SET Tech Festival Recaps

The SET Tech Festival is the annual event for energy innovators since 2017! Have you missed the previous editions? Check out our recaps and relive our events with inspiring start-ups and speakers.

SET Tech Festival 2023

The seventh iteration of the SET Tech Festival gathered over 1,000 participants! The one-day event took place alongside the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue on the 28 March 2023, in Berlin.

Geraldine de Bastion at the SET Tech Festival 2022. Image: Maximilian Grosser/phototek.de/Berlin / dena

SET Tech Festival 2022

For the sixth iteration of the festival, the global clean energy community gathered in the Heeresbäckerei in Berlin. With the motto “Stories of Energy Transition”, the SET Tech Festival 2022 aimed to highlight the individuals and communities behind the energy transformation.

Winners of the SET Award 2021 standing on stage of the SET Award Ceremony

SET Tech Festival 2021

In 2021, the SET Tech Festival celebrated its 5th anniversary! The motto of the year “Reduce, reuse, Re-energize” gave participants the opportunity to rethink the industry through the theme of circular economy. An exciting hybrid event with a live Award Ceremony in Radialsystem, Berlin.

SET Week 2020

SET Week 2020 was the first virtual edition of our annual SET Tech Festival & Award Ceremony. Start-ups and attendees joined us virtually from all over the world as we hosted a vibrant array of online sessions and impactful speakers. Attendees were able to explore the most pressing challenges of the ongoing energy transition and the opportunities that innovation can bring to our carbon-neutral future.

Evening Reception BETD21

SET Tech Festival 2019

SET Tech Festival 2019 brought together more than 150 start-ups from all around the world, representing the current and future innovators working towards a successful energy transition. The event took place in the Westhafen Event and Convention Center (WECC), a key location for the emerging industrial city of Berlin. It served as a perfect location to discuss the directions that our future industrial and technological growth will take.

BETD Tech-Festival 2018

SET Tech Festival 2018

SET Tech Festival 2018 gathered more than 1,000 participants in Berlin and included panels, the traditional award ceremony, corporate challenges with partners such as BayWa.r.e and E.ON, 15 accelerator showcases and start-up-speed dating organized in cooperation with Innoloft.

SET-Award 2017 Winner ME SOLshare

SET Tech Festival 2017

The Tech Festival 2017 was the first edition of the festival and highlighted the top 3 global start-ups from each of the five categories of the Start Up Energy Transition Award. Participants were able to enjoy panels, finalist pitches, exhibition area, matchmaking and workshops.