Week 44: Berlin University Alliance, Berlin Science Week and Scaleup Europe Fund

Weekly Wrap-up: Topics in week 44

Developments from week 44:

• The Berlin University Alliance celebrated its sixth birthday on 1 November 2025. To mark the occasion, it published a video series on social media entitled ‘Faces of the Berlin University Alliance’, in which key figures from the alliance and its partners at the FU, HU, TU and Charité speak highly of the BUA.
• On 27 October, the first of a total of five meetings of the 15-member expert commission ‘Competition and Artificial Intelligence’ was held, which was established by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE). This time, the topic was ‘High-performance AI infrastructure and digital sovereignty’. The commission develops recommendations for action on key issues at the interface between competition and artificial intelligence.
• From 1 to 10 November, Berlin Science Week will take place for the tenth time, with Humboldt University of Berlin also represented with exhibitions, guided tours, installations, workshops and the Humboldt Children’s University. This year’s motto is ‘Beyond now,’ which addresses the question of how science can help open up new perspectives for the future of science and society in times of change.
• The EU is launching a multi-billion-euro initiative: the creation of the Scaleup Europe Fund. The Commission is working together with the European Investment Bank and leading European investors on this project. The initiative aims to enhance Europe’s technological leadership, support the best deep tech companies and anchor innovation in Europe. The fund is part of the Start-up and Scale-up Strategy, which aims to build a dynamic and competitive start-up and scale-up ecosystem in Europe