Potsdam Summer School 2025 Programme

Programme

We are in the process of preparing for the Potsdam Summer School in September 2025 and will update the website accordingly. Last update April 21.

The deadline for the call for applications will be May 10, 2025 !

Day 1 Day of Introduction 15/09/2025

15/09/2025

Day of Introduction

RIFS

09:15 - 09:30

Welcome by Matthias Tang (RIFS)

09:30 - 10:30

Onboarding Part I/Dr. Susanne Schmitt

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

Onboarding Part II/Dr. Susanne Schmitt

12:00 - 13:00

10 Years of the Paris Agreement - What has been Accomplished and what´s Next?/Dr. Kathleen A. Mar (RIFS)

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:00

The Agenda 2030: Challenges in Transitioning from "Falling Behind" to "Going Beyond"/Prof. Dr. Mark Lawrence (RIFS)

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:30

Ecopolitical Battlegrounds: Climate Summits, the Amazon & Indigenous Struggles/Dr. Bernardo Jurema (RIFS)

16:30 - 17:30

Introduction of Working Groups Science Communication/P&C Team (RIFS)

17:30 - 20:00

Dinner in the Garden at RIFS

Day 2 Oceans & Coastal Zones 16/09/2025

16/09/2025

Oceans & Coastal Zones

AWI House A 45

09:15 - 09:30

Check In

09:30 - 10:30

Ocean Governance Beyond 2030 Part I: Navigating Sustainable Use & Conservation of the World´s Ocean(s)/Dr. Barbara Neumann & Team (RIFS)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

Ocean Governance Beyond 2030 Part II: Navigating Sustainable Use & Conservation of the World´s Ocean(s)/Dr. Barbara Neumann & Team (RIFS)

12:00 - 13:30

Guided Tour around Telegrafenberg

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch Break

14:30 - 15:30

WASCAL Floating University: The 2-Week Eureka Experience of Early Career Ocean Professionals in West Africa/Tobias Hahn (Geomar)

15:30 - 17:30

Marine Real-World-Lab/Dr. Christian Wagner-Ahlfs (University of Kiel)

17:30 - 18:15

Transfer to WIS

18:15 - 20:30

Joint Evening with Highschool Students from Potsdam at WIS

Day 3 One Health 17/09/2025

17/09/2025

One Health

ATB Circle

09:15 - 09:30

Check In

09:30 - 10:30

Framing Talk on Planetary Health/Dr. Nicole de Paula (UN Food Systems Coordination Hub)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 13:00

World Café: One Health in Many Facets/NN (ATB)

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30

Guided Tour around ATB

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:00

Concepts of One Health in Agriculture/
Dr. Federico Dragoni (ATB)

17:00 - 20:00

Evening at own Leisure

Day 4 Digitilisation & Sustainability 18/09/2025

18/09/2025

Digitilisation & Sustainability

Uni Potsdam/Campus Griebnitzsee

09:15 - 09:30

Check In

09:30 - 10:30

Digitilisation & Sustainability Trnsformations Part I/Grischa Beier & Team (RIFS)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:00

Digitilisation & Sustainability Transformations Part II/Grischa Beier & Team (RIFS)

12:00 - 13:00

NN/NN

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:00

AI and Energy Consumption/NN

15:00 - 16:00

Ethics in Artificial Intelligence/NN

16:00 - 17:00

Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture/Prof. Dr. Marina Hoehne (ATB)

17:00 - 17:45

Transfer to RIFS

18:00 - 20:00

Dinner at RIFS Garden

Day 5 Day of Conclusion 19/09/2025

19/09/2025

Day of Conclusion

RIFS

09:15 - 09:30

Check In

09:30 - 10:30

Workshop Science Communication/P&C Team (RIFS)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 13:00

Workshop Science Communication/P&C Team (RIFS)

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:30

Journey of Reflections on the Week & Wrap Up

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee to Go

16:00 - 18:30

Afternoon Break

18:30 - 22:00

Farewell Dinner in the Garden at RIFS

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