Climate Tech Hub – Urban Innovation Forum 2026

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Date

March 19, 2026

Location

Urban Innovation Forum 2026

Shaping the Future of Urban Systems

Urban Innovation Forum 2026 brought together more than 350 founders, investors, utilities, corporates, policymakers, researchers, and international delegations at CIC Berlin for a day dedicated to the future of cities.

As the fourth edition of the Forum, hosted by Climate Tech Hub e.V., UIF 2026 focused on one central message:

the technology for the energy transition already exists — the real challenge is collaboration.

Across curated panels, workshops, and discussions, participants explored how municipalities, utilities, innovators, and civil society can work together to scale solutions in energy, heat transition, resilience, urban infrastructure, and climate innovation.

A special thank you goes to our funding partner, the Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises, and to CIC Berlin for hosting this year’s Forum.

UIF 2026 showed once again: urban transformation happens when the right people come together to move from ideas to implementation.

See you at Urban Innovation Forum 2027.

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Agenda

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Meet the visionaries driving urban innovation at UIF 2026

Dr. Dale Rickert

Managing Director at TECH by Handelsblatt

Katharina Beitz

Chair of the Board at Climate Tech Hub e.V.

Alexander S. Wolf

Chair of the Board at Foundation AusserGewöhnlich Berlin

Tess Dury

Director of Impact & ESG at Extantia

Norbert Herrmann

Head of Startup Affairs at Berlin Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises

Nicole Hiltl

Board Member & Managing Director at Climate Tech Hub e.V

Maren Lesche

Managing Director at Startup Colors / U-Space Berlin

Marvin Göldner

Head of Startup Incubator Berlin

Natalie Milde

Investor & Head of Impact at Future Energy Ventures

Christoph Braendle

CEO at Augnum GmbH

Sophie Marquitan

Director & Facilitator at Energy Watch Group

Martin Bornholdt

Founder & CEO at Kelvin Green GmbH

Dipl. Ing. Annegrit Seyerlein-Klug

Consultant Cybersecurity, AI, critical infrastructure and standardisation at KKI Compentence Centre for critical infrastructure e.V.

Sarah Buge

Chief Operating Officer at Companisto GmbH

Chris Walla

Senior Director at BATWorks/ CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center)

Tom Josczok

Investor Relations Manager at FASE

Prof. Dr. Volker Quaschning

Professor at Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW) Renewable Energy Systems

Philine Wedell

Managing Director at IKEM Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility e.V.

Dr. Andrea Nakoinz

Freelancer at Dr. Andrea Nakoinz - klimaresilient + gesund

Prof. Dr. Kathrin Goldammer

Managing Director at Reiner Lemoine Institut

Anastasia Sukhoroslova

CEO & Founder at All Things Urban │ The GeoSpatial Hub

Susanne Huneke

Head of Strategy, Politics & Regulatory Affairs at BEW Berliner Energie und Wärme GmbH

Simon Harske

Managing Director at Enpal Heat GmbH

Maximilian von der Ahé

CEO at betahaus GmbH

Victoria Hoffmann

Co-Founder & CEO at SectorPi

Dr. Marko Häckel

Co-Founder at SectorPi

Viktor Gerbert

CEO at Alchemisten AG

Sarah Luna Mongin

Program Manager & Venture Scout at HPI Engine

Saskia Bruysten

Partner & Co-Founder International at Carbon Equity

Valeria Do

Co-Founder at Elevate2Impact

Daniela Hertzer

Innovation Manager at LEAG Gigawatt GmbH

Anne-Sophie Krechting

Associate at Atlantic

Jette Banning

Speaker for the joint energy and heat transition at Bündnis Bürgerenergie e.V.

Emanuel Heisenberg

CEO & Founder at ecoworks GmbH

Dr.-Ing. Matan Beery

Senior Business Development Manager at Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg

Dr. Severin Fischer

State Secretary for Energy and Public Enterprises at Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises

Michael Bartnik

Head of Jelbi Hubs at Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)

Bernd Riedel

Executive Creative Director at Ellery Studio

Andjela Cvetanovic

Head of Investment Management at capacura GmbH

Meike Wenzl

Principal

Dr. Isabelle Canu

Partner at GET Fund

Oliver Lichtenstein

CEO & Co-Founder at Beagle Systems GmbH

Timon Rupp

Managing Director at CIC Germany Innovation Services GmbH

Christian Pirzer

Managing Director at Endeva GmbH

Stephan Schulze

Investment Director at IBB Ventures

Camilla Dalerci

Deputy Project Lead at AI Competence Center

Chris Werner

CEO at Berliner Stadtwerke

Toni Loitsch

Climate protection management, Cottbus city administration for City of Cottbus/Chóśebuz

Rene Giese

Director at MotionLab.Berlin

Robin Juchems

COO at FUTURE030 GMBH

Doreen Rietentiet

CEO at Elevate2Impact

Yuki Bartels

Research Assistent at Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin (KWB) gGmbH

Kerrin Löhe

CEO at BAM! Bock auf Morgen

Andrea Puiatti

CEO at Skycharge GmbH

Tim Fischer

CEO at Labfly

Jan Pechmann

CCO at BAM! Bock auf Morgen

Corinna Vetter

Head of Digital Policy at Heinrich Boell Foundation

Annette Storr

Manager Engineering Services & Sustainability at UPS

Dr. Nicole Hartmann

Co-Founder at Donut Berlin e.V.

Laura Urbanek

Board member at Donut Berlin e.V.

Christoph Krüger

Managing Director at JUNI

Constantin Schmutzler

CEO at Startups for Tomorrow, Berlin Startup School and HAUS OF STARTUPS

Tobias Wittich

Chairman at Business Angel Club Berlin Brandenburg e.V.

Vivian Duong

Head of Venture Clienting at CIC

Wynand Viljoen

Principal Strategist at The Delta

Lena Bödeker

Senior Partnership Manager at TUM Venture Labs

Christian Klang

Researcher at Startup Incubator Berlin

Simon Sylvester-Chaudhuri

Executive Director at CIV:LAB

Achievements

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.

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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).