Healthcare industry in Berlin: Centre for cutting-edge medicine

The cluster fosters close collaboration between academia, industry, hospitals, policymakers and stakeholders from across the healthcare sector. Major internationally renowned research organisations such as the Fraunhofer Institute, the Robert Koch Institute and the Max Planck Society are among the key drivers of innovation on the ground. With more than 150 hospitals, including the world-famous university hospital Charité and the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Berlin is also Europe’s largest university hub.

This vibrant research landscape opens up vast potential for medical congresses: its interconnectedness enables leading experts from research, clinical settings and practical fields to be actively involved in events – whether as speakers or as partners in hands-on workshops. This not only ensures high scientific standards but also promotes meaningful exchange and creates added value for participants from around the globe. Berlin thus impresses not only with its academic excellence, but also with its capacity to closely align congresses with leading players in health research – including Bayer, Pfizer, Sanofi and Takeda.

Berlin is not only the host city – with over 40 universities, colleges and research institutions, as well as its research strength, innovative power and dynamic start-up scene, it offers a unique environment that enriches the content of events. Local key players can be involved here to add extra value to specialist conferences. Berlin is Europe's global hub for politics, science, business and society. This is where the brightest minds – from start-up founders to political decision-makers – meet, network and actively shape the future. Politics is not only made in Berlin – it is lived. Nowhere else in Europe do so many trendsetters come together in such a small space.

Berlin – meeting place for the healthcare industry

Thanks to its ideal conditions, Berlin attracts the brightest minds in the medical industry from all over the world. Recurring major events such as the World Health Summit, UEG Week – one of the most important international conferences in the field of gastroenterology – and the ESMO Congress, one of the world's leading oncology conferences, demonstrate Berlin's role as an international conference and science metropolis. Thirteen percent of all events taking place in Berlin are in the medical and healthcare sector. This impressively illustrates the city's attractiveness and relevance as a location for international specialist conferences in this field.