During a two-day workshop (7-9 December 2022), established researchers and young talents from national and international academic and extra-academic institutions gave keynote presentations in the respective areas. An evening poster session and a career fair with research institutes from the Berlin area and companies completed the event with topics related to career development and opportunities, professional and personal empowerment, and networking.
Comments from participants:
“I was very glad to be part of this conference, it was great and I enjoyed very much the interdisciplinarity, seeing different topics, and also seeing different life and career stories. That made it a special event, and I left the conference feeling very inspired. The fact that all the speakers were female also was refreshing, since it is (at least in my field) quite the opposite in most of the talks, and this change of perspective was very interesting as part of the audience. I do hope you continue organizing this event in next opportunities.”
Dr. Clara Patricia Marshall (FHI), Speaker
„Vielen Dank nochmal für die wunderbare Organisation, das vielfältige Programm und die Gelegenheit, mit zahlreichen WINS in Austausch zu kommen!“
Dr. Sandra Kiefer (University of Oxford), Speaker
“Last Thursday, I was invited to speak at the FutureWINS conference held at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The theme centered around discussing new energies for a sustainable world, and I spoke about how communication strategies are important in Renewable Energy Deployment. It was amazing to listen to different perspectives and experiences across the board. I came away learning a lot more! Honoured to have this platform to share my thoughts.”
Ankita Mitra (Vaayu Tech), Speaker
“I had fun last week moderating the industry session of the #FutureWINS conference at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Adlershof. It was a great forum featuring diverse presentations from Women in Science. Thank you for the invitation!”
Dr. Martha Kimani (BASF), Session Chair
“I was happy to help with the main organization of the conference Future #WINS: #newenergies for a sustainable world. I was honoured to be moderator in #careerfair session. During the three days conference, it was inspiring to listen to the talks from many #interdisciplinaryresearch fields including chemistry, material science and mathematics. This interdisciplinary conference broadened my outlook for future science and industry. (…) Future WINS conference is an opportunity to help everyone in nature science build the connection between research and technology. It encouraged everyone who has the curiosity to communicate and explore further in both science and its application.
In addition, Future WINS conference also provided us, members and alumni of WINS, a great chance to share experiences in our life and work and to empower each other! This is the power of WINS and we will become the Future WINS!”
Xinzi Sarah Pan (HU), Member Orga Team
Conference Chairs
Prof. Dr. Caterina Cocchi
Dr. Zsuzsanna Heiner
Dr. Petya Jordan
Dr. Petra Metz