MotionLab.Berlin hosts conferences, workshops, hackathons, pitch nights and team events for up to 199 guests at Halle 20, a former industrial hall on Campus Alt-Treptow in Berlin. Four spaces cover every format, from a six-person meeting bus to the main event area, and the in-house events team handles staging, audio-visual equipment, photography and catering.
Seminars and company events
The venue is a working innovation hub and makerspace. Company events take place alongside labs and machinery used by more than 110 startups, engineers, makers and artists. That suits innovation days, product showcases, delegation visits and team workshops. The events team of technical staff and creative producers works with you from brief to delivery. It covers staging, audio-visual setup, moderation, photography, video, internal and online promotion, and catering and beverages.
Ready-made packages exist for a year-end event, a pitch night, a demo day, a hackathon and a student prototyping program called Hardtech Studio. The year-end package starts with hands-on workshops in the labs, where each guest makes an object to take home using laser cutting, UV printing, 3D printing or electronics, and continues with food, drinks and music. Guided innovation tours of one, two or three hours are also offered, with live startup presentations in the longer formats.
Rooms and capacities
The Main Event Space is the largest room and takes up to 199 guests. It has a digital projection system, a PA system tuned for speech and music, a multi-microphone setup for panels and roundtables, a 5 m canvas, an 85-inch screen, optional custom stage lighting, three workshop rooms and step-free access. Seating can be arranged in several layouts.
The Focus Room is a private conference room with a 4 m whiteboard, a projector and a combined sticky-note and magnetic wall. It seats 25 as a boardroom or 30 in cinema style. The Hackerspace is a flexible workshop room for up to 20 people, with a projector, a 360-degree hybrid meeting system and a 2.5 m canvas. It also works as a breakout area during larger events. The Double Decker is a converted blue bus with a conference table for up to six people, a presentation monitor and a hybrid meeting system, suited to small teams and short sessions.
Catering
Catering and beverages are listed among the event services, and the events team arranges them as part of the package. The pitch night, demo day and year-end formats include food and drinks, and the hackathon format provides open tables, equipped workstations and high-speed internet. Ask the team which caterer is used and whether an outside caterer is accepted.
History and setting
Halle 20 is a former industrial hall with high ceilings and raw materials. It stands at Bouchéstraße 12 in Berlin-Treptow, in the district of Treptow-Köpenick. MotionLab.Berlin describes itself as an innovation hub and makerspace for hardtech, with a community of more than 2,000 members and more than 100 events a year. Guests step into a live workplace, not a neutral conference venue, which gives technology, engineering and startup events a natural backdrop.
