Why is it that most parts of humankind continue to live in a non-sustainable manner und endanger future generations and other regions? We have now already transgressed seven planetary boundaries, next to CO2, there are also fresh water, biodiversity, land management, and others. Inorder to keep the discussion tractable, I will focus on climate, with changes being related to temperature, relative humidity and time. In particular, I will also address the costs if we continue to exploit the planet as compared to the costs of changing our lifestyles.
But what are the barriers to a sustainable lifestyle and what can we do as individuals? To address the above I provide suggestions for actions on personal, communal and international level. As political networks become fragile, we need to empower our international, transdisciplinary scientific networks beyond our narrow disciplinary convenience levels. Scientists can communicate the complex interactions between planetary boundaries and can discuss not only laws of nature but also social, psychological, political and economic boundary conditions.
This two-day interdisciplinary workshop brings together researchers working on complex systems and far-from-equilibrium dynamics across physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, and computational sciences. Topics include self-organization, pattern formation, nonlinear dynamics, fluctuations, and collective behaviour. The program will feature invited talks, poster sessions, student flash talks, and open-format discussions aimed at fostering exchange across disciplines.
The 7th Materials Chain International Conference: Future Energy Materials and Systems brings together leading scientist in materials science to explore the latest advancements and applications of future materials for energy systems. The event will feature talks from the new appointed professors within the Research Center Future Energy Materials and Systems, invited talks and a poster session, providing a platform to discuss cutting-edge research, share insights and foster collaborations.
We warmly invite our early career researchers to take part in this year’s ECR Day. We’ve introduced a new, more interactive format and hope you’ll find it both engaging and valuable.
The following speakers have confirmed to give talks:
• Gesa Beck (SRH University, Heidelberg): “Multicriteria sustainable hotspot analysis as tool for sustainable materials”
• Joe Briscoe (QM University of London): “Ferroelectric-semiconductor nanocomposites for enhanced solar energy conversion”
• Chris Eberl (Fraunhofer IWM, Freiburg) t.b.a.
• Frank Mücklich (Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken): “Circular Economy - a distant vision, but what can we learn from living nature?”
• Dierk Raabe (MPI-SusMat Düsseldorf): “Scale-, mechanism- and process-bridging in sustainable materials”
• Petra Sonnweber-Ribic (Bosch, Stuttgart) t.b.a.
The final agenda will be sent to you shortly.
Please register by May 14, 2025 via email to advanced-discussions@icams.rub.de
Participation in the ICAMS Advanced Discussions is free of charge but registration is required because the number of participants is restricted to 70 due to the limited space available. Therefore, your swift reply is very much appreciated
The Workshop is organised by the Chair for Microsystems Technology and the Chair of Applied Electrodynamics and Plasma Technology at the Ruhr University Bochum. For further details and registration please see the link below.
MAT4HY.NRW und H2Raum laden erneut zur Vernetzung: Entwickeln Sie gemeinsam mit uns Ideen zu Projekten und Wasserstoffthemen weiter und testen Sie Ihr Wasserstoffwissen!
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