Scientific Events

“10th MSIT Winter School on Materials Chemistry”

Start: Jan 25, 2026
End: Jan 30, 2026
Location: Ringberg Castle, Kreuth, Germany
Host: Dr. Andrew Watson, Dr. Frank Stein, Dr. Martin Palm, Dr. Svitlana Iljenko

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Challenges and Perspectives for the Development of High Temperature Materials

Colloquia Series on Sustainable Metallurgy

Date: Oct 21, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Alexander Kauffmann, Materials Science and Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum
Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustaianble Materials
Room: Hybrid / Large Seminar Room No. 203
Host: Prof. Erik Bitzek
Topic: Lectures

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"Intermetallics 2025"

Start: Sep 29, 2025
End: Oct 2, 2025
Location: Educational Center Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein, Germany
Host: Manja Krüger, Martin Heilmaier, Florian Pyczak, Martin Schloffer, Andre Schneider, Frank Stein

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It's all about transitions - dealing sustainably and reliably with critical metal oxides in simulations and technologies

Colloquia Series on Sustainable Metallurgy

Date: Sep 9, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Lucio Colombi Ciacchi, Hybrid Materials Interfaces, University of Bremen
Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
Room: Hybrid / Large Seminar Room No. 203
Host: Erik Bitzek
Topic: Lectures
Contact: susmet@mpi-susmat.de

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IPAM Workshop: Bridging the Gap - Transitioning from Deterministic to Stochastic Interaction Modeling in Electrochemistry

IPAM Workshop on Electochemistry

Start: Sep 3, 2025
End: Dec 12, 2025
Location: UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Organised by: Jörg Neugebauer (Max-Planck-Institut for Sustainable Materials), Juergen Fuhrmann (Weierstraß-Institut für Angewandte Analysis und Stochastik (WIAS)), Richard Hennig (University of Florida), Mauro Maggioni (John Hopkins University)Keith Promislow (Michigan State University), Katsuyo Thornton (University of Michigan)Bilge Yildiz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) [more]

Towards a Sustainable Future: EU Safe and Sustainable by Design Framework and AI in Circular Economy

Colloquia Series on Sustainable Metallurgy

Date: Aug 5, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Gesa Beck, SRH Universities of Applied Sciences, Campus Berlin, and ABCircular GmbH
Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
Room: Hybrid / Large Seminar Room No. 203
Host: on invitation of Prof. Dierk Raabe
Topic: Lectures
Contact: susmet@mpi-susmat.de

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Closing metal loops sustainably - opportunities & challenges for a successful circular economy

Colloquia Series on Sustainable Metallurgy

Date: Jul 29, 2025
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Christian Hagelüken
Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
Room: Hybrid / Large Seminar Room No. 203
Host: Prof. Dierk Raabe
Topic: Lectures
Contact: susmet@mpie.de

Metals are essential for climate and digital technologies, making resource-efficient use and high-quality recycling across their entire lifecycle crucial. This lecture explores the role of recycling in a true circular economy, highlighting the need for clear system definitions, realistic expectations, and coordinated processes to recover valuable materials sustainably and effectively. [more]