Recap
Urban
Innovation
Forum
2024
Urban Innovation Forum 2024
The 2024 Urban Innovation Forum, hosted at Festsaal Kreuzberg, explored how cities are driving decarbonization around the world.
The Forum hosted founders, investors, entrepreneurs, academics, city officials and industry leaders for a day filled with learning, networking, and business activities as part of the Berlin Energy Week.
It's the place where networks thrive, and entrepreneurs and ideas receive a boost. Join us for this incredible experience and kickstart your journey with a highly curated lineup of experts and diverse formats connecting you with the most relevant people at the event.
The Forum serves as an immersive learning hub designed to ignite impactful solutions through panels, keynote addresses, fireside chats, and interactive workshops.
Thank you for coming together to discuss how Berlin can lead local and global climate solutions!
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11:00–12:00
Welcome Ceremony
Celebrating Urban Innovation
Festsaal
12:00–14:00
Connect & Catalyze
Matchmaking at the Urban Innovation Forum
Kaminzimmer (+ Biergarten)
14:00–15:00
Urban Transformation
Decarbonization of cities, Lighthouse Projects, Corporate Innovation, A Startup Perspective, Sustainable heat supply
Festsaal
15:00–15:45
Skyward Revival
Berlin's Innovative Takeoff with Repurposed Airport Infrastructures
Festsaal
15:45–16:45
Innovate, Collaborate, Transform
Urban Innovation Workshop Series
Aquarium, Kaminzimmer, Festsaal, Ostflügel
16:45–17:00
Break
17:00–18:00
Accelerating Climate Innovation
Unveiling the Climate Tech Cohort with Phineo Startups
Festsaal
18:00–18:30
Jeopardy
Looking back at the day
Festsaal
18:30–19:00
Drinks & Snacks
Kaminzimmer
19:00–19:30
Fire Side Chat
Innovative Funding Approaches for Climate Tech
Kaminzimmer
the whole day
Satellite Events
Aquarium, Kaminzimmer, Festsaal, Ostflügel
Thomas Krause
Norbert Herrmann
Urban Innovation
At Urban Innovation, we are driven by a vision of smarter, more sustainable cities.
At our annual Urban Innovation Forum, we bring together a diverse group of urban innovators, thought leaders and advocates, to explore how breakthroughs in urban tech can accelerate the sustainable transformation of urban spaces.
Achievements
+250 attendees
+30 international Speakers
+220 Matchmaking Meetings
4 Innovation Workshops
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Hackathon
Sponsors & Partners
+250 attendees
+30 international Speakers
+220 Matchmaking Meetings
4 Innovation Workshops
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Urban Innovation is built by Climate Tech Hub and funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Enterprises and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). This project was funded as part of the Union's response to the Covid 19 pandemic.