Week 42: Opening of the #ai_berlin hub, Humboldt-Innovationspreis and much more

Weekly Wrap-up: Our topics in week 42

This week’s Humboldt Innovation recap (week 42) covers the opening of the new #ai_berlin hub, the Humboldt Innovation Award, and more.

• Berlin aims to become Europe’s leading AI hub. With the opening of the #ai_berlin hub on 22 October 2025, an important step has been taken toward this goal. The hub will serve as a guide, platform, and showcase for everything Berlin has to offer in the field of artificial intelligence. Volker Hofmann, Managing Director of Humboldt-Innovation, and founders from HU Startups attended the opening event. The launch was officially initiated by Berlin’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Franziska Giffey, together with Dr. Stefan Franzke, Managing Director of Berlin Partner.
• On 20 and 21 October 2025, Volker Hofmann, representing Humboldt-Innovation GmbH, welcomed a delegation from Shenzhen, China, to the Humboldt Graduate School. Over the course of two days, experts from Berlin’s business and research communities provided insights into political and economic developments in Germany in the context of globalization.
• The HI Academy is seeing strong demand for its two new workshops: 1. “Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adults”, and “Treatment of Adults on the Autism Spectrum”. Registration has been open for about three weeks, and one of the courses is already nearly fully booked.
• The winners of the Humboldt Innovation Award have now been announced: Neuroscientist Barbara Hollunder received the Dissertation Award, and physicist Daniel Kohl was honored with the BA/MA Award – a great success!
• The Science & Startup campaign has launched: With the new “We turn” campaign, the startup composite shows how startups emerge from research.