food4future at the Berlin Science Week 2026

What if Berlin’s derelict industrial buildings were to become the food hubs of the future? At Berlin Science Week, food4future invites you to rediscover the city’s hidden potential. Explore interactive maps of former breweries, industrial sites and other unused locations, and find out how these could be transformed into sustainable production spaces for the food of tomorrow.

Discover innovative cultivation systems for algae, salt-tolerant plants and other alternative organisms, sample foods of the future and share your own ideas. Together, we’ll develop visions for a resource-efficient, regional and sustainable food system – and show how ‘lost places’ can become ‘future spaces’.

Every year from 1 to 10 November, Berlin Science Week brings science and the public together at numerous venues across the city. Under this year’s theme, ‘In Touch’, the festival focuses on how research touches everyday life, connects people and can foster dialogue between science and society. In 2026, the main festival centre will be located at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt for the first time.

Further information on the programme can be found on the Berlin Science Week website.

You can find out more about the joint “food4future – Food of the Future” project HERE.