Program 2025
We are currently preparing the program for the annual MPG LeadNet Symposium 2025 on October 6-7, 2025 at the Harnack House in Berlin. Please feel free to contact the LeadNet Steering Committee with any suggestions you would like to see in the program.
We would like to warmly invite you to join our exciting conference in 2025!
The LeadNet Steering Committee
Monday | October 6, 2025
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Registration |
| 13:00 – 13:15 | Welcome by LeadNet Steering Group |
| Science Talks across MPG Sections | |
| 13:15 – 13:45 | Martina Preiner | MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, BMS Coenzymes as Connection Between Minerals and Protometabolism |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | Kartik Ayyer | MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, CPTS Serial Imaging: A New View on Nanoscale Structural Dynamics |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Carola Westermeier | MPI for the Study of Societies, Humanities New Forms of Sovereignty? How New Technologies Shape International Financial Relations |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Speed Dating: engage in short, rotating interactions with your peers to learn more about their research focus |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Panel Discussion: Scientific Careers and Mental Health Chairs: TBA Participants: TBA |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Break |
| MPG Leadership | |
| 17:00 – 17:45 | Christian Doeller | Vice President HSS, MPG | Director, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Scientific Leadership at Different Career Levels in the Max Planck Society: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Perspectives |
| 17:45 – 18:30 | Klaus Blaum | Former Vice President, MPG | Director, MPI for Nuclear Physics Career & Cash: Making It in European Research |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner |
| 20:00 – 21:30 | Poster Session and Evening Event |
Tuesday | October 7, 2025
| Career Focus: MPG, Academia, and Industry | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Sebastian Leidel | University of Bern | Former LeadNet Steering Committee Member My Path Through the Max Planck Society and Beyond – A Modified View |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Andre Broermann | Boeringer Ingelheim From Academia/MPG to Pharma Industry – Career Opportunities in Research |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Isabel Schulze | Max Planck Förderstiftung From Science to Innovation – Start-up Support by Max-Planck-Foundation |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| Workshops | |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Manuel Hoffmann | Digital Media Manager, Max Planck Digital Library AI-Tools in Science |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Concluding Remarks and Upcoming LeadNet Symposium 2026 |