General Assembly 2024

27 Nov 2024, 08:30 → 28 Nov 2024, 17:30 Europe/Berlin

Welcome to the annual General Assembly 2024 of the Program "Changing Earth - Sustaining our Future" (November 27-28)

Once a year the Program Board invites scientists from the seven Helmholtz Centers participating in and contributing to the research program "Changing Earth - Sustaining our Future" with nine topics, Program Objectives, CCAs, InnoPool projects, the SynCom team, the Management Board and the Management-Team to exchange information and ideas, to share developments and advances, to swap insights and strategies.

With Poster Sessions, an Ideas Market, Breakout groups, presentations and enough time in-between you will have the chance for discussions, exchanging and crossing new ideas and projects. In 2024 you have the opportunity to meet up to 270 participants in Kiel.

*Contributions to the certain sessions are an important component of the General Assembly - as well as for other conferences the Program Board still reserves the right for contributions to be reordered or not to be taken into account.

Our Program Website

https://earthenvironment.helmholtz.de/changing-earth/program/

Hotel suggestions (on TMS list)

Hotel Astor Kiel by Campanile, Holstenplatz 1-2

Hotel Liegeplatz 13 Kiel by Premiere Classe, Königsweg 13

Adagio Access Kiel, Holstenbrücke 28

Ibis Styles Kiel, Holstenbrücke 26

Premiere Classe Hotel am Kieler Schloss, Dänische Straße 12-16

Berliner Hof Kiel, Ringstraße 6

Intercity Hotel Kiel, Kaistraße 54-56

Hotel Kiel by Golden Tulip, Hamburger Chaussee 2

B&B Hotel Kiel-Holstenbrücke, Willestr. 8-10

Room contingents

You can book rooms under the key “GEOMAR 2024” at:

Atlantic Hotel Kiel, Raiffeisenstraße 2, 24103 Kiel, reservierung.ahk@atlantic-hotels.de (booking / changes / cancellations until 15. October 2024)

Steigenberger Conti Hansa, Schloßgarten 7, 24103 Kiel, reservations@kiel.steigenberger.der (booking until 01. October 2024; free cancellation possible until 12.11.2024)

Location(s)

The GEOMAR campus is situated on the east shore of the Kiel fjord. Registration and lecture hall are located in building 8. Some of the breakout sessions will also take place in the new building 5 and of course there will be a chance to go on different tours through the GEOMAR facilities.

From 'Kiel Hauptbahnhof' Bus 11, 14, X60, 200, and 201 bring you to the bus stop 'Seefischmarkt'. There is also a small ferry ('Schwentine-Fährlinie') from 'Reventlou' on the west shore to 'Wellingdorf' right next to GEOMAR building 8 (the entrance is on the other side). 

 

Wednesday 27 November

1 Arrival & registration

Collect your name tag, hang up your poster, grab a coffee and get settled

2 Welcome

Speakers: Colin Devey (GEOMAR), Katja Matthes (GEOMAR), Susanne Buiter (GFZ)

First InnoPool projects round - wrapping up

Convener: Charlotte Krawczyk (GFZ)

3 SCENIC

Speaker: Helge Goessling (AWI)

4 High-CO2

Speaker: Michael Bott (FZJ)

5 P-LEACH

Speakers: Hanna Joers (Hereon), Stefan Lips (UFZ)

6 CASCO

Speakers: Cecilia Nievas (GFZ), Laurens Bouwer (Hereon)

10:30 Coffee break

7 Poster session & ideas market

12:30 Lunch break & tours

Lunch buffets will be ready in the foyers of both buildings (8 and 5) - best have a look in which building your breakout session will take place and have lunch there.

Tours (see lists at the registration desk):
- Technology and logistics centre (https://www.geomar.de/en/tlz) [Peter Linke]
- Core & rock repository (https://www.geomar.de/en/centre/central-facilities/tlz/core-rock-repository) [Doris Maicher]
- Climate chambers and seawater facilities

Breakout sessions

8 CARF MACE

Speaker: Beate Escher (UFZ)

9 CTA carbon cycle

Speakers: Dirk Sachse (GFZ), Gesine Mollenhauer (AWI)

10 Large Helmholtz Infrastructures (FIS) roadmap planning

Speakers: Martina Löbl (AWI), Nadine Conze (AWI), Susanne Buiter (GFZ)

11 New challenges in Earth system modeling for ambitious climate mitigation and ICON modeling

Speakers: Corinna Hoose (KIT), Nadine Mengis (GEOMAR)

12 Sustainable urban development / CARF Urban

Speaker: Peter Bremer (KIT)

13 The added value of our one program

Speaker: Colin Devey (GEOMAR)

15:30 Coffee break

14 Short reports from breakout groups

15 Wrap-up of day 1

Speaker: Colin Devey (GEOMAR)

16 Conference Dinner

Location:
Steigenberger Conti Hansa
Schloßgarten 7
24103 Kiel

Thursday 28 November

17 Arrival

18 Welcome to day 2

Speaker: Colin Devey (GEOMAR)

Second InnoPool projects round

Convener: Gunnar Gerdts (AWI)

19 CSponge

Speaker: Dirk Sachse (GFZ)

20 SOLVe

Speaker: Tobias Spiegl (AWI)

21 AGRIO

Speaker: Tina Sanders (Hereon)

22 AI MareExplore

Speaker: Erik Borchert (GEOMAR)

23 EXTREME-ADAPT

Speaker: Mariana Madruga de Brito (UFZ)

24 DT4CZ

Speaker: Hui Tang (GFZ)

25 INNOVA

Speaker: Mar Fernández Méndez (AWI)

26 ACTUATE

Speaker: Patrick Ludwig (KIT)

10:30 Coffee break

SynCom

Convener: Marie Heidenreich

12:30 Lunch break

Lunch buffets will be ready in the foyers of both buildings (8 and 5) - best have a look in which building your breakout session will take place and have lunch there.

Breakout sessions

27 Blue bioeconomy and circular economy

Speakers: Mar Fernández Méndez (AWI), Ulrich Schurr (FZJ)

28 Blue carbon reservoirs - main or side effect

Speakers: Bryce Van Dam (Hereon), Helmuth Thomas (Hereon)

29 Building Synergies: Large-scale initiatives for ocean and climate research

Speaker: Stefanie Arndt (AWI)

30 Climate stress impacts on the biosphere and its interactions with the earth system

Speaker: Eva Pfannerstill (FZJ)

31 Extreme and cascading events

Speakers: Thomas Walter (GFZ), Thor Hansteen (GEOMAR)

32 Starting an inventory of human-induced global changes

Speakers: Fabrice Cotton (GFZ), Sabine Attinger (UFZ)

15:00 Coffee break

33 DataHub

Speaker: Sören Lorenz (GEOMAR)

34 Short reports from breakout groups

35 Summary and closing

Speaker: Colin Devey (GEOMAR)