PSP Conference

📅 October 13 & 14, 2025
📍 Fraunhofer Conference Center, Potsdam Science Park
🎟️ Register now!
📌 Please note: The conference language is English.

Shaping the Future – Sustainable, Interdisciplinary, Innovative
The PSP Conference 2025 – SUSTAINABILITY brings together leading minds from research, industry, and the start-up scene for two days of exchange and inspiration. Join us on October 13 and 14, 2025, at the Fraunhofer Conference Center in the Potsdam Science Park for fresh insights into sustainable research and technological innovation. Network with experts, discover best practices, and connect with open-minded professionals.

Highlights at a Glance:
🔹 Three Perspectives – One Vision: Sustainable Innovation with Impact
On the first conference day, three renowned researchers will present different approaches to sustainability in a series of keynote talks:

• Prof. Dr. Silvia Vignolini
  Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG)
• Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker
  Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research (IAP)
• Prof. Dr. Francesca Toma
  Helmholtz Centre Hereon

🔹 Food of the Future: Dr. Christiane Ambs (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment – BfR) shares insights from the COPLANT study on plant-based nutrition on the second day.

🔹 Startup Pitch Session: Innovative start-ups showcase their sustainable solutions – practical, creative, and forward-thinking.

🔹 PSP Alumni Inspiration: Alumni from science and business share how their career paths contribute to sustainable transformation.

🔹 Exhibitor’s Space: A hub for exchange – companies and research institutions present their solutions and invite you to connect and network.

🔹 Research Up Close: The Fraunhofer IAP opens its doors exclusively for conference participants, offering a behind-the-scenes look at ongoing projects and technologies.

🎟️ Register now and be part of the transformation!

About the PSP Conference 2025
PSP Conference 2025 is organized by the Standortmanagement Golm GmbH and Potsdam Transfer of the University of Potsdam together with a large number of partners from Brandenburg (WFBB – Economic Development Agency Brandenburg, High-Performance Center Integration of Biological and Physical-Chemical Material Functions, IHK Potsdam and Economic development of the state capital Potsdam) and co-financed by funds from the European Union and the State of Brandenburg. The PSP Conference is also supported by IHK Potsdam, Collaborative Drug Discovery, Süddeutsche Datenschutzgesellschaft mbH, WFBB – Economic Development Agency Brandenburg, High-Tech Gründerfonds, nora by Interface and VOSSIUS & PARTNER.

At the PSP Conference 2024, held on October 14 and 15 at the Potsdam Science Park, everything revolved around HEALTH. Over two conference days, scientists, startups, experts from the healthcare industry, and innovation promoters connected through lively exchanges on the latest research results, product innovations, and fresh ideas from the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region! In this twelfth edition of the high-tech innovation forum, the program highlighted best practices and collaborations, cutting-edge discussions, science-driven startups, and outstanding projects at the intersections of personalized medicine, artificial intelligence in medicine, and (digital) diagnostics.

Focus topics of the PSP Conference 2024 included: artificial intelligence in medicine, prevention, medical diagnostics and therapy, live science innovation and leap innovation at SPRIND, strengthening transfer in life sciences, the startup pitch – presenting pioneers, and the current edition of the “Brandenburg Health Science Talks” with the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Department of Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses (IZI-BB).

PSP Conference 2024 was organized by the Standortmanagement Golm GmbH, the site management of the Potsdam Science Park, and Potsdam Transfer of the University of Potsdam together with a large number of partners from Brandenburg. Partners and supporters of the PSP Conference 2024 were: the WFBB – Economic Development Agency Brandenburg, the Fraunhofer High Performance Center for Functional Integration, the Potsdam Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Economic Development Department of the State Capital Potsdam, the Business Promotion Bank of the Federal State of Brandenburg (ILB) and the HTGF High-Tech Gründerfonds – seed investor for high-tech start-ups. Exhibitors at the PSP Conference 2024 – HEALTH were: CanChip, CDD Vault-Complexity Simplified, Conpro IT Solutions GmbH, Dimler und Karcher Management Consultancy, iQ spaces, Molzym GmbH, Porous GmbH, qualitype GmbH, and Süddeutsche Datenschutzgesellschaft mbH.

PSP Conference 2024 – HEALTH was co-funded by the European Union.
Impressions in the image gallery below.