In Memory of Eckart Lorenz

Friday 23 Jan 2015, 13:20 → 21:30 Europe/Berlin

Auditorium (MPI fuer Physik)

In this Mini-Symposium we want to share our memories of Eckart Lorenz as a great scientist, inventor, teacher, mentor, senior colleague, charismatic leader, and friend. Several of Eckart's long-term colleagues will talk about his scientific achievements and interests, and will tell us about their personal moments with Eckart.

13:20 → 14:30 Registration

14:00 → 15:45 Talks 1

14:00 Short Introduction

Speaker: Dr Razmick Mirzoyan (Max-Planck-Institute for Physics)

14:05 Eckart Lorenz: 50 years at MPP

Speaker: Prof. S. Bethke (Max Planck Institute für Physik)

14:20 A Few Words

Speaker: Patricia Lorenz

14:25 Eckart Lorenz - Some Recollections on Crossing Points of our Work

Speaker: Christian Spiering (DESY)

14:45 Basement Conversations on Abalones, Beetles and Croatia

Speaker: Thomas Berghöfer (APPEC)

14:55 Eckart Lorenz in Ithaca, NY

Speaker: Maria Victoria Fonseca (UC Madrid)

15:15 Eckart Lorenz at Cornell

Speaker: Hans Dietl

15:25 Eckart, Manel, Barcelona

Speaker: Manel Martínez (IFAE)

15:45 → 16:15 Coffee

16:15 → 18:00 Talks 2

16:20 Eckart, Italy and Science with the Italian Colleagues

Speaker: Mosè Mariotti (University of Paduy)

16:35 Eckart Lorenz and Ecology: Cherenkov Telescopes as Generators Using Solar Power

Speaker: Alessandro De Angelis (INFN)

16:50 Eckart Lorenz: An Extraordinary Mentor

Speaker: Dr Juan Cortina (IFAE)

17:10 The Normative Power of the FACTual'

Speaker: Adrian Biland (ETH Zurich)

17:20 How Eckart Made a Theorist Move 60 Tons

Speaker: Karl Mannheim (University of Würzburg)

17:25 Eckart Lorenz: One of the Last Mohicanes in Experimental Physics

Speaker: Dr Razmick Mirzoyan (Max-Planck-Institute for Physics)

19:00 → 21:30 Dinner and Discussions