This two-day scientific networking conference offers an excellent exchange platform for German-Ukrainian cooperation in higher education, science and research in Saarland, Germany. In this way, academic networks of higher educational institutions and research institutes in and beyond the region with academic organizations in Ukraine will be expanded, and potential synergies will be explored. The Local Organizing Committee is led by Prof. Dr. Andriy Luzhetskyy.
Registration to attend this conference is mandatory, and you can find the registration form and the programme here. The deadline for registration is 31 August 2024 23:59 hrs AoE (Anywhere on Earth).
The programme includes, among others:
- 8th Final of the UKRAINET PhD Contest
- Talk: Core of Excellence – Ukraine, Saarland University (UdS), Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), by Prof. Dr. Rolf Müller, HIPS Director and Prof. Dr. Bohdan Ostash, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (more on BMBF Cores of Excellence initiative you can find here)
- Panel Discussion: Innovative economy, Startups: Opportunities between Germany and Ukraine, moderated by Dr. Olexander Yagensky, BAIN Company, Munich, host of the Personalized Medicine Podcast. Participants: Olena Vovk, Enzym Group, Lviv, Ukraine; Michael Jung, Triathlon, Saarbrücken, Germany; J. Prof. Benedikt Schnellbächer, Junior Professorship for Business Administration, in particular Digital Transformation and Business Start-ups, UdS
- Presentation from a representative of the Czech-Ukrainian Scientific Society
- Annual Members’ Assembly of the German Ukrainian Academic Society
- On the second day after concluding the conference, there is an (optional) opportunity to visit Saarschleife, a picturesque location and a tourist attraction in the state of Saarland.