Program

Program

Preliminary program for the network meeting on June 3rd and 4th, 2025 at the MPI for Polymer Research in Mainz.

CEST  
EDT

 3 June

Tuesday

 
10:00

Sustainability tour at the MPI for Polymer Research: Plastic trail with Katharina Landfester (optional)

4:00 pm
11:00

Sustainability tour at the MPI for Chemistry (optional)

5:00 pm
12:00 Lunch
6:00 pm
13:00 Welcome
7:00 pm
13:30 Session: Energy
- Introduction of the Advisory Committee on Energy and Climate (Eberhard Bodenschatz)
- Presentation of measures relating to the Energy Efficiency Act (Hermine Hitzler, GV)
- Best practices from the institutes
7:30 pm
15:30 coffee break 9:30 pm
16:00 Session: Mobility
- Presentation: Flying Less?
- Best practices from the institutes
10:00 pm
17:30 Interna: Presentation of candidates for the Steering Committee
11:30 pm
18:00 Dinner
12:00 am
19:30 Keynote: Ricarda Winkelmann (MPI-GEA)
1:30 am
20:30 Social Get-together at MPI-P
2:30 am

4 June

Wednesday

 
9:00 Remarks from President Cramer
(with discussion)
3:00 pm
10:30 Coffee break
4:30 pm
11:00 Session: Communication & Collaboration
- Presentation of survey results: “Sustainability at the MPI” (Steering Committee)
- Discussion: Challenges and opportunities for local actors
5:00 pm
12:00 Lunch
6:00 pm
13:30 Session: Other topics
- Presentation: Green lab certification (Bianca Shell)
- Best Practices from the institutes (further topics)
7:30 pm
14:45 Interna: Update of the network statutes
8:45 pm
15:30 Coffee break
9:30 pm
16:00 Interna: Presentation of election results & concluding remarks
10:00 pm
16:30 optional afternoon program (tbd)
10:30 pm
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