Climate Tech Hub – Urban Innovation Forum 2025

Recap

Urban
Innovation
Forum

2025

Key Facts

Date

March 20, 2025

Location

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Urban Innovation Forum 2025

Shaping Purpose-Driven Innovation

On March 20, 2025, the Urban Innovation Forum brought together urban changemakers, climate tech innovators, and thought leaders for one powerful day of ideas, inspiration, and action.

From future-ready solutions for net-zero cities to bold startup pitches and global perspectives — UIF25 sparked meaningful conversations and new collaborations across the urban innovation ecosystem.

Together, we explored how to drive urban transformation through innovation, collaboration, and courage — even in the face of political, economic, and societal challenges.

Highlights from UIF 2025:

- 30+ speakers & panelists from across sectors and continents

- 270+ guests

- 120+ meetings

- cutting-edge climate tech startup pitches

- hands-on dialogue on net-zero cities, circular solutions and AI in urban systems

- a truly global community with guests from Japan, Chicago, the UK and beyond

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Photo Credits:

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Agenda

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Urban Innovation Forum 2025

12:00

Welcome Remarks & Keynote

Opening

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12:45

No Impact, No Party

Talk

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13:30

Resilient Growth: Break Things, Fix the Planet!

Talk

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14:30

Global City Lessons

Nano Stage

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15:00

Match

B2B Matchmaking

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15:30

Initiatives

Nano Stage

Fotograsika

16:00

Match

B2B Matchmaking

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16:30

Innovation Unplugged

Nano Stage

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17:30

Start Up Slam

Startup Pitching Competition

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18:15

Closing

Closing Ceremony

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18:30

Smart City Networking

Evening Reception

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Speaker

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Meet the visionaries driving urban innovation at UIF 2025

Thomas Krause

Head of the Department of Energy, Digitalization, Innovation at Senate Department for Economics, Energy & Operations

Thomas Schubert

Partner, Dentons

Nicole Hiltl

Managing Director of the Climate Tech Hub

Nico Köllner

Managing Director DATA2HEAT

Florian Hildebrand

CEO & CO Founder Greenlyte Carbon Technologies

Katharina Wolf

Project Lead Zukunft Feiern

Beate Albert

Coordinator Smart City Unit

Christian Guba

Principal at Extantia Capital

Elena Harumi Stark

Head of Impact & ESG, AENU

Lou Kest

Senior Programs & Ecosystem Manage, Innovation Agency

Christoph Benedict Krömer

Authorized representative, Infrest e.V.

Frank Pawlitschek

Director HPI Engine, Board Member Climate Tech Hub e.V.

Chrissy Braun

Community Engagement Manager at Startup Labor Schwedt.

Theresa Hümmer

Board Member Global Goals for Berlin e.V.

Lennart Kehlenbeck

Expert for Renewable Energies at Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises

Elzan Godlewski

Investment Associate at Kopa Ventures

Clarissa Kersting

Expert for Renewable Energies at Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises

Michele Rieger

Sustainability and Operations Management at Startup Labor Schwedt

Dr. Felix Groba

Head of Unit "Energy" at Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises

Jennifer Kuerner

Senior Associate Venture Portfolio Management at Chemovator

Allison Dring

Co Founder & CEO at Made of Air

Marvin Göldner

Co-Head of Startup Incubator Berlin

Natalie Milde

ESG & Impact Lead at Future Energy Ventures

Ed Javier

Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

Jessica Fernsler

Investment Associate, 2bX

Jan-Felix Kederer

Manager, Government Projects & Trade Missions, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest

Ludwig Speidel

CFO, Swobee

Britta Schneider

Deputy Director Government Projects and Trade Missions, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest

Jonas Schorr

CEO & Founder Urban Impact

Sophie Persigehl

Head of Projects & Operations, Urban Impact

Aneri Pradhan

Founder at one of a kind

Sebastian Ulm

Head of Urban Innovation

Tad Kimura

CEO at addlight Inc.

Achievements

Voices, Visions, and Ventures for a Sustainable Urban Future

Hackathon

Turning Dialog into Action

Urban Innovation

About the Forum

Learn more about us

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.

Sponsors & Partners

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Urban Innovation Forum 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).

The members of the Climate Tech Hub e.V. are distributed along the entire value chain of renewable energies. Find out more about our goals, fields of action and how you can become a member.

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