Ceremonial Session
During the DPG Spring Meeting the Walter-Schottky-Prize, the Gaede-Prize and the Dissertation Prize of the Condensed Matter Section will be awarded in a ceremonial session. This session is open to all conference participants and the interested public. Admission is free and registration for the conference is not necessary.
This special session will take place on Tuesday, 10 March 2026 at 16:00 in HSZ/AUDI.
Programme
Music
Welcome
by Prof. Dr. Jochen Geck
Dresden University of Technology, Local Organiser
by Prof. Dr. Angela Rösen-Wolff
Dresden University of Technology, Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer
Speech
by Prof. Dr. Klaus Richter
President of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.
Music
Awarding of the
Walter-Schottky-Prize 2026
to Dr. Marcel Reutzel, University of Göttingen, Germany / Marburg University, Germany
Gaede-Prize 2026
to Dr. Anna Roslawska, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
Dissertation Prize of the Condensed Matter Section 2026
The laureate will be announced at the award ceremony.
Music
Ceremonial Lecture
by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Frank Wilhelm-Mauch, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
"Quantum computers as large research instruments – what can we expect and how do we develop them?“"
The Ceremonial Session will be in English.

