The Bear is a non-profit event organized by a team of volunteers including Hanna Martus, Florence Ford, Michael Rost, Dyane Neiman and Frank Spandl and powered by Moving Speaker.com and Meeet.deIt was founded in 2015 by Dyane Neiman and Frank Spandl to promote connection, understanding and inspiration in the Berlin community."We come as strangers and leave somehow connected by our shared human experiences."