Holtzbrinck Berlin – Inspire Together stands for content-rich creative conception, clear design, careful planning and reliable execution of national and international talks, conferences, symposia and award ceremonies on the important topics of science, business, culture and society. We build communities and invest in smart networks. In this way, responsible and interdisciplinary discourses succeed on the topics that move and shape our society. Our long-standing partnerships with media, foundations and companies enable sustainable and effective public relations for our clients.

The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is one of the world’s most respected artist-in-residence programmes for established artists working in the fine arts, film, literature and music. Every year, it invites applications from around the world for approximately 20 scholarships funding a usually one-year stay in Berlin. These scholarships are aimed at extraordinary and internationally established artists from abroad. The Artists-in-Berlin Program is designed to offer its guests space for their creative work, promote the diversity and variety of artistic viewpoints, and strengthen the freedom of the arts and the written and spoken word. Scholarship holders therefore have every freedom to develop their approach, to work on their art or interact with fellow artists.

S. Fischer is one of the largest trade publishers in Germany and is known throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland for publishing high quality books. It has published works by internationally renowned authors such as Thomas Mann, J.M. Coetzee, Roger Willemsen, Franz Kafka, Stefan Zweig, Robert Gernhardt, Carlos Ruiz Zafón and Alice Munro.

Freie Universität Berlin was founded on December 4, 1948, by students, scholars, and scientists with the support of the American allied forces and politicians in Berlin. The move was sparked by the persecution faced by students who took a critical eye of the system at the former Universität Unter den Linden, at that time located in the Soviet sector of the divided city. Students and academics wanted to be free to pursue their learning, teaching, and research activities at Freie Universität, without being subject to political influence. It now has about 28.500 students, 11 Academic Departments, 1 joint Medical School with Humboldt-Universität and 3 Central Institutes.