This week brings so many great events that the digest has never been longer. Don’t miss next11 (if you find somebody who pays the hefty late bird price). Many startup/web people from all over Europe will be in Berlin for this.
What’s Going on in the Berlin Startup Community
Amazon Web Services Tech Summit
When: Monday, May 16, noon
Where: Kalkscheune, Johannisstraße 2, Berlin
Cost: free
Attend this half-day event and gain in-depth knowledge of key technical concepts such as running applications and databases using Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon.com Chief Technology Officer, Werner Vogels, will keynote the event.
International #next11 Coffee Meetup
When: Monday, May 16, 4:30 PM
Where: St. Oberholz, Rosenthaler Straße 72a, Berlin
Cost: free
If you are already in town on Monday the #next11 conference, do join us for a coffee at St. Oberholz. It is conviniently located near Alexanderplatz where we can go later to the OSB Event.
OSB – Online Stammtisch Berlin
When: Monday, May 16, 7:00 PM
Where: PLAY am Alexanderplatz, Alexanderstraße 7, 10178 Berlin
Cost: 10 Euro
One of the biggest networking meetups for the online industry. This time at the PLAY bar wich has plenty of Wii consoles to make this a casual event. But bring your business cards.
Social Media Club
When: Monday, May 16, 7:00 PM
Where: Grüner Salon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 2, 10178 Berlin
Cost: free
A German panel discussion about the digital society and it’s newly founded “lobby organisation” Digitale Gesellschaft e.V.
NEXT Conference 2011
When: May 17 & 18
Where: STATION-Berlin, Luckenwalder Straße 4-6, 10963 Berlin
Cost: Only late tickets left: 990 – 2190 Euro
The biggest web conference in Germany and maybe even in Europe.
Hackernews Meetup
When: Tuesday, May 17, 8:30 PM
Where: Goldapfel Bar, Heinrich-Roller-Str. 20, Berlin
Cost: free
Reading http://news.ycombinator.com? Meet other fans and get to know people working at local startups, founders, and people generally interested in coding and working on interesting projects.
Berlin Open Data Day
When: Wednesday, May 18, 1:00 PM
Where: Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Technologie und Frauen, Großer Saal Raum 546, Martin-Luther-Str. 105, Berlin
Cost: free
Open data evangelists meet up with people from the Berlin administration. This is going to be an interesting exchange on openness and transparency.
Startup Talk Berlin (Breakfast)
When: Wednesday, May 18, 7:30 AM
Where: Cafe Noir, Potsdamer Str. 142, 10783 Berlin
Cost: free
The breakfast meetup for technopreneurs during the next11 conference. The agenda’s pretty simple: tell your story and listen to others tell theirs.
UdL Digital Treffen
When: Wednesday, May 18, 7:00 PM
Where: BASE_camp, Unter den Linden 10, Berlin
Cost: free
The monthly networking event for people in politics, administration and the web community.
Cultural Entrepreneurship Conference
When: Thursday, May 19
Where: Audimax of the Freie Universität, Henry-Ford-Bau, Garystraße 35, 14195 Berlin
Cost: 11,90 Euro – 5950 Euro
This is quite an unusual conference: The aim is to build bridges between philosophers, entrepreneurs and the general public, paving new roads to success for all concerned.
Typo International Design Conference: Shift
When: May 19-21
Where: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin
Cost: Only business tickets left: 700 Euro
To shift is to pick up speed, to push the envelope, to change your perspective. All three are useful strategies for TYPO 2011, in order to bring visual communications in line with the latest developments in technology.
Likemind
When: Friday, May 20, 9:00 AM
Where: St. Oberholz, Rosenthaler Straße 72a, Berlin
Cost: free
Have breakfast with likeminded people (web and startup geeks). Check Facebook before you go since it is usually announced only shortly beforehand.
Top Upcoming Events
May 23 – Startup Lessons Learned Simulcast (unconfirmed: at betapitch)
May 25-26 – Social Gaming Summit
May 27 – WhereCamp EU
May 27 – HP webOS connect
May 28-29 – EuRuKo
May 29 – phpconference
May 30 – webinale
June 1 – Echtzeit Berlin
June 3-5 – Federated Social Web Conference
June 6-7 – Berlin Buzzwords
June 11-12 – UXcamp Europe
June 30, July 1 – Open Knowledge Conference