben? Die DLR_Raumfahrt_Show zeigt live, woran Forscherinnen und Forscher gerade arbeiten. By: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt
08.11. 10:00 - 18:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Science Notes Magazine Das Science Notes Magazin erzählt Geschichten aus der Wissenschaft und verbindet sie mit Kunst, Literatur, Fotografie und Design. Thomas Susanka, Katharina Wulff, Leonard Baier By: Science Notes Magazin
08.11. 10:00 - 18:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Archäologie hautnah Bei der Berlin Science Week lädt das Deutsche Archäologische Institut (DAI) Euch zum Mitmachen ein: Gemeinsam lassen wir Vergangenheit lebendig werden By: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
08.11. 10:00 - 18:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Can AI Keep Up? Die KI-Dance-Challenge Tanzen, testen, staunen: Erlebe live, wie KI deine Bewegungen erkennt. Unsere Jülicher Forschenden zeigen dir, was genau dahintersteckt. By: Forschungszentrum Jülich
08.11. 10:00 - 18:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day English Scotland's Human Performance Lab - Pushing the Limits of Science and Human Performance! Have you what it takes to be an international athlete? What has science and sport got to do with each other? Come and visit us to find out! By: Scottish Government
08.11. 10:00 - 18:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day English In Touch with the Future: Explore, Challenge & Shape Tomorrow What will your future self look like? Can you tell the difference between human and AI? And how can science help create more livable cities? By: Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH
08.11. 10:00 - 18:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Get in touch with local mini-creatures through a microscope! Ever wondered if there's more to the soil around you than mud and dirt? If so, come by the microscope station! Isabella di Stefano
08.11. 10:00 - 18:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English The Genomics Lab: Explore, Experiment, Discover Explore DNA through practical activities and discover how genomics is transforming healthcare, science, and lives around the world By: illumina GmbH
08.11. 10:00 - 18:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German Berliner Sparkassenstiftung Medizin: Forschen - Helfen – Leben Wir machen den aktuellen Förderschwerpunkt 'Seltene Erkrankungen' mit unserem Mitmachkoffer greif- und erlebbar. By: Berliner Sparkassenstiftung Medizin
08.11. 10:00 - 18:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Curious? Welcome to the Quantum Café. Meet quantum researchers, join the conversation, ask anything, and explore the science behind emerging technologies. By: Quantum Café
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Schrödinger's Ethical Dataset Can you craft a fair dataset? Explore the complexity of fairness and bias in AI models in this cat-themed web game, based on real research! By: Sahra Azadzoy, Leo Bayly Barton
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Somatic Circuits - A Shared Somatic Experience Breathe, feel, connect. Join Somatic Circuits and become part of a living neural network where science turns into a shared sensation. By: Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (Fraunhofer IZM), Gallery "Art Claims Impulse", Artist Marlot Meyer
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English AI & the Science Behind the Hype What does it take to make AI actually work — At the BIFOLD booth, you won't just hear about cutting-edge AI research. You'll experience it. By: Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD)
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Das Ungleichheitsbarometer - The Politics of Inequality Wie nehmen wir Ungleichheit wahr? Testen Sie Ihre Einschätzungen am interaktiven Ungleichheitsbarometer – und vergleichen Sie sie mit Fakten. Felix Jäger By: Exzellenzcluster "The Politics of Inequality", Universität Konstanz
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Q-Narratives - The Futures of Quantum Technologies The futures of quantum technologies are being shaped today. But what are they about? Do they resonate with you? Help us find alternatives. Adrian Schmidt, Zeki C. Seskir, Christopher Coenen By: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day English Unequal World: An Augmented Reality Experience of Global Inequality What does inequality look like from above? On a living AR Earth, photography, data and stories bring one of the world's hardest questions to life. By: Johnny Miller, Neeeu, ReDLat - Latin America Dementia Research Consortium
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Die Physik des Lichts Erleben sie kleine Physik-Experimente für groß und klein. Wir erklären alltägliche Phänomene des Lichts und ihre Anwendung in aktueller Forschung. Johannes Piotrowski, Arno Rauschenbeutel, Inna Kviatkovsky By: Berlin Quantum
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Wenn Material lebt: Pilzmyzel zwischen Wissenschaft, Kunst, Transformation Lerne Wissenschaft bei Fraunhofer hautnah kennen! Myzel wächst, reagiert, verändert sich und lädt dazu ein, die eigene Perspektive neu zu denken Camilla Geier, Malte Taffner, Henrik-Alexander Christ By: Fraunhofer-Netzwerk »Wissenschaft, Kunst und Design«
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Vom Panzer zur zweiten Haut: Wie Forschung und Design Textilien neu denken Wie entstehen nachhaltige Textilien aus biologischen Reststoffen? Ein interdisziplinäres Projekt zwischen Materialforschung und Design Camilla Geier, Thomas Hahn, Julia Ihls, Marius Probst By: Fraunhofer-Netzwerk »Wissenschaft, Kunst und Design«, Fraunhofer-Institut für Grenzflächen- und Bioverfahrenstechnik IGB
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English »virtual | concrete« - Generatives Design als Schlüssel für die Baustoffe von morgen Ko-Kreation eröffnet neue Perspektiven: Innovationen entstehen bei Fraunhofer im Zusammenspiel von Forschung und Gestaltung Camilla Geier, Susanne Lehmann-Brauns By: Fraunhofer-Netzwerk »Wissenschaft, Kunst und Design«
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English From Lost Places to Future Spaces - Mapping food4future What if Berlin's forgotten places became the food hubs of tomorrow? Discover hidden potential through mapping—and help shape the future of urban food. By: Leibniz-Institut für Gartenbauwissenschaften (IGZ)
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Experimentieren, erleben, entdecken Das DESY-Schülerlabor lädt Groß und Klein dazu ein, Wissenschaft hautnah zu erleben. By: Helmholtz Gemeinschaft
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English No Easy Answers: Viadrina Conversation Lab for Europe’s Futures What if the conversations we avoid are the ones we need most? Join us to explore escalating conflicts, digital transformation, and societal change. By: European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German Wenn der Strom ausfällt, entscheidet Kommunikation Beim einem Blackout zählt, welche Informationen dich erreichen und ob du sie verstehst. Wie gelingt das für möglichst viele Menschen? By: IFAF Berlin - Institut für angewandte Forschung Berlin
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Multi-Day German Robotik: Rückenwind für die Pflege Pflege belastet den Rücken und kostet Zeit. Kann Robotik Pflegekräfte entlasten, ohne ihre Arbeit komplizierter zu machen? Prof. Dr. Ing. Hannes Höppner By: IFAF Berlin - Institut für angewandte Forschung Berlin
08.11. 10:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day English Shared Futures: How Deep Time and Indigenous Knowledge Can Help Us Navigate the Anthropocene Presenting perspectives from the Global South on the Anthropocene on two interconnected themes: resilient food systems and biodiversity practices. By: Max Planck Institute of Geoanthrology
08.11. 10:30 - 11:30 Festival Centre Maria Katrina Stenberg Room Multi-Day German English A Bright Start in the Science of Light: A Light & Color Workshop for Kids Did you know that daylight has superpowers? Discover the magic of light through exciting experiments, art projects, and hands-on light adventures Aicha Diakité-Kortlever, Jemima Unwin Teji By: Technische Universität Berlin
08.11. 10:30 - 11:30 Festival Centre Angie Stardust Foyer German Als Ela das All eroberte – Eine Lesung mit Raúl Krauthausen und Adina Hermann Gerade mal 11 % aller der bisher ins All geflogenen Menschen sind Frauen. Ela lebt noch dazu mit Rollstuhl. Muss Ela ihren Traum aufgeben? Raul Krauthausen, Adina Hermann By: Raul Krauthausen, Adina Hermann
08.11. 11:00 - 12:00 Festival Centre German English Dr Inside Out Play a giant game of operation, discover bugs in the stomach or join the organ organ orchestra! Duckie L'Orange By: Duckie L'Orange
08.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Festival Centre Empore (Weltwirtschaft) German Zukunftsbilder Migration Was, wenn 2050 niemand mehr nach Deutschland will? Gemeinsam mit Künstler:innen und Migrationsforschenden denken wir mögliche Zukunftsszenarien weiter Marcus Engler, Nicolas Malevé, Bernadette Klausberger, Julie Reindl
08.11. 11:00 - 12:30 Festival Centre Teresia Teaiwa Room English Who Makes the Image? Building Pinhole Cameras from Scratch All it takes is a box to make an image. Build your own working camera from everyday materials, then take it home to develop, no chemicals needed. By: SAVVY Contemporary
08.11. 11:00 - 18:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer Multi-Day German English Book a Scientist - Das Speeddating mit der Wissenschaft Was wollten Sie schon immer eine Wissenschaftlerin oder einen Wissenschaftler fragen? 20 Minuten direkter Austausch – stellen Sie alle Ihre Fragen! By: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
08.11. 11:30 - 13:00 Festival Centre Haunani-Kay Trask Hall English Attunement: the Loop Within and Between Bodies What does attunement feel like from the inside, and how does our everyday understanding of it diverge from the latest neuroscientific findings? Leigh Biddlecome, Tanja Saban, Aleksandra Piejka By: Leigh Biddlecome
08.11. 12:00 - 13:30 Festival Centre Angie Stardust Foyer English Inspiration Stage: Inside Disease When things go wrong inside the body. Elisa Moutin, Julien Thebing, Doris Kaltenecker, Sreepradha Eswaran By: Berlin Science Week
08.11. 12:00 - 13:30 Festival Centre Safi Faye Hall English In Touch with Living Lands: Documentary storytelling for environmental justice How can we come into touch with forms of knowledge that are difficult to communicate through academic texts alone? Lieselotte Viaene, Laurence Ivil, Cecilia Oliveira, Lillian Rosa By: Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ (RIFS Potsdam)
08.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Festival Centre Maria Katrina Stenberg Room English I Want More! In Touch: Dopamine, Desire & Human Connection Why are we so easily hooked on scrolling, sugar, or the next message from a new crush? Eliana Araque, Prateep Beed By: Eliana Araque
08.11. 12:15 - 13:30 Festival Centre Miriam Makeba Auditorium German DLR_Raumfahrt_Show: Eine Zeitreise in die Zukunft Leben wir bald auf dem Mars? Wird es Hotels im Weltraum geben? Die DLR_Raumfahrt_Show zeigt live, woran Forscherinnen und Forscher gerade arbeiten. By: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt
08.11. 13:00 - 14:00 Festival Centre Teresia Teaiwa Room English Transparent Bodies: The Cultural Implications of Medical Imaging What happens when technology can see inside us? From X-rays to AI, discover how medical imaging has shaped art, culture, and our perception of reality Marta Porta Vilaró By: Marta Porta Vilaró
08.11. 13:00 - 14:00 Festival Centre Sylvia Wynter Foyer German English Dr Inside Out Play a giant game of operation, discover bugs in the stomach or join the organ organ orchestra! Duckie L'Orange By: Duckie L'Orange
08.11. 13:30 - 15:00 Festival Centre Haunani-Kay Trask Hall English Journeys Through Deep Time: Indigenous Knowledge and the Futures We Imagine More than a panel discussion: an invitation to experience different ways of knowing and to rethink our rapidly changing world. By: Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
08.11. 14:00 - 14:30 Festival Centre Speaker's Corner English Hidden in the city: three science tales of Berlin Berlin is rich in scientific breakthroughs, but the stories of the people behind them are not well known. Find out what happened and where. Andrew Fletcher
08.11. 14:00 - 15:30 Festival Centre Angie Stardust Foyer English Inspiration Stage: Examining the Ordinary The science behind everyday life. Ranran Li, Cassandra Ama Omane, Varqha Bagwan, Corinna Kühnapfel By: Berlin Science Week
08.11. 14:00 - 15:30 Festival Centre Safi Faye Hall German Women in Science - Slam & Stories Wissenschaft, die fesselt. Bei Slam & Stories teilen Wissenschaftlerinnen ihre Forschung - inspirierend, und vor allem: unterhaltsam! By: DIE ZEIT Verlagsgruppe, academics
08.11. 14:30 - 16:00 Festival Centre Miriam Makeba Auditorium German Lesung "Mehr Geschichten aus der Geschichte" "Heureka!" Wie oft kommt so ein Moment eigentlich vor? Tatsächlich wohl seltener als gedacht. By: GeschichteFM GmbH
08.11. 15:00 - 16:00 Festival Centre Maria Katrina Stenberg Room English Out of Touch / In Touch—Learning to Be Together in Virtual Reality A talk and live VR demo exploring what touch, co-presence and togetherness mean in virtual worlds. Fernanda Parente, Katharina Haverich
08.11. 15:00 - 17:00 Festival Centre Teresia Teaiwa Room German Sinnesorgane zum Selberbauen: Was Tiere spüren und wir nicht Elektromagnetische Felder durchziehen jeden Raum, von der Sonne wie vom Ladekabel. Wir löten Detektoren und erkunden damit eine unsichtbare Umwelt. Emma Sokoll, Friedrich Weber Goizel By: TAWA
08.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Festival Centre Angie Stardust Foyer English Inspiration Stage: Reprogramming & Repair The body as a system for repair and a source of data for understanding it. Schayan Yousefian, Ann-Kathrin Meß, Luke Flanagan, Irene Talon By: Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH)
08.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Festival Centre Haunani-Kay Trask Hall English Fertile Void | Hapticality and Sense-making Sha Xin Wei By: Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)
08.11. 16:00 - 17:30 Festival Centre German Stadt unter Druck? Gemeinsam Resilienz für Berlin entwickeln Von sicheren U-Bahnhöfen bis zum Schutz vor digitaler Gewalt: Wie entsteht eine sichere Stadt? Diskutieren Sie mit Forschung und Praxis. By: Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW Berlin)
08.11. 16:30 - 18:00 Festival Centre Maria Katrina Stenberg Room English SUELO Workshop SUELO (soil) offers pathways to connect with the places we inhabit, from the personal to the planetary Ela Spalding By: Ela Spalding
08.11. 16:30 - 18:00 Festival Centre Miriam Makeba Auditorium English Ig Nobel Prizes - Research that makes you laugh, then think Founder Marc Abrahams brings Ig Nobel Prize winners on stage to tell you about their weird and wonderful research. Marc Abrahams By: Improbable Research
08.11. 17:00 - 22:00 Festival Centre Les Nana Benz Terrace Multi-Day German English In touch with the Cosmos - Stargazing Piercing through city light pollution, experience the Moon craters, Jupiter’s storms and the rings of Saturn with your own eyes through our telescopes ...thabo thindi By: Sternfreunde Berlin
08.11. 17:30 - 19:00 Festival Centre Teresia Teaiwa Room English Chemical Poetics: Literature in the Lab Get your hands dirty and your writing brain rewired in this hands-on chemical experimentation poetry writing workshop! By: Bart Kuipers
08.11. 18:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Haunani-Kay Trask Hall English Song for the Cosmos: Art and Science in the Age of Space Exploitation What would you do if a spaceport was being built right where you live? And how will our lives change, in this new race to exploit Earth's orbit? Edwin Mingard, Geo Barcan, Sabine Winters By: GROM
08.11. 18:00 - 19:00 Festival Centre Safi Faye Hall English Beyond Black Holes: What Does Society Gain from the Einstein Telescope? Black holes collided a billion years ago, and a new underground observatory will hear it. But what does listening to the universe give to society? Carmen Leicht-Scholten, Achim Stahl, Jan Lamkin, Jan-Martin Wiarda By: RWTH Aachen University
08.11. 18:00 - 19:30 Festival Centre Angie Stardust Foyer English Inspiration Stage: Hidden Worlds The connections between people and place, and the hidden threads that tie us all together. Johannes Matzen (born Müller), Kai-Ti Wu, Yalinu Poya, Michelle Lezana By: Berlin Science Week