Program
Schedule
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
WELCOME | ||
08:30 | Registration and Coffee
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09:00 | Opening | Kurosch Rezwan (University of Bremen | Matena innovate! Center) |
09:05 | Welcome by the President of the University of Bremen | Jutta Günther (University of Bremen) |
LOOKING BACK | ||
09:15 | A look back at 10 years of MAPEX
| Lucio Colombi Ciacchi (University of Bremen) Hanna Lührs (University of Bremen) Kurosch Rezwan (University of Bremen | Matena innovate! Center) |
| Talks | ||
09:45 | A Research Journey in Additive Manufacturing: From ProMat Student to PhD Project | Maylin Homfeldt (Leibniz-Institute for Materials Engineering – IWT) |
10:05 | Rare events and the likelihood of change: an atomistic perspective of electrochemistry and an insight into my scientific journey | Robert Mei?ner (Hamburg University of Technology) |
10:35 | Coffee Break |
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Flashlights on Flagship Projects | ||
11:00 | Matena innovate! Center: invent. ignite. inspire.
| Jan Wedemeier (Matena innovate! Center) Kurosch Rezwan (University of Bremen | Matena innovate! Center) |
11:10 | The Martian Mindset: A Scarcity-Driven Engineering Paradigm
| Marc Avila (University of Bremen) Kirsten Tracht (University of Bremen) |
11:20 | MarsLab: A facility to study production under Mars-like conditions | Christiane Heinicke (University of Bremen) |
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MOVING FORWARD | ||
| Idea Competition: Future Collaborative Research Themes | ||
11:30 | Circular Electronic Materials for Advanced e-Waste Management | Spokesperson Bj?rn Lüssem (University of Bremen) and group |
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12:45 | Lunch Break and Group Picture |
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14:00 | Spokesperson Andreas Rademacher (University of Bremen) and group | |
15:15 | Coffee Break |
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| Talks | ||
15:30 | Electrokinetic particle separation for material recycling – from Bremen via Dublin to Vienna | Georg Pesch (TU Wien) |
16:00 | CALPHAD-based High-Throughput Simulations for Metal Additive Manufacturing | Evgeniya Kabliman (Leibniz-Institute for Materials Engineering – IWT) |
16:30 | Mini Break and Room Prep |
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Podium Discussion | ||
16:45 | The Next Decade: Strategies for Advancing Innovation in Materials and Processes
| Julia Hansen (Airbus Defence and Space GmbH) Katharina Koschek (Fraunhofer IFAM) Nicola Marzari (?cole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – EPFL | University of Cambridge) Chiara Pedersoli (OHB System AG) Kurosch Rezwan (University of Bremen | Matena innovate! Center) |
EVENING PROGRAM | ||
18:00 | Transfer |
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18:30 | Boat Cruise Dinner Baroque Strings, Modern Material Science Lively Latin American rhythms |
David May (Faserinstitut Bremen e.V.) Barbara Gruszczynska, violin Christopher Franzius, cello |
21:30 | End |
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| All times are given in CEST (UTC + 2) | ||