Kick-off event of the second funding period

Place of Event: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, Karolinenplatz 3, 64289 Darmstadt

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04:45 – 05:15 pm Reception in the foyer of the Staatsarchiv
05:15 pm Welcome
  • President of the TU Darmstadt, Prof. Dr. Hans Jürgen Prömel
  • Dean of Students Affairs of Department ETiT, Prof. Dr. Christian Hochberger
  • Dean of Department of Computer Science, Prof. Dr. Max Mühlhäuser
  • Chairman and Coordinator of the DFG Collaborative Research Centre, Prof. Dr. Ralf Steinmetz
05:30 pm The Importance of MAKI
  • Industry perspective (Dr. Heinrich Stüttgen, NEC Laboratories Europe)
  • Scientific perspective (Prof. Dr. Kurt Rothermel, Univ. Stuttgart)
05:45 pm Keynote talk: Evolution and Protection of Makis in Madagaskar
Prof. Dr. Jörg Ganzhorn, Animal Ecology & Conservation, Univ. Hamburg
06:15 pm Laudation and honors
From 06:30 pm Fingerfood-Buffet with musical background by
Christian Seeger (Saxophone) und Florian Hofmann (Guitar)