Program


Program 14.10.2025

Tuesday - 14.10.25

     
10:00 - 17:00

Getting Started with Research Data Management in Kadi4Mat
Workshop for Early-Career Researchers

KIT- Building 30.48
Registration: (tba)
13:00 - 16:30

Why Science Slam Training is a Game-Changer for ph.D. Students and Post-Docs
Workshop for Early-Career Researchers 

KIT- Building K26, Kaiserstraße 26
Registration: (tba)
19:30 - 21:00

KIT Science Week Opening

Keynote by Prof. Dr. Sabine Knierbein
Future, Change, Opportunity: Shaping Tomorrow´s City as a Community Today 

Reception & Marketplace of Opportunities
City of Future 

 

 


KIT Building 30.95, Audimax
Registration: (tba)

     

 

Program 15.10. - 17.10.2025

Program 15.10. - 17.10.2025

Wednesday - 15.10.25

     
09:00 - 12:00

Research to Impact:
Discover the Economic and Social Potential of your Research

Workshop for Early-Career Researchers

KIT-Building 30.95 Audimax
Registration: (tba)
10:00 - 12:00 Excursion to selected areas in Karlsruhe   Location: (tba)
Registration: (tba)
12:00 - 12:30 Coffee and Contacts 

KIT-Building 11.40, Tulla-Halle

12:30 

Welcome and Introduction 
Presentation of conference program


KIT-Building 11.40
13:00 - 14:00

Keynote "Real-world Labs for Urban Transformation"
Uwe Schneidewind | Lord Mayor of the City of Wuppertal


KIT-Building 11.40
14:00 - 15:00

Plenary 1
Introducing Labs Worldwide

Short lectures, 4x 15 Min including discussion
2 Impulses “Climate Protection and Adaption” 
2 Impulses “Resources, Building and Construction”   

 

 

KIT-Building 11.40
Registration: (tba)

15:00 - 16:00

Parallel Session 1

Workshops_1 "Climate Protection and Adaption"
Workshops_2 "Resources, Building and Construction"  

 

KIT-Building 11.40
Registration: (tba)

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee and Contacts 

KIT-Building 11.40, Tulla-Halle

16:30 - 17:30

Parallel Session 2

Workshops_3 "Climate Protection and Adaption"  
Workshops_4 "Resources, Building and Construction"

 

KIT-Building 11.40
Registration: (tba)

17:30 - 18:30 Break 

KIT-Building 11.40, Tulla-Halle

18:30 - 19:30

Keynote in Dialogue 
Maria Vassilakou, Wien
Hannes Rockenbauch, Stuttgart

Moderation: tba

 



KIT-Building 11.40

  Dinner in Tulla-Halle KIT Building 11.40, Tulla-Halle
Registration: (tba)
     

 

Thursday - 16.10.25

     
09:00

Welcoming

KIT-Building 11.40, Tulla-Halle
09:30 - 10:30

Plenary 2 Introducing Labs Worldwide 
Short Lectures 4 x 15 Minutes + Discussion
2 Impulses „Water and Urban Ecology” 
2 Impulses “Mobility  and Urban Space” 

 

KIT-Building 11.40
Registration: (tba)

10:30 - 11:30

Parallel Session 3
Workshops_5 "Water and Urban Ecology"
Workshops_6 "Mobility and Urban Space"

KIT-Building 11.40
Registration: (tba)

11:30 - 12:00 Coffee and Contacts 

KIT-Building 11.40, Tulla-Halle

12:00 - 13:00

Parallel Session 4 Parallel Session
Workshops_7 "Water and Urban Ecology"
Workshops_8 "Mobility and Urban Space"


KIT-Building 11.40
Registration: (tba)

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

KIT-Building 11.40, Tulla-Halle

14:00 - 16:00

Young Researchers Forum 
Impulses from Science to Urban Transformation 

Thematical reviews by experts & peers  
6 Sessions, 6x15 Minutes Lightning Talks, followed by comments  

 


KIT-Building 11.40
​​​​​​​Registration: (tba)

16:00 - 17:00 Coffee und Contacts 

KIT-Building 11.40, Tulla-Halle

17:00 - 18:00

Poster Session and Networking
Market of opportunities 

Speed-Dating
Projects and Posters




​​​​​​​KIT-Building 11.40
​​​​​​​Registration: (tba)

19:00 - 21:00

Panel Discussion: 13 Questions – Debate Culture on the Field of Play
​​​​​​​Topic: Autonomous Public Transport – Lifesaver or Liability?

Organized by Science Week-Team 

Kulturzentrum TollhausAlter Schlachthof Areal
Alter Schlachthof 35 76131 Karlsruhe

Registration: (tba)

     

 

Friday - 17.10.2025

     
09:00 - 09:30

Welcoming

KIT-Building 11.40, Tulla-Halle
09:30 - 10:30

Plenary 3 Introducing Labs Worldwide
Energy and Digitalization / Urban Governance and Planning 

KIT-Building 11.40
​​​​​​​Registration: (tba)
10:30 - 11:30

Parallel Session 5
Workshops_9 "Energy and Digitalization" including

ENBW-Workshop "1x1 der Energiewende im Quartier“
Workshops_10 "Urban Governance and Planning"




KIT-Building 11.40
​​​​​​​Registration: (tba)
11:30 - 12:00

Coffee and Contacts

KIT-Building 11.40, Tulla-Halle
12:00 - 13:00

Parallel Session 6
Workshops_11 "Energy and Digitalization"  
Workshops_12 "Urban Governance and Planning"


KIT-Building 11.40
​​​​​​​Registration: (tba)

13:00 - 13:30

Closing of the conference 
Resumee, Outlook and Conclusion  

Panel Discussion
Inkl. Award  "Best of Labs"



 

KIT-Building 11.40​​​​​

14:00 - 16:00 Field trips to selected areas in Karlsruhe 

Location: (tba)
​​​​​​​Registration: (tba)