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Chronogram · Berlin 2026
Issue 105 · Survey · 21 citations

Berlin/Tech
2026

Twenty-plus events strung across forty-two weeks. Week 22 — the weekend of 29–31 May — falls in the seam between re:publica[2] (wraps Wed 20 May) and Tech Open Air[5] (opens Tue 2 Jun). The tier-1 IT lanes are empty. Berlin Design Week[6] and the one-day Applied AI Conference[7] carry it.

20
flagship + specialist events tracked
42
weeks Jan – Oct on the chart
W22
the void · 29–31 May

The year, by week.

flagship major conference co-located / festival community · design · ai void · 29–31 may
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
1
2
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4
5
6
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8
9
10
11
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14
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re:publica 26
18–20 May · Station Berlin
Bosch CW
10–11 Jun · Tempodrom
GITEX EU
30 Jun – 1 Jul · Messe
WeAreDevs
8–10 Jul · Messe + CityCube
IFA
4–8 Sep · Messe Berlin
DMEA
21–23 Apr · Messe
Rise of AI
5–6 May · Humboldt Carré
Buzzwords
7–9 Jun · Kulturbrauerei
GopherCon
15–18 Jun · Festsaal Kreuzberg
Greentech Fest
23–25 Jun · Messe
Quantum Summit
22–23 Sep · Berlin
droidcon
7–9 Oct · CityCube
Smart Country
13–15 Oct · Messe
Tech Open Air
2–5 Jun · Colosseum + city
DevOpsCon + IT Sec Summit
15–19 Jun · Maritim proArte · co-located
Disruption Lab
19–22 Mar · Exposing Crimes
Deep Tech Momentum
20–21 May · capital + robotics
Berlin Design Wk
+ Applied AI
28–31 May · 28 May (Thu)
chart : ISO weeks 1–42 · year 2026 · jan – mid-oct ▼ the void band runs the full height of week 22
ZOOM · WEEK 22 · 25 – 31 MAY

What's actually on, Fri 29 – Sun 31

The three top lanes are empty all week. re:publica wrapped Wed 20 May[2]; Tech Open Air opens Tue 2 Jun[5]. The community lane carries the weekend — and a Thursday arrival catches the one-day applied-ML conference before everything pivots to design for the next 96 hours.

primary anchor · fri–sun

Berlin Design Week

28–31 MAY · 90+ locations · 15,000+ visitors

Theme DESIGN REAL, 100+ participants — includes a digital-design track. The Berlin Format conference runs 28 May; the Design Pool fair runs 30–31 May at PLATTE.BERLIN, covering both Saturday and Sunday of the weekend.[6]

thu 28 may · one day

Applied AI Conf

28 MAY · community-driven

Real-world applied-ML focus. Arrive Thursday morning to catch it before the weekend starts.[7]

drop-in

Tech in Berlin

NEAR-WEEKLY · 10k+ members

Check the meetup calendar — cross-disciplinary AI / Web3 / data sessions land most weeks; a Sat or Sun drop-in is likely.[19]

If you can shift the trip · away from the void
+1 wk
5–7 Jun catches the back half of Tech Open Air — festival format spanning AI, climate, Web3, health.[5]
+2 wks
12–14 Jun stacks Bosch ConnectedWorld[4] and Berlin Buzzwords[11] in one weekend — enterprise AI + open-source data infra.
−1 wk
22–24 May catches re:publica 26's closing day plus the digital-society programme.[2]

Twenty events at a glance

Sorted by date · Berlin venues only · 2026

Flagships

18–20
MAY
re:publica 26 Station Berlin · Kreuzberg
1,000+ speakers on 20+ stages · digital society & policy.[2]
10–11
JUN
Bosch ConnectedWorld Tempodrom + Arena Berlin
Enterprise AI, IoT, mobility, industrial software.[4]
30 JUN
– 1 JUL
GITEX AI Europe Messe Berlin
2,500+ exhibitors · 1,500 startups · 500+ speakers · 2nd Berlin edition.[8]
8–10
JUL
WeAreDevelopers Messe Berlin South + CityCube
15k+ builders · 500+ speakers · 40k m² expo.[3]
4–8
SEP
IFA Berlin Messe Berlin (Funkturm)
~220k visitors · 1,900 exhibitors · Europe's largest consumer-electronics fair.[1]

Specialists & co-located

21–23
APR
DMEA Messe Berlin
Europe's leading digital-health fair · 600 exhibitors · 91% decision-makers.[9]
5–6
MAY
Rise of AI Humboldt Carré · Mitte
Executive AI · strategy, regulation, trust & safety · 10-year anniversary.[10]
2–5
JUN
Tech Open Air Colosseum + satellites
Festival format · AI, climate, Web3, health · the city's biggest "off-week" anchor.[5]
7–9
JUN
Berlin Buzzwords Kulturbrauerei · Prenzlauer Berg
Search, ML, open-source data infrastructure.[11]
15–18
JUN
GopherCon Europe Festsaal Kreuzberg
Go talks (15–16), workshops (17), HeyAI + Community Day (18).[12]
15–19
JUN
DevOpsCon // IT Security Summit Maritim proArte · co-located
DevOps / SRE + DevSecOps / cloud · API · AI security. One ticket strip covers both.[13][14]
23–25
JUN
Greentech Festival Messe Berlin
Climate tech, sustainability, green awards · 3-day festival.[15]
22–23
SEP
Quantum Summit Berlin tbc · listed on Berlin.de
Quantum computing — research, hardware, applications.[18]
7–9
OCT
droidcon Berlin CityCube Berlin
Android / mobile development — the city's primary mobile dev show.[16]
13–15
OCT
Smart Country Convention Messe Berlin
GovTech and public-sector digital transformation · Congress + Expo + Workshops.[17]

Community · design · ai

19–22
MAR
Disruption Network Lab Berlin · interdisciplinary
Exposing Crimes is Not a Crime — tech-and-society conference, WikiLeaks consequences.[20]
20–21
MAY
Deep Tech Momentum Berlin
Capital-intensive sectors — robotics, AI, energy, space, advanced materials.[7]
28
MAY
Applied AI Conference Berlin · one day · Thursday
Community-driven applied-ML — the one to catch by arriving Thu morning, before the weekend.[7]
28–31
MAY
Berlin Design Week 90+ locations · city-wide
Theme DESIGN REAL · 100+ participants · 15k+ visitors · digital-design track. Berlin Format conf 28 May, Design Pool fair 30–31 May at PLATTE.BERLIN. Covers Sat & Sun.[6]

Recurring community scenes

Near-weekly

Tech in Berlin

10k+ members · cross-disciplinary AI / Web3 / data / product events at near-weekly cadence.[19]

Year-round

Disruption Network Lab

Interdisciplinary conferences + meetups on tech-and-society and whistleblowing.[20]

Drop-in

Berlin AI Developers

AI tech-talk meetup — check the calendar for a session that lands on your dates.[22]