Biotech Meetups Berlin

Biohacking & Longevity Meetup - Berlin

## Neuro-Scents, mental longevity & die Zukunft der Wahrnehmung Wie beeinflussen Düfte unser Denken, unsere Entscheidungen – und unsere Fähigkeit, mental klar, fokussiert und resilient zu bleiben, auch langfristig? In diesem Community Meetup tauchen wir in die Welt der **Neuro-Scents** ein – an der Schnittstelle von Neurowissenschaft, Psychologie und sensorischer Experience – und sprechen darüber, welche Rolle Düfte für **mental longevity** spielen können: Fokus, Emotionsregulation, Stressresilienz und kognitive Performance im Alltag. ### Was dich erwartet: 🔍 **Aktuelle Studien & Insights** Wir teilen aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse darüber, wie Düfte Gehirnprozesse, Emotionen, Stresslevel, Fokus und langfristige mentale Performance beeinflussen können. 🌿 **Neuro-Scents bewusst erleben** Es bleibt nicht bei Theorie: Du erlebst ausgewählte Düfte ganz bewusst und reflektierst ihre Wirkung auf Wahrnehmung, Mood und mentale Klarheit in Echtzeit. 🚀 **Feedback-Session: ÆR Neuro-Scents Experience** Wir stellen **ÆR** vor – unsere Neuro-Scents Experience, entwickelt, um Düfte gezielt in Alltag, Work und Performance zu integrieren, mit Fokus auf **mental longevity**. Dein Feedback fließt direkt in die Weiterentwicklung ein. 🥂 **Drinks on us** Für Drinks ist gesorgt. Wir schaffen eine entspannte, intime Atmosphäre für offenen Austausch, Curiosity und meaningful Conversations. *ÆR — designing focus, clarity, and mental longevity, one breath at a time.*

Afterwork Meetup: Berlin Tech & creative industry (English/Deutsch)

🗓️ Conversations in both English & German – everyone’s welcome! Join us for a relaxed afterwork meetup where tech meets creativity – no pitches, no pressure, just good conversations with interesting people from across Berlin’s creative and digital scenes. We’ll kick things off with a short intro from us – the founders of the political communications agency wahlwerkstatt – sharing a few insights into our new project: plenarbot.ai, a German-language AI assistant designed to support political work across the DACH region. After that, it’s all about open exchange and getting to know each other – founders, freelancers, creatives, coders, strategists and curious minds. Bring your ideas, your stories or just yourself – and join us for a drink and good company. Relaxed atmosphere. Bilingual crowd. Inspiring minds. Let’s connect Berlin’s tech & creative communities 🍻

Spring User Group Berlin Meetup @ Deutsche Bank's Berlin Technology Centre

Join us for the next Spring User Group Berlin meetup! This time, we are bridging the gap between rock-solid operations and developer joy. [Sign up now to secure your spot!](https://www.meetup.com/spring-user-group-berlin/events/313094589/?slug=spring-user-group-berlin&eventId=313094589)

Sunday Tech Coffee Meetup

Welcome to Sunday Tech Coffee. This is a **networking** event for those in the tech industry in Berlin. We are usually inside and to the right. Ask the barista/bartender if you can't find us.

Data Engineering at Superhuman: from writing assistant to agent platform

**Thank you for your interest in our meetup. Due to the venue’s capacity, registration is now closed.** We appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at future events. __________________________________________________ Join us on February 17 as **Superhuman’s Data Engineering team** shares examples of **how they scaled from a writing assistant to an agent platform**, unified analytics and ML data, and migrated core systems without slowing product delivery. ✅ **Registration**: Closed 🚀 **Enabling Rapid Experimentation: Unifying Analytics and ML Data in Databricks** Enabling teams to rapidly experiment with new AI models requires breaking down silos between analytical data and ML training datasets. At Superhuman, we consolidated both into Databricks as we scaled from a writing assistant to an agent platform. In this talk, we will: * Share our journey from our fragmented data systems to a unified platform in Databricks * Walk through design choices on how we organize Workspaces, Unity Catalog, and data ingestion * Explain how we apply and manage our privacy policies, governance, and access control 🚀 **Rebuilding the Engine: Migrating Data Systems While Keeping Products Moving** During this talk, we'll explore how to migrate core data systems while maintaining product velocity amid organizational and architectural change. We’ll cover: * The migration philosophy behind translate vs. transplant, and when each approach makes sense * Key data validation challenges encountered during system migrations * How to scope migration efforts realistically under time and delivery pressure * Architectural trade-offs and lessons learned from high-impact decisions **About Speakers**: **[Niels van Kaam](https://www.linkedin.com/in/niels-van-kaam-aa731768/)** is a tech lead for the ML Data team at Superhuman, where he’s building the data foundation for the company’s transition from a writing assistant to an agent platform. Previously, he worked on large-scale data systems for ad-tech at Amadeus Berlin and on geospatial applications for startups in the Netherlands. **[Dave Heberer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-heberer/)** is a software engineer at Superhuman with nearly 25 years of experience building data infrastructure across major tech companies. His background includes work at Microsoft, Tableau, and Facebook, spanning operating systems, computer vision, gaming platforms, and large-scale data and analytics systems. **💥 Who should attend?** (Data) Engineers making design decisions amid organizational change and rapid product development. **Agenda:** ✨ 18:30–19:00: Registration and networking ✨ 19:00–20:00: Talk ✨ 20:00–21:00: Mingle with our team **✅ Where:** In-person, Superhuman Berlin hub **✅ When:** Tuesday, February 17 **✅ Language:** English ✅ **Registration**: Closed **The event is free. Registration is mandatory**. Due to a limited number of seats, the invites will be sent to a limited number of interested guests on a first registered, first invited basis. Please check your inbox for a confirmation email about your attendance.

Sales Karrieretag @Doctolib (Region Berlin & Brandenburg)

👉 Anmeldung ausschließlich über Luma: https://luma.com/i49xrgjk ​🚀 Lerne unser Vertriebsteam in Berlin kennen und triff unsere Regionalleiterinnen Anna und Larissa persönlich – in entspannter Atmosphäre bei Snacks und Networking. Erfahre aus erster Hand, wie wir mit beratungsorientierter Sales-Arbeit und unserem innovativen Produktportfolio Gesundheitsfachkräfte spürbar entlasten und welche Entwicklungsperspektiven dich bei Doctolib erwarten. 🗓️ Agenda: 18:00 Uhr - Open Doors 18:30 Uhr - Willkommen bei Doctolib 18:45 Uhr - Q&A mit unseren Regional Managers 19:45 Uhr - Networking & Snacks ​ Als eines der führenden Healthtech-Unternehmen Europas setzen wir uns Tag für Tag dafür ein, die Arbeitsbedingungen von Gesundheitsfachkräften zu verbessern – und so den Zugang zur Versorgung für Patient:innen in ganz Europa wie u.a. hier vor Ort in Berlin und Umgebung einfacher zu machen. ​ Derzeit haben wir mehrere offene Stellen in Berlin und Brandenburg. Wir suchen berufserfahrene Sales-Profis (ca. 2–5 Jahre Berufserfahrung) mit Lust auf Verantwortung, Territory Ownership und das gemeinsame Erreichen von Zielen! ​Klingt spannend? Sichere dir jetzt deinen Platz - wir freuen uns auf dich! ​----------------------------------------------------- 👉 Anmeldung ausschließlich über Luma: https://luma.com/i49xrgjk ​-----------------------------------------------------

Quality Engineering meetup #11

**PLEASE NOTE THE ADDRESS CHANGE! We're now at [w3hub.berlin](https://w3hub.berlin)** *[Qase](https://qase.io) is presenting the **eleventh** Meetup on Quality Engineering in Berlin.* *This time, we’re bringing you three deep-dive talks — all designed to challenge the way you think about quality, testing, and collaboration.* *As always, expect great conversations, snacks, and drinks. See you there!* **AGENDA** **1\. Mitesh Patel\, Technical Consultant \- Scientific Instruments @ Altum Solutions: *Food QA: Testing Tasting*** On this fine evening, we shall enjoy some food … and also learn why we enjoy it. Because tasting is really a form of testing for our brains — wetware QA in essence. But how do we reformulate this wetware testing into those familiar realms of software and hardware testing? It is not as simple as exchanging taste buds for test suites and bites for bytes. Just ask Big Food which spends billions on this same question: How can computers do taste tests like humans? Guided by the example of an ML/AI-powered scientific instrument for chemical analyses, namely, a spectrometer, this session addresses this question and explores the broader topic of QA in the food industry. Discover how food companies scale testing across scientific software, device hardware, and food/human wetware. So grab a spoon for this insider scoop on QA for food. **2\. Vitaly Sharovatov\, developer advocate @ Qase: *QA Myths Busting: A Practical Guide to Higher Quality*** Have you ever felt the urge to increase the amount of testing or hire more testers, thinking it would improve product quality? As a tester, have you ever been held “accountable” for quality or pressed for time, leaving you feeling helpless? Or perhaps you’ve been asked to justify quality assurance initiatives with numbers? Our industry is filled with myths: from “quality can be measured” to “more testing means higher quality” and from “QA slows down work” to “testers are responsible for quality”. In this talk, I will present the myths I once believed, explain the dangers they pose to both teams and products, and demonstrate how they should be debunked and overcome. **3\. Asya Isakova\, Co\-Founder @ TECH_Connect: 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵\, 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘣** The job market is wild: it’s hard to get hired, and sometimes even harder to stay hired. In a new role (or a new team), one of the fastest ways to reduce uncertainty and accelerate collaboration is to build trust quickly. But how do colleagues and managers decide you’re trustworthy? It’s rarely just about closing Jira tickets or moving cards on a Kanban board. People assess trust through patterns of behavior: what you do, how consistently you do it, and how do you act towards others. In this talk, you’ll learn an evidence-based approach to building trust at work using three practical components: integrity, reliability, and benevolence. We’ll unpack what shapes people’s trust judgments (including context, risk, and prior experiences) and translate research into concrete behaviors you can apply immediately: especially in multicultural and cross-functional teams.

Choosing Your Exit: The Founder Decision That Shapes Everything

We are thrilled to invite you to a **session on mergers and acquisitions with leaders from Superhuman, Zendesk, and PXR**, who will chat about the real decisions, risks, and realities when millions are on the line. We'll also have a **special guest joining the conversation** — stay tuned! **✅** **Registration** **is managed exclusively via Luma** — please reserve your spot using the Luma event page: https://luma.com/yabtlxq0 **✅** ​Should you sell your startup? How do you sell? What happens after? Get the inside scoop on mergers and acquisitions from industry veterans who've been through it. This session breaks down the entire M&A journey—from building your decision framework to navigating due diligence to thriving post-integration. You'll learn what to expect, what to watch out for, and how to handle curveballs when millions are on the line. **Please RSVP to join the waitlist**. We'll email you to confirm your spot as space allows. Entry is reserved for confirmed guests. **Agenda** * ​17:30–18:00: Doors open, check-in, and refreshments * ​**We'll be welcoming guests with confirmed registrations** * ​18:00–19:00: Panel discussion and Q&A * ​19:00–19:45: Networking and wrap up **For whom it will be interesting** ​Berlin startup founders, VC/early-stage investors, general tech leaders, and anyone who dreams of startup success. **Meet the Speakers** * [Ben Barclay](https://www.linkedin.com/in/barclaybenjamin/): Ben is the VP of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at Superhuman. Ben brings 15 years of experience in strategy and corporate development with a track record of driving growth and longterm value within technology businesses. Ben was previously SVP Strategy & Corporate Development at Zendesk, where he was responsible for aligning the company around its strategy and guiding execution through M&A, strategic partnerships, and investor relations. * ​[Reetu Kainulainen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/reetukainulainen/): Reetu is the VP of Product for AI Agents at Zendesk. He previously founded and led Ultimate.ai, a leading AI customer service automation platform, which Zendesk acquired in 2024. With over 14 years of experience building companies and developing cutting-edge AI-powered solutions, Reetu has established a strong track record of driving innovation in enterprise technology and successful company exits. * ​[Dr. Cornelius Karcher: ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-cornelius-karcher-3a852326a/)Cornelius is a lawyer and specialist in corporate law and M&A at PXR. Cornelius brings over 13 years of experience advising on M&A transactions, shareholder disputes, venture capital financing (equity and debt), and employee stock ownership plans (VESOP/ESOP). * ​Surprise Guest: Founder & COO of a leading AI automations company.

GenAI transforming Engineering: Agents and Guardrails [IN-PERSON!]

Meet us for in-person talks at Zalando on February 17, 2026! Join us for an evening of practical talks on how GenAI is reshaping modern engineering workflows, from code agents to production-grade, guardrailed systems. Please make sure you register with your full name, as it will be checked by security on arrival. **📅Date and Time:** Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Doors open: 18:00 Opening & announcements: 18:30 Talks start: 18:35 Wrap-up & networking: \~20:30 📍**Location:** [Zalando Office BHW](https://maps.app.goo.gl/GELYd8FH7AnqEFNF8) Berlin Hedwig-Wachenheimstraße 7 (BHW) The main entrance is on the west-side of the building (towards Uber Arena). Participants should register at the Helpdesk, and will be picked up from there. 📝 **Agenda:** **18:00 – Doors Open** Pizza, drinks, and networking **18:30 – Opening** Short welcome and announcements from the organizers (5 min) ### **18:35 – Talk #1** **Building Blocks of Modern Code Agents: Reusable Skills and Role-Based Subagents** **[Alexey Grigorev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/agrigorev) — DataTalk.Club** A practical map of modern code agent types and the two key building blocks that make them reliable in real-world development workflows. Code agents appear in many forms today: chat-based assistants, cloud agents running CI-like workflows, and IDE or terminal agents embedded directly into development environments. In this talk, we’ll map these main categories, discuss what each is good at, and highlight where they commonly fail. We’ll then zoom in on two core building blocks used in modern agent tooling: * **Skills / playbooks** — reusable, step-by-step workflows (e.g. understand the repo → implement a change → run checks → produce a clean diff) * **Subagents** — specialized roles such as planner, implementer, reviewer, and tester that split complex work into focused, reliable steps **Format:** 20 min talk + 10 min Q&A ### **19:05 – Talk #2** **Guardrailed Agents at Scale: Zalando’s Support Agent for Incident Triage and Stakeholder Q&A** **[Ivan Potapov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-sur/)**, **[Saugandh Karan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/saugandh-karan/)**[ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/saugandh-karan/)— Zalando SE We’ll share how Zalando built and shipped a specialized internal support agent that helps engineering teams answer stakeholder questions and triage operational alerts — without drowning in context or compromising production safety. The agent enriches user requests with relevant observability context (metrics, logs, traces, recent deploys), summarizes what matters, and produces a severity assessment with recommended next steps. A key challenge is context explosion: pulling “all the data” quickly becomes noisy, slow, and risky. We’ll walk through the architecture patterns and guardrails that keep the system production-ready: * Retrieval and ranking strategies * Strict tool boundaries * Policy-driven response formats * Evaluation checks to prevent overconfident or unsafe guidance Finally, we’ll cover rollout and migration: introducing the agent alongside existing workflows, aligning it with architecture guidelines, and iterating based on real incident feedback. **Format:** 20 min talk + 10 min Q&A ### **19:35 – Pizza, Drinks & Networking** Invite your friends and join our meetup. Special thanks to our hosts **[Zalando.](https://en.zalando.de/?_rfl=de)**

From Lab to Daily Biohacks: an Evening @The Longevity Practice

**Longevity Berlin** is excited to partner with **The Longevity Practice** for an evening of expert insights and curated networking. Join us on **Wednesday, 18 February** **at 18:30** to hear strategies to extend your healthspan from two experts in the field, learn about our community project, and connect with like-minded peers. 🗓 **Agenda** * **18:30 – 18:55:** Arrival, healthy drinks & networking * **18:55 – 19:00:** Welcome & Intro by **Longevity Germany** * **19:00 – 19:20:** *Longevity Talk* by **Dr. Maya Fehling** ([The Longevity Practice](https://www.thelongevitypractice.com/en)) * **19:20 – 19:30:** *Daily Optimization* with Biohacker **Heiko Bartlog** * **19:30 – 20:15:** Informal Q&A, healthy snacks & networking * **20:15 – 20:30:** Checkout & Closing *** 🎙 **Our Speakers** **[Dr. Maya Fehling](https://de.linkedin.com/in/mayafehling) \| [The Longevity Practice](https://www.thelongevitypractice.com/en)** Dr. Fehling will share her expertise on personalized preventive medicine. Learn how modern clinical interventions are redefining healthy aging. **[Heiko Bartlog](https://de.linkedin.com/in/bartlog) \| Biohacker** Heiko will pivot from the clinical to the practical, sharing his favorite protocols for optimizing your health on a daily basis. Perfect for those looking to bridge the gap between medical data and lifestyle habits. *** 📍 **About our Venue: [The Longevity Practice](https://www.thelongevitypractice.com/en)** Located at **Am Friedrichshain 1**, The Longevity Practice is at the forefront of personalized health in Berlin. They specialize in troubleshooting complex issues like sleep disturbances and hormonal health, while focusing on the core pillars of longevity: cardiovascular fitness and metabolic health. *** 🎟 **Request Your Spot** Because of the intimate setting of the practice, **space is limited.** See you there!

Angels & Beers - Investors only

**Are you an angel investor or an institutional investor?** Join us for **Angels & Beers** — a relaxed, no-pitch evening dedicated to connecting current and future angel investors in the Berlin community. ​​ This edition is organised together with Start-Up investment Accelerator, Leapfunder, and Startups. Berlin. **RSVP on** - [https://luma.com/zk4ak81w](https://luma.com/zk4ak81w) **Startups. Berlin** is the largest startup network in Berlin. Powered by the [Flock](https://joinaflock.com/) team, it brings together founders and investors for bi-weekly networking events. ​​**Startup Investor Accelerator**, by Mossy Ventures, helps build stronger, more investable startups while growing the next generation of angel investors within local ecosystems through hands-on learning and real investment experience. Their 3-month program brings together aspiring investors to evaluate real startups, conduct due diligence, and make a group investment, all while gaining practical insights into early-stage investing. ​​**Leapfunder** is a European platform that connects startups with early-stage angel investors through a simple, standardized investment structure. It allows investors to easily diversify their portfolio, support promising startups from the ground up, and benefit from improved access, transparency, and seamless cross-border investing across Europe. ​​​ This gathering is **exclusively for individuals who are actively investing in startups**. Whether you're just getting started or already have a portfolio, it's a chance to share experiences, exchange insights, and grow your network — all in an informal setting over a drink. ​​​Not sure if you fit the profile? Reach out — or drop by and let's talk. **Please note: this is for investors only, and you must RSVP on** [https://luma.com/zk4ak81w](https://luma.com/zk4ak81w)

Making High-Stakes Product Decisions Under Uncertainty