Free AI events in Berlin
You don't have to spend a dollar to plug into Berlin's AI scene. Every free AI event in the city, gathered in one place and verified daily: meetups, workshops, hackathons, and talks with no ticket price.
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9:30 AM – 4:00 PM CET
KI-Praxisgipfel Berlin: From Proven Standard to Your Own Solution
Berlin, venue to be announcedby mindsquare
A free business-focused Berlin event on moving AI from pilots into real operations, with practical talks on selecting use cases, proven solutions, custom development and evaluating sustainable business value.
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CET
KI-Werkstatt 3.0: On the Road
Handwerkskammer Berlinby Handwerkskammer Berlin
A practical, free Berlin workshop for craft-business professionals to test AI tools on their own laptops, including automated workflows, a document knowledge base with RAG, and AI-assisted marketing content.
Nov
5
Thu
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM CET
From Idea to Publication: AI and Open Research Processes
CharitéCrossOverby Berlin University Alliance
A full-day Berlin-Mitte workshop on using AI responsibly across the research lifecycle, with hands-on sessions on agentic access, transcription, local language models and AI-era scholarly publishing.
5:00 PM – 7:30 PM CET
Open Lab Evening: AI for Climate
Alice - Museum für Kinderby Futurium
A free, hands-on youth workshop in Berlin-Köpenick where participants explore AI for conservation and train a simple image-recognition prototype to distinguish healthy from damaged forests.
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM CET
AI, Disinformation and Digital Power
ZOiS - Centre for East European and International Studiesby SCRIPTS - Contestations of the Liberal Script
A free Berlin Science Week panel on how AI-driven disinformation, synthetic media and algorithmic information spaces affect democracy, security and public debate, with an audience discussion after the panel.
Nov
12
Thu
9:30 AM – 4:45 PM CET
RKW Impulse 2026: Making AI Work for SMEs
Quadriga Campusby RKW Kompetenzzentrum
A free Berlin conference for small and medium-sized businesses on turning AI enthusiasm into practical value, combining a keynote, implementation-focused panels and workshops on AI pilots, construction and the changing workplace.
10:00 AM – 3:20 PM CET
Virtimo Visions 2026
Gasometer at EUREF Campusby Virtimo AG
A two-day Berlin practitioner gathering on applied AI in business and software, with talks on AI-powered customers, development, technical hacks and security, plus networking and a live pitch format.
Nov
17
Tue
2:00 PM – 5:30 PM CET
AppCamps AI Literacy Workshop: Practical Introduction
KiezLab Berlinby AppCamps
A free in-person Berlin training for teachers on AI fundamentals, opportunities, risks and responsible classroom use, structured around the EU Commission and OECD AI Literacy Framework.
5:30 PM – 10:00 PM CET
A New Era: From AI Strategy to Business Action
DRIVE. Volkswagen Group Forumby LeverX
An executive Berlin roundtable on moving AI from strategy into business action, with leaders from policy, enterprise technology and research.
Dec
14
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