TRACER final General AssemblyIn-Person Event

9 Jul 2025, 10:00 → 11 Jul 2025, 18:00 Europe/Berlin

Gut Haferkorn

Julia Pasqualini, Sandra Hille (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ)

Agenda TRACER final symposium July 2025

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Wednesday 9 July

1 Arrival and Check-In at Gut Haferkorn

2 Welcome and poster installation

Speakers: Prof. Dietrich Borchardt (UFZ), Julia Pasqualini (UFZ), Sandra Hille (UFZ)

11:30 Lunch

3 Poster walk – PhD results (individual findings of each person, details)

14:30 Coffee break and walk

4 Synthesis output – presentations

17:30 Break

18:30 Dinner

Thursday 10 July

07:00 Breakfast

5 PLAN-B activity

Where do your 3 main findings locate in the PLAN – B concept?

10:30 Coffee Break

6 Call to action based on findings I

Group work within 4 different PLAN-B elements – relate different findings

12:30 Lunch

7 Workshop: How did your research shape the future landscape of your research field?

How could your research findngs bring solutions to the water crisis? (reflect what we did and how it fits together)

15:00 Coffee Break

8 Call to action based on findings II

Plenum discussion of different group work results

17:00 Visit and walk in Leisnig along the Mulde river

19:00 Dinner at the Kulturbahnhof Leisnig

This is a self-payed dinner. Vegan and vegetarian options are available. https://bahnhof-leisnig.de/

Friday 11 July

9 Career opportunities after the PhD

World Café

Speakers: Dr Christian Schmidt (UFZ), Dr Helmut Fischer (BfG), Dr Katja Westphal (State Office for the Environment - Schleswig-Holstein), Prof. Lilian Busse (UBA), Dr Ilona Bärlund (UFZ)

10:30 Coffee break

10 TRACER and beyond – impressions from TRACER Alumni

11 Farewell ceremony

Speakers: Dietrich Borchardt (UFZ), Julia Pasqualini (UFZ), Sandra Hille (UFZ)

12:45 Lunch

14:45 Optional social actvity - Climbing Park

After driving back from Leisnig, we will have a 2-hour session in the climbing park 'Kletterwald Leipzig' to round up the meeting. The activity is optional and self-paid.