Current events

Do you have a business idea and want to develop it further as a team? Then take advantage of our “Adlershof Startup Lab (ASL)” and take your idea to the next level. 

In addition to financial support, your team will benefit from workshops and coaching on topics relevant to starting a business, receive a free workspace, be able to use our high-tech makerspace free of charge, and gain access to an inspiring network.

The ASL is funded as part of the Berlin Startup Scholarship (BSS).

The sixth tandemPV Workshop will take place in Berlin, Germany from June 17-19, 2026, hosted by Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, and led by the Local Organizing Committee of Steve Albrecht, Angelika Harter, Lars Korte, and Silvia Mariotti of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin.  

The tandemPV Workshop Series is a unique platform that brings together leading experts and researchers from the silicon and thin-film photovoltaic communities, fostering collaboration and innovation. Join us for the sixth tandemPV Workshop at the forefront of photovoltaic innovation. Take part in the interdisciplinary collaboration paving the way for the next generation of solar energy devices

Artists and students from the Berlin University of the Arts are exhibiting in the shell of the VTII services building on the Helmholtz Campus in Berlin-Adlershof. Emerging research architecture and artistic interventions in sculpture, painting, video and photography create a dynamic blend in a space that constantly challenges the boundaries of perception.  This is the third edition of the event, organised once again in collaboration with the client, the Helmholtz Centre Berlin. The art exhibition is curated by DGI Bauwerk and Enno Wallis. 

We warmly invite users who would like to help us design the signature instruments for BESSY III.

Information, call for abstracts etc: https://events.hifis.net/event/3728/

From macroscopic materials down to individual macromolecules, modern infrared (IR) spectroscopy now spans vast spatial scales. Given the immense scope and recent breakthroughs in near-field nano-IR we are pleased to announce a workshop focused exclusively on the current capabilities of modern IR spectroscopy. Organized in collaboration with HU the workshop will take place as a "satellite" meeting of the annual meeting "Make and Measure: Interfaces 2026" making it easy to attend both of these closely related events within a single week.

By bringing together experts across multi-scale dimensions, we aim to bridge the gap between macroscopic material analysis and nano-scale breakthroughs, promoting the application of the modern IR techniques by the scientific community.

With the series of annual user meetings, we bring together our user community to intensify scientific exchange and stimulating new collaborations. The meetings will provide an overview of the many exciting and inspiring research results obtained at our facility in the past year and will emphasize on future developments in particular on BESSY III. Plenary talks, discussions, a public lecture, the market place of innovation and a poster session will provide vast possibilities of information and discussion. The bestowals of the 'Prizes for Young Scientists' donated by the Freundeskreis Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin e.V. (FHZB) are traditional highlights of the user meetings.