Our 8th SEC Annual Meeting took place from 2-4 May 2022 at the HKK Hotel Wernigerode. The conference offered "everything under one roof," so that the 8th SEC Annual Meeting was also a conference of short distances. You can download our flyer for the conference in Wernigerode here as a PDF.
Wernigerode is a highly attractive small town in the centre of the Harz Mountains. It is known for its many half-timbered houses and a particularly splendid town hall from the Renaissance period. The conference was followed by 1 May, a public holiday, and thus the night of the witches, Walpurgis Night. It is celebrated especially in Wernigerode and Schierke (known for Schierker Feuerstein, a herbal bitters) and of course on the Brocken. But even without witches and devils, the Harz Mountains are ideal for hiking and relaxing. In addition to the Harz Mountains, attractive excursion destinations in the surrounding area include Quedlinburg, Halberstadt, Goslar or Gernrode, see excursion destinations below.
Rainer Herges, Kiel University: Molecular machines, a new approach to the diagnosis and targeted treatment of diseases
Joachim Heck, Ehrfeld Mikrotechnik GmbH, Wendelsheim: Flow Chemistry - From the Beginnings to Establishment as a Process Technology
Hannelore Daniel, LMU Munich: Personalised nutrition for young and old, current status and perspectives
Marcus Fischer, University of Hamburg: Fake food
EVENING LECTURE
Ulrich Reiff, Museum Director of the Upper Harz Mining Museum: World Cultural Heritage Upper Harz Water Management - Pre-industrial energy system and barrier-free routes through the mining district
Klaus Kopka, DKFZ Heidelberg: Targeted fight against prostate cancer
Christian Struck, CVUA-MEL, Münster: Does meat from the Petri dish fulfil the dream of eternal youth?
Helmut Ritter, former Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf: Plastics: Turning old into new
Odo Wunnicke, Science & Technology CREAVIS - Science to Business: 3D Printing - Materials & Technology
FEST LECTURE
Klaus Dörre, University of Jena: From the pincer crisis to the sustainability revolution? Ageing societies in the Great Transformation
Andreas Geisbauer, Clariant International, Bruckmühl. Electricity-based fuels and energy sources - challenges and market opportunities for the catalytic process industry
Gerhard Kreysa, former DECHEMA, Frankfurt: Electromobility - grandchildren and senior citizens between fakes and facts
Eberhard Ehlers, GDCh - SEC, Frankfurt: Serendipity or the role of chance in discoveries! How does something new come into the world?
Wilfried Ließmann, TU Clausthal: Harz mineral treasures - remarkable historical and current finds
As part of the supporting programme, we offered guided tours in Wernigerode and bus trips to the most important sights in Halberstadt and Goslar
.Dr Gisela Boeck (University of Rostock) researched natural scientists from Wernigerode and the surrounding area. With the help of Eberhard Ehlers and Wolfgang Gerhartz, this resulted in six posters, which we presented at the annual meeting in Wernigerode alongside our SEC PR posters (click on the links to access the respective posters):