Berlin Science Talk

berlin is an international city of culture, media and science. it boasts of a long, cherished history of scientific excellence, with some of the world’s brilliant minds, like albert einstein, alexander von humboldt and max planck, being closely associated with it. therefore, not surprisingly, today, the german capital is one of the largest and most diverse scientific regions in europe and worldwide. continuing with the tradition of hosting centres of scientific excellence, berlin is now home to five excellent universities, eight universities of applied science, four art colleges, up to 30 universities of cooperative education, 22 technology parks and business incubators and over 70 non-university research institutes. it also has one of germany’s oldest and largest hospital, namely, charité - universitätsmedizin berlin. since berlin acts as a cradle for so many centres of scientific excellence, it serves as a goldmine for numerous discussions and exchange of ideas, that can surely pro