Symposia
The symposia of the conference are focused on interdisciplinary topics.
- AI and Data Challenges behind Emerging Self-Driving Laboratories (SYAI)
Symposium of the divisions O, BP, MM and UP as well the working groups AKPIK and "Young DPG"
Organisation:
Jörg Neugebauer, Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, Düsseldorf, Germany
Karsten Reuter, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany - Fluids with Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry: Odd/Hall Viscosity between Active Matter and Electron Flows (SYBS)
Symposium of the divisions DY, CPP, MA and TT
Organisation:
Ewelina M. Hankiewicz, University of Würzburg, Germany
Yuto Hosaka, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany - Beyond Transistors: Material-Based Edge Computing Paradigms (SYBT)
Symposium of the divisions MA and KFM
Organisation:
Karin Everschor-Sitte, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
Atreya Majumdar, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
Dennis Meier, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway - Designing Quantum Materials with Light: From Floquet to Cavity Engineering (SYFC)
Symposium of the divisions HL, O and TT
Organisation:
Marcel Reutzel, Marburg University, Germany
Michael Sentef, University of Bremen, Germany - Guest of honour symposium France: Soft, Active and Alive: Emergent Properties in Living Matter (SYGF)
Symposium of the divisions BP, CPP, DY and SOE
Organisation:
Kerstin Blank, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Stefan Klumpp, University of Göttingen, Germany
Martin Lenz, University Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France - Interacting Degrees of Freedom in Ultrathin Quantum Films (SYQF)
Symposium of the divisions HL, DS, MA and TT
Organisation:
Mirko Cinchetti, TU Dortmund University, Germany
Hubert Krenner, University of Münster, Germany
Ursula Wurstbauer, University of Münster, Germany - The Sustainability Challenge: A Decade of Transformation (SYSC)
Symposium of the divisions UP, BP, CPP, DD, DS, DY, MM and SOE as well the working groups AIW, AKPIK and "Young DPG"
Organisation:
Stefanie Falk, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Susanne Heinicke, University of Münster, Germany
Philipp Hövel, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany - SKM Dissertation Prize 2026 (SYSD)
Organisation:
Elke Scheer, University of Konstanz, Germany
The divisions of the DPG united in the SKM announce a dissertation prize. The aim of the prize is to recognise outstanding scientific work and its excellent presentation in a lecture. Selected finalists will give their presentations at a symposium. - Tipping Points in Social and Climate Systems (SYTP)
Symposium of the divisions SOE, DS, DY and UP as well the working group "Young DPG"
Organisation:
Jonathan Donges, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
Eckehard Olbrich, Leipzig University, Germany
Karoline Wiesner, University of Potsdam, Germany