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

Details and abstracts of the presentations can be found in the electronic conference programme as soon as it is published.