Events

Events
Events
Panels, mentor stages, cleanups and hackathons of the World Cleanup Institute and the We Create Future initiative, open to students, founders, researchers and practitioners.
Audience at a We Create Future Stage evening at Venture Café Berlin
We Create Future Stage #1, kick-off panel “The Future of Fashion: Fast vs. Circular”, Venture Café Berlin, 29 January 2026
Upcoming
14
OCT 2026

Presentation Assessment: the PDD term finale

International MBA, May 2026 batch · Strategy, Organisation & Project Management · every group defends the whole case before a jury · 13:30–16:30 · CIC Berlin

17–18
OCT 2026

Entrepreneurship Summit 2026

“Shape the future yourself – with mind, heart and vision” · Stiftung Entrepreneurship, founded by Prof. Dr. Günter Faltin · Henry Ford Building, Berlin · 100+ speakers · English track on both days

22
OCT 2026

Inaugural Event: welcome of the new cohort

BCBT welcomes its newest students at the start of the semester: introduction to the programme, the team and the campus at CIC Berlin, first contact with the WCI and We Create Future · 10:00–16:00

22
OCT 2026
We Create Future Stage #4: Intelligence in the Loop

We Create Future Stage #4 · Startup Mentor Stage: Intelligence in the Loop – Sustainable Data Culture

Winner: AgriSense (Leoni Dwi) · four mentors, three startup pitches · AI and sustainable data culture · CIC Berlin

23–26
OCT 2026

AI Entrepreneurship Hackathon

Build an AI app, agent or automation for a real business problem · CIC Berlin (23 and 26 Oct) and remote · theme cluster sustainable data culture · applications closed

05
NOV 2026

BCBT Startup Hub #26: Making AI practical

How SMEs can move from AI ideas to working solutions · guest lecture by Castantin Said Rakouki (LumiLife Tech, Innovation AI Lab) · 17:00–18:00 · CIC Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie room, 4th floor

19
NOV 2026

BCBT Startup Hub: Hardware Startups from Science, or How to Tinker Cool Stuff for Money

Guest lecture by Victor Izraylit (CEO & Founder, Mabena) · 17:00–18:00 · CIC Berlin · details and registration on the guest lectures page

20
NOV 2026

Bold Founders × BCBT Kick-Off: from “someday” to “I’m starting”

Meet the Bold Founders Academy and Fellowship, founding stories and mentors · for everyone under 30 with a founding idea, and for future mentors · 18:00–22:00, doors 17:30 · Hollywood Media Hotel, Kurfürstendamm 202, Berlin · €9.99 incl. food and drinks · WCI is event partner · tickets via QR/link

10
DEC 2026

BCBT Startup Hub: I Don’t Know. AI, Climate and the 5 Great Turnarounds

Which mindset helps you navigate uncertainty? · interactive guest lecture by Marc Leberecht-Schneider (Founder & Impact Entrepreneur, Generation iTrust) · 17:00–18:00 · CIC Berlin · details and registration on the guest lectures page

Thu
WEEKLY
09
DEC 2026

Christmas Gathering

WCI and BCBT end-of-year get-together · details follow

Thursday Gatherings: programme and registration at venturecafeberlin.org.

Past
18
SEP 2026

World Cleanup Day 2026 at BCBT

Cleanup in and around Görlitzer Park · 25 participants, around 50 kg of waste · Event report

18
JUN 2026

We Create Future Stage #3 · Startup Mentor Stage: A Different Way of Entrepreneurship

Brain over Capital, Purpose over Profit · with Prof. Dr. Günter Faltin · Venture Café Berlin · Event report

21
MAY 2026

We Create Future Stage #2 · Startup Mentor Stage: Intelligence in the Loop

Humans, AI and the Future of the Circular Economy · Venture Café Berlin · Event report

07
APR 2026

World Cleanup Day & We Create Future in Brussels

Event of Let’s Do It Germany and the Let’s Do It movement at the European Parliament, accompanied by the WCI with the We Create Future flag. Scientific support: WCI

29
JAN 2026

We Create Future Stage #1 · Kick-off Panel: The Future of Fashion, Fast vs. Circular

Circular fashion, upcycling and textile recycling · Venture Café Berlin at CIC Berlin