Program 2024
We are currently preparing the program for the annual MPG LeadNet Symposium 2024 on September 16-17, 2024 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 2024!
The LeadNet Steering Committee
Monday | September 16, 2024
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Registration |
| 13:00 – 13:15 | Welcome by LeadNet Steering Group |
| Science Talks across MPG Sections | |
| 13:15 – 13:45 | Serena Ding | MPI of animal behavior, BMS Towering: a mechanism for collective dispersal in nematodes |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | David Zwicker | MPI for dynamics and self organization, CPTS Theory of Biological Fluids |
| 14:15 – 14:45 | Carolyn Moser | MPI for Comparative Public Law and International Law, GSHS Ready for war? Europe‘s harsh geopolitical awakening and its security and defense implications. |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Coffee Break |
| 15:15 – 16:15 | Speed Dating |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Sonja Hatz | Merck 355 years of curiousity and innovation |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Break |
| Promoting Interdisciplinary Science: MPG and ERC | |
| 17:00 – 17:45 | Kerstin Dübner-Gee | Head of Department Human Resources Development & Opportunities Career and Leadership in the MPG |
| 17:45 – 18:30 | Gerd Gigerenzer | MPI for Human Development, GSHS Simple heuristics to run an interdisciplinary research group. |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Dinner |
| 20:00 – 21:30 | Poster Session and Evening Event |
Tuesday | September 17, 2024
| Career Focus: MPG, Academia, and Industry | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Markus Pössel | Managing scientist, Haus der Astronomie | Director, IAU Office of Astronomy for Education Career Focus on Science Education and Outreach |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Philipp Hölzing | Editor Suhrkamp Wissenschaft Science Publishing in Digital Times |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Gerard Meijer | Fritz-Haber-Institut of the MPG About coincidences, opportunities and hidden gems |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| Parallel Workshops | |
| 11:00 – 11:45 | Workshop I: AI-tools in science Manuel Hoffmann | Digital Media Manager (MPDL) |
| Workshop II: Open Science Larissa Leiminger | Project Manager Open Science (MPDL) | |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Group Picture |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Roundtable discussion on suggested topics |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Concluding Remarks and Upcoming LeadNet Symposium 2025 |