# 1st LoRaWAN meetup in Berlin was a huge success - really!

> Dear TTN - LoRaWAN enthusiasts, our 1st TTN / LoRaWAN meetup in Berlin, yesterday, turned into a real huge success. About 30 people gathered, in reply to the in

- Type: Community update
- Community: [The Things Network Berlin](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/berlin/)
- Author: Gerhard Peter
- Published: 2017-05-06
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/berlin/post/1st-lorawan-meetup-in-berlin-was-a-huge-success-really

Dear TTN - LoRaWAN enthusiasts,

our 1st TTN / LoRaWAN meetup in Berlin, yesterday, turned into a real huge success.

About 30 people gathered, in reply to the invitation of [Technologie-Stiftung Berlin](http://www.technologiestiftung-berlin.de/), in Berlin City West and discussed the status of LoRaWAN in Berlin.

You could recognize a coloured mix of people, from public services, from [beehive](http://open-hive.org/), from "Freifunk Berlin", from some start-ups, from [DEUTSCHEBAHN](https://www.mindboxberlin.com/) to [big players](http://www.gemalto.com/deutschland) and a lot of other companies.

We learned about the vivid scene of LoRaWAN companies today, their growing, merging, dividing, divorcing....

We told the audience about TTN - Initiative (some really didn't know much about, yet) with this prez [https://goo.gl/EDyj3L](https://goo.gl/EDyj3L) .

And the main sponsor of TTN Berlin, DEUTSCHEBAHN, offered a deep insight what could happen, when "**LoRaWAN meets the clock**", you remember: those big ones, you will find in each railway station in germany!

We agreed, preparing a second meeting in a few month; more 2bd.

update: report from [TSB](https://www.technologiestiftung-berlin.de/de/blog/lorawan-netz-fuer-internet-of-things/) about the meetup (in german language)

Thanks to all of You.
It was a pleasure to meet You all.

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Special thanks to our Organizer, Mr Dr. Ch. Hammel, who provided the facility and drinks (even beer, not visible here - of course :) ),
thanks also to Mr Dr. G. V. [Troppenz](https://zenner-iot.com/news/zenner-iot-solutions-auf-dem-lorawan-treffen-der-technologie-stiftung-berlin/) from [Zenner](http://www.zenner.de/),
and Mrs Dr. O. [Willner](https://de.linkedin.com/in/dr-olga-willner-a03b823/de) from DEUTSCHEBAHN, who gave us detailed and fascinating informations about the "marriage" of LoRaWAN & railway clocks.