Stage Program

Curated Program

The program is assessed by an independent board of trustees:

Dr. Chrstian Ehler

MdEP, Vorsitzender des Kuratoriums

Prof. Dr. Gesine Grande

Präsidentin BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Adie Roesch

CEO LEAG

Dr. Carola neugebauer

Leitung Kompetenzzentrum Regionalentwicklung BBSR

Merlin Tesch

Studentischer Vizepräsident BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Tobias Schick

Oberbürgermeister Stadt Cottbus

Jens Warnken

Präsident IHK Cottbus

Jakob Flechtner

Leiter Kompetenzzentrum Klimaschutz in energieintensiven Industrien

Net Zero Valley meets politics, business and research

June 24: Conference Day

Lusatia is EU’s first Net Zero Valley (NZV), a region that offers advantages for green industry. On the first day of Decarbon Days, high-profile decision-makers from the EU, federal and state level will come together with representatives from business and science to discuss the future of clean technologies. The Female Energy Award, green start-ups, tours around the Lausitz Valley and more will further bridge the gap between theory and practice.

Net Zero Valley Meeting

  • 09:00: opening remarks & welcome (Jens Warnken & Dr. Christian Ehler)

  • 09:15: exchange German NZV initiatives + Basque Country with Net-Zero Basque Industrial Super Cluster

  • 10:15: regional economy – expectations for net-zero regions (industrial park Lausitz powered by BASF, HMS Mining AG + HY2GEN & Actemium BEA)

  • 10.30: EU & Net Zero – EU impetus for value creation

  • 10:45 Uhr: panel with representatives from the EU, federal government, GTAI and business

  • 11:30: 3 x 3 minutes pitches on follow-up workshops

active break with open activities

  • workshops

  • 13.00: marketing Net Zero Valley regions (GTAI)

  • 13.00:qualifying NetZero Mission regions (Climate KIC)

  • 13.00: hydrogen (MinGenTec, IHK Cottbus, ENO)

  • 14.00: transformation capabilities (service center for industrial transformation in the regions)

  • Net Zero Tours

  • 13.00: industry tour – Schwarze Pumpe industrial park, Spremberg (ASG Spremberg & Hamburger Rieger)

  • 13.00: science-park-tour (LSP & EIZ)

  • 13.00: science-city-tour (DLR, CHESCO & Fraunhofer IEG)

  • partner event

  • 13.00: Euroregion Spree-Neiße-Bober

  • 13.00: DLR 1

  • 13.00: DLR 2

evening event

  • 16:30: opening remarks & welcome (Adi Roesch & Prof. Dr. Gesine Grande)

  • 16:40: digital message (Ursula von der Leyen, tbc)

  • 16:45: impetus for motivation and change – Movin Zero 2.0, cycling to Brussels

  • 17:00: EIZ SPARK green start-up-stage – decarbon start-ups from East German business incubators

  • 17:30: Net Zero in Germany (Katherina Reiche, tbc)

  • 17.45: Net Zero Tech – Europe’s competitiveness (Michiel Scheffer, Dr. Christian Ehler, Clara Pfeffer, Katherina Reiche (tbc), Maja Göpel (tbc))

  • 18.45: final and awarding ceremony for the Female Energy Award powered by enviaM

  • from 19.30: closing remarks & exchange

cleantech comes to life

June 25: Talent Day

Free admission, by and for students and pupils. The second day of Decarbon Days invites you to exchange ideas on a wide range of topics related to our green future. Students will give insights into their studies with projects, develop the clean start-ups of tomorrow in teams and companies will present perspectives in an interactive exhibition and a talent exchange. This will be accompanied by other activities and a campus party to round off the event.

clean-school

  • 9:30: talk decarbonization and transformation of the industry

  • 9:45: presentation of science-videos

  • 10:00: Decarbon Drafts – presentation of final theses on topics related to decarbonization

  • 10:30: interactive poster plaza on the final theses

  • 11:30: live voting for the best poster

  • 13:00: Climathon finale with live-pitches

  • 15:30: EU parliamentarians in dialogue with students (Dr. Christian Ehler & Matthias Ecke)

  • 17:00: Decarbon Star with pitches from green student companies as part of the STARPARADE

  • 21:00: Decarbon Dance – international campus party / warmup BTU-Sommerfest

  • all day: Paper Plane Championship

  • all day: job market

  • all day: interactive exhibition with partner booth rally

  • all day: tech mile

  • in between: science park tour (LSP & EIZ)

  • in between: workshop transformation capabilities (service center for industrial transformation in the regions)

overarching key topic:

building value creation and cooperation in and between net-zero tech regions