Program

Detailed Program Overview

1200-1330: Lunchtime reading and discussion

with Wibke Bruhns [Building 67.202 Moot Court]

"In 1971 Wibke Bruhns (born 1938) became the first female TV journalist to present the evening news in Germany. She then worked as a foreign correspondent in the US and Israel. She presently lives in Berlin.

"Meines Vaters Land" (My Father's Country) is a fascinating mix of private chronicle, contemporary reporting, and personal search: On August 26, 1944, her father, counter-intelligence officer HG Klamroth was executed for high treason in the context of the attempted assassination of Hitler. Decades later, his youngest daughter would recognize him in a television documentary. It is an image that would not leave Wibke Bruhns. Who was this man she hardly knew, this unknown father who suddenly became so important?

A/PR Stephen Tanner, Head of School of Journalism & Creative Writing, Faculty of Creative Arts will lead the conversation with Wibke Bruhns."

1330-1400: Official Opening - GerMANY Innovations [Building 67.104]

German Consul General Dr Guenter Gruber, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic and International) Prof Rob Castle and Dean of Science Prof Rob Whelan to open the event and welcome the attendees.

Announcement of prizewinners of GerMANY Innovations quiz.

1400-1445: GerMANY Research Connections [Building 67.104]

Dynamic, short presentations from three UOW researchers working with German industry partners and/or with German colleagues.

Professor Chris Cook (Engineering). "High Temperature Superconductors - An Emerging Technology". Chris is building superconductor magnetic energy storage devices in collaboration with a German company (these devices have greenhouse and renewable electricity generation implications).

Professor Mark Walker (Molecular Biology and Biotechnology). "Researching flesh-eating disease". Mark has been a von Humboldt Fellow and has significant collaborations with the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig.

Dr Andrew Minett (Nanotechnology). "Alternative energy applications of nanostructured carbon-based materials." Andrew was a Max Planck Institut Research Fellow in Stuttgart for 2 years and maintains collaborations with several German research institutes.

1445-1515 Afternoon tea [Building 67 Foyer]

1515-1600: GerMANY Links [Building 67.104]

Brief presentations from young researchers: Dave McMillan - PhD research in Braunschweig; Katinka Petersen (on an Endeavour Fellowship from Uni of Bremen); Helen McGregor (also here from the University of Bremen).

They will talk about the experience of doing their work in Germany.

This session will finish with a brief comment from DAAD (including the Alexander von Humboldt program) and the UOW student exchange office about exchange opportunities in Germany for UOW students.

1600–1620: GerMANY Technologies [Building 67.104]

Presentation by the UOW student Careers Office on internships and work placements - followed by brief presentation by Erich Roth (IPS Australia) on German Industry links with iron and steelmaking - finishing with welcome to companies represented and an invitation of participants to move out to the trade displays

1620–1730: Trade displays [Building 67 Foyer]

• Bayer
• Siemens
• Schenker
• Volkswagen
• Fresenius Medical Care
• BBraun
• IPS
• Goethe Institut
• DAAD
• German National Tourist Board
• Lufthansa
• Deutshe welle
• UOW Careers Service
• UOW Study Abroad & Exchange Office
  

1730–1830: GerMANY Refreshments [Building 67 Keira Buffet]

Bavarian Beer tasting (Loewenbraukeller) and music.

Please note that entry to the beer tasting is only available to those who attend part of the GerMANY Innovations program or trade display as outlined above.

1830–>: GerMANY Cultures [Building 67.104]

Film organized by Goethe Institut

"Good Bye, Lenin!"

1830 Sustainability Exhibition, Earth and Environmental Sciences Prize Night, Building 41 Foyer.