The CityLAB Berlin Open House 2025 is organised by CityLAB Berlin, the city's public innovation laboratory dedicated to developing and testing new approaches to digital government and civic technology. The open house takes place on 14 June 2025 in Berlin and offers the public, technology professionals, and city officials a hands-on look at the projects and prototypes being developed at this unique facility.
CityLAB Berlin was established by the Technologiestiftung Berlin (Berlin Technology Foundation) in partnership with the Berlin Senate Chancellery and is located in the former Tempelhof Airport terminal. The lab serves as a space where municipal government, civil society, academia, and the tech community collaborate to design better digital public services and civic tools. Its interdisciplinary team works on projects ranging from open data visualisation to participatory urban planning platforms.
The annual open house showcases the latest prototypes and pilot projects developed by CityLAB's teams, including civic tech applications, open data dashboards, digital government service prototypes, and experimental approaches to citizen engagement. Visitors can interact with demonstrations, participate in hands-on workshops, and engage directly with project teams to learn about their research and development processes.
Key themes include user-centred design for government services, the use of open data to increase transparency and improve city management, digital tools for participatory urban planning, and experimental approaches to solving urban challenges through rapid prototyping and testing. The programme also features discussions on the role of public innovation labs in modernising government and building trust between citizens and institutions. For civic tech enthusiasts, government innovation practitioners, researchers, and curious citizens, the CityLAB Open House provides an inspiring and accessible window into the future of digital public services in Berlin.