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Weekly newsletter keeping you up to date on the coolest events for tech & culture in Berlin

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Our bi-weekly FOMO Insider newsletter brings you the best events coming up over the next four weeks.

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Here is our FOMO Berlin event calendar.

How is the new year going? Please enjoy this week's FOMO Insider edition!

FOMO Top Picks of the next 4 Weeks 🔥

  • Friday, 31.01: Fashion Changers x Conscious Fashion Store🍹🕺| 5 pm: How should clothing be designed to last a long time? Which materials are best suited for this and what is important when it comes to care and repairability? Find out in this exciting event!

  • Saturday, 8.02: {Tech: Berlin} Pre YC X25 AI Hackathon by Restack 🔥| 10 am: Are you a technical founder eager to get into YC? Join 80 top hackers for a high-energy weekend of coding and building and stand a chance to win €1,500 in cash!

  • Tuesday, 18.02: 2Meet2Eat founders' dinner 🍽️| 7:30 pm: This event will blow your mind with its variety of ideas, experiences, and perspectives. From super-early-stage startups with their first sales to experienced serial founders and post-exit entrepreneurs, everyone will be there!

Week 1 (27.1 - 2.02)

  • Thursday, 30.01: Beyond Horizons - Innovating today, defining tomorrow 🤑 | 2 pm: To mark the company's 18th anniversary, PIABO is finally bringing its own tech summit to Beyond Horizons to Berlin. At the event, they aim to connect visionaries, technologists and transformers.

  • Thursday, 30.01: Berlin Climate 4WARDers Bi-Monthly Cleantech & Sustainability Networking 🧑‍🤝‍🧑| 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm: Join 4WARD climate DOERs Berlin Member Meetup to meet other climate professionals and like-minded individuals passionate about combatting climate change and using technology and innovate to fight for Team Planet.

  • Friday, 31.01: Fashion Changers x Conscious Fashion Store🍹| 5 pm: How should clothing be designed to last a long time? Which materials are best suited for this and what is important when it comes to care and repairability? Find out in this exciting event!

  • Friday, 31.01: WKND Fridays Hosted by SLEEK – Fashion, Beats & Style! 🎶| 9 pm: Get ready for an unforgettable night as SLEEK Magazine takes over WKND Fridays for an exclusive Fashion Week special at the iconic Weekend Club! Immerse yourself in a night of cutting-edge House music, pulsating beats, and Berlin’s most stylish crowd.

  • Saturday, 1st: Tonya Matyu’s Behind the Runway | 10 am: Experience Tonya Matyu’s Visual Journey Across Fashion Weeks, a photographic exhibition and discussion series offering an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at fashion shows.

  • Sunday, 2.02: Mona Cordes X Fashion Ritual 👗| 7 pm: Mona Cordes is launching her new collection with an opening fashion movement ritual performance including, expect, eclectic + Kaleidoscopic. You should be there!

Week 2 (3.02 - 10.02)

  • Monday, 3.02: deadHYPE Fashion Week Closing Party 🥂| 6 pm - 10 pm: Fashion Week will end with a party that can only be experienced - full of energy, style & that certain something. The Georgia Bar becomes the stage for the wildest night of Fashion Week.

  • Monday, 3.02: YOONAVERSE | Fashion Meets Tech 👗| 10 am: Get ready to dive into the YOONAVERSE where fashion and tech collide at the Berlin Fashion Week Physical Conference - it will be epic!

  • Wednesday, 5.02: Kulturalnie i Personalnie 💖| 5 pm: Patrycja Rozwora, host of the Kitchen Conversations Podcast, and Julia Schneider, writer of the From Julia’s Desk Newsletter, are teaming up to bring their communities together for a special offline event - KULTURALNIE I PERSONALNIE!

  • Wednesday, 5.02: Digital Health Cocktail Hour - FemTech Founders in Focus 🧑‍💻| 6 pm: ​The first edition of the Digital Health Cocktail in 2025 is here with a deep dive into the evolving landscape of FemTech innovation. Join in for an engaging fireside chat with pioneering founders as they share insights into their journeys.

  • Wednesday, 5.02: Berlin Creatives Circle - Galentine’s Dinner 🥂| 7 pm: February is the month of love and it’s all about celebrating the amazing women in our lives! Come and celebrate the power of female friendships over an unforgettable evening of delicious food, inspiring conversations, and so much love.

  • Thursday, 6.02: BPD #36 - Designing Impact @ Koos with Habib Rahal 🧑‍💻| 6:45 pm: Design has the power to create tangible change within companies and in people’s lives. In this talk, Habib will share practical examples, with a focus on healthcare, based on his experience as Product Design Lead at Aware.

  • Friday, 7.02: SIBB - Ask Female Founders 🎉| 3:30 pm: This is a highlight of the Ask the Female Founders series! Why actually? Jana and Mihri are not only SIBB alumni but also experienced founders and startup employees.

  • Saturday, 8.02: Gezellig Sessions—Living Room Concert #45 😉| 4 pm - 8 pm: With as little as €12, you can ​live music in a very cozy (gezellig) atmosphere — a living room with strangers, or call them your new friends—and discover some amazing musicians

  • Saturday, 8.02: {Tech: Berlin} Pre YC X25 AI Hackathon by Restack 🧑‍💻| 10 am: Are you a technical founder eager to get into YC? Join 80 top hackers for a high-energy weekend of coding and building and stand a chance to win €1,500 in cash!

Week 3 (10.02 - 17.02)

  • Monday, 10.02: Play Date Berlin Vol. 3 - Let's play! 🔥| 6 pm: Bored in Berlin? Come along between 6 pm and 10 pm and play at one of the many game stations, look around, or just chat with people. Simply state which game you want to bring when you register for your free ticket.

  • Wednesday, 12.02: IWB Galentine’s Meet-Up Edition 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🕺| 6 pm - 9 pm: Join in for an inclusive Galentine’s evening where you’ll dive into the world of fertility preservation and egg freezing, led by Dr Lynae Brayboy, Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer at Ovom Care.

  • Thursday, 13.02: 75th Berlinale: The films in competition 🎥| 7 pm: The 75th Berlinale (Feb 13–23, 2025) brings 19 films into the race for the Golden Bear, including Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon and Michel Franco’s Dreams. With new director Tricia Tuttle, this year’s lineup is set to be bold and exciting.

  • Saturday, 15.02: Berlin Winter Pride 😊🏳️‍🌈| 11:55 am: Berlin is taking part in the nationwide CSD campaign “Vote Love” for the 2025 federal election. Under the motto “Vote Love”, around 40 demonstrations, rallies, and events will take place across Germany, as part of a nationwide day of action by the German CSD movement.

Week 4 (17.02 - 24.02):

  • Tuesday, 18.02: 96th ZEIT Forum Science: Between Likes and Limits 💻| 6 pm: Ralf Krauter, editor-in-chief of “Research Today” at Deutschlandfunk, and Andreas Sentker, managing editor and head of the knowledge department at DIE ZEIT, will discuss this topic together with experts from science, business and practice.

  • Tuesday, 18.02: 2Meet2Eat founders' dinner 🍽️| 7:30 pm: This event will blow your mind with its variety of ideas, experiences, and perspectives. From super-early-stage startups with their first sales to experienced serial founders and post-exit entrepreneurs, everyone will be there!

  • Saturday, 22.02: TimeLab: Symposium for New Media and Electronic Art | 10 amMANIFEST:IO is more than an event; it is a call to action. Don’t miss out on the building of safer creative spaces. The event promises interactive installations, VR experiences, AV Performances, talks from artists, designers, researchers, and more.

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