The symposium aims to incentivise and establish international engagement and collaboration between researchers working in Germany and China in a broad range of disciplines, thereby encouraging the exchange of ideas across disciplinary and national boundaries. From 23. - 26. April 2026, participants will gather in Suzhou, China.
During the symposium, participants will engage in cross-disciplinary discussions about the four session topics and their interlinkages:
- Using Batteries and Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future
- Responsible Innovation in Synthetic Biology
- Natural Disasters: Prediction, Preparation, and Mitigation
- Ethics in Scientific Work: Resilience and Responsibility
There will be considerable time for networking among all 60 researchers. All participants will have the opportunity to present their work with a poster.
After the symposium, all participants can apply for funding through the follow-up programme CONNECT to carry out future joint research activities with participants from the partner country.
Applications may be submitted online until 14. September 2025. Participants must work in Germany at a research institution or in the industry sector, have obtained their PhD no more than 12 years ago (by the time of the symposium), be fluent in spoken and written English and must attend the entire symposium. Final decisions will be communicated by October 2025.
