PSP Conference 2025
13 October 2025 - 14 October 2025|
Fraunhofer Conference Center
- Potsdam Science Park
Welcome to the PSP Conference 2025 – SUSTAINABILITY: Innovations for a Sustainable Future!
Two days full of forward-looking ideas, innovations, and sustainable impulses!
The PSP Conference 2025 brings together founders, researchers, and decision-makers from business, science, and politics — this year with a clear focus on sustainability.
Look forward to:
• Cutting-edge research and innovation in bioinspired materials, renewable carbon, clean energy, and much more
• Successful projects & business opportunities from Potsdam, Berlin, and Brandenburg
• Best-practice examples of successful partnerships between science and industry, knowledge transfer, and applied research — presented by Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP
• Inspiration from PSP alumni who contribute to sustainable transformation through their careers
Why attend the event?
🎤 Confirmed Speakers:
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Dr. Friederike Haase, State Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Climate Protection of the State of Brandenburg
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Prof. Dr. Silvia Vignolini, Director, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
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Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker, Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP
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Dr. Manuel Häußler, Co-Founder aevoloop GmbH
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Dr. Antje Lieske, Fraunhofer IAP, Winner of the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize 2024
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Ulrike Böttcher, CEO Valupa GmbH
… and many more!
💡 Highlights:
Well-established and eagerly anticipated — an essential part of this year’s program:
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Exhibitor’s Space – your platform for innovative solutions and valuable networking with companies from the region
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Startup Pitch Session: startups present their innovations in sustainability
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Visit to a Research Institute at PSP: this year, the Fraunhofer IAP opens its doors for exclusive insights
About the PSP Conference 2025 – SUSTAINABILITY
The PSP Conference is organized by the Standortmanagement Golm GmbH and Potsdam Transfer of the University of Potsdam together with many partners from Brandenburg (Economic Development Agency Brandenburg, IHK Potsdam, High-Performance Center »Integration of Biological and Physical-Chemical Material Functions«, Economic development of the state capital Potsdam). The PSP Conference 2025 is co-financed by funds from the European Union.
The conference language is English.