MPG HLL Inauguration Ceremony and Semiconductor Symposium

7 Oct 2024, 14:00 → 8 Oct 2024, 21:00 Europe/Berlin

Science Congress Center Munich

After almost 25 years at the Siemens Campus in Munich Neuperlach, the Semiconductor Laboratory of the Max Planck Society moved to a brand new building at the Garching Research Center. We are now part of this vibrant campus with world leading institutes and institutions for research and development in physics and engineering.

We would like to invite you to the inauguration of the new Semiconductor Laboratory with an official ceremony on October 7, 2024 and a scientific symposium on semiconductor physics and technology on October 8, 2024.

The event will take place at the conference center of the Courtyard by Marriott in Garching with the opportunity to visit our new laboratory in the afternoon of the first day.   

Monday, 7 October

14:00 → 16:00 Opening Ceremony

14:00 Welcome by Prof. Dr. Allen Caldwell, Managing Director of the Semiconductor Laboratory of the Max Planck Society

14:10 Prof. Dr. Patrick Cramer, President of the Max Planck Society

14:20 Dr. Markus Söder, Prime Minister of Bavaria

14:30 Dietmar Gruchmann, Mayor City of Garching

14:40 Coffee Break

15:00 Prof. Dr. Shoji Asai, General Director of KEK, Japan

15:30 Prof. Dr. Günther Hasinger, Director DZA, German Center for Astrophysics

16:00 → 18:00 Reception at the Congress Center

Tuesday, 8 October

09:00 → 10:30 Symposium: 1

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:30 Symposium: 2

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 Symposium: 3

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 → 17:30 Symposium: 4

18:00 → 21:00 Symposium Dinner and Celebration