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Adlershofer Forschungsforum (AFF) – Adlershof Research Forum

Monday, 11. November 2019

The Adlershofer Forschungsforum (AFF) - Adlershof Research Forum is an annual one-day conference taking place in Adlershof since 2013. It is a platform for knowledge exchange and communication between scientists working in Adlershof. Hosted by the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the IGAFA and the WISTA Management GmbH, scientists from the non-university research institutes as well as from the Faculty for Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Institute of Psychology of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin come together for exchange and networking.

In lectures and poster sessions, labs and institutes present their latest research projects. The AFF-conference aims to identify potentials for scientific collaboration between different university and non-university institutes and local companies and to create space to come up with new joint projects.
 

The Adlershof Research Forum 2019 took place on 11. November including:

Lectures:

• The HZB in Adlershof: Current research highlights and future opportunities
  Prof. Dr. Jan Lüning, Scientific Director of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
• Lecture: Innovative crystalline materials for basic research and future technologies
  Prof. Dr. Thomas Schröder, Director Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung
• What is intelligence?
  Prof. Dr. Rasha Abdel Rahman, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Psychology
  Prof. Dr. Verena Hafner, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Computer Science / Cluster Science of Intelligence (SCIoI)
• In the service of the population – the Landeslabor Berlin-Brandenburg
  Dr. Frank Wissmann, Landeslabor Berlin-Brandenburg
• Strong research and entrepreneurship as success factors for the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region
  Matthias Patz, Innovation & New Ventures, DB Systel GmbH

Award Winner-Session:

• Dissertation Prizewinner Adlershof 2018
  Short Lecture: Dr. Martin Maier, Institute of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Winner Falling Walls Lab Adlershof 2019

  Breaking the Wall of Black Boxes in Biomedical AI
  Julius Upmeier zu Belzen, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin

  Breaking the Walls of Gender Gaps
  Dr. Anna Katharina Pikos, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover

  Breaking the Wall of Sustainable Air Cleaning
  Benjamin Herzog, Solaga UG, Berlin
   

Postersession, Get Together

The Adlershof Research Forum is part of Berlin Science Week.

Contact:

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Petra Franz
Phone: +49 30 2093-1437
petra.franz@hu-berlin.de

IGAFA-Science Office
Sanela Schlößer
Phone: +49 30 6392-3669
schloesser@igafa.de