Registration
The Forum is open for "Experiment!" grantees and project co-workers. Please register until April 12, 2023.
Grantees of 2021 and of previous years are invited to present their results in exploring bold research ideas at the 8th "Forum Experiment!". Oral and poster contributions will showcase the outcomes of on-going and completed grants at this final forum that concludes the funding initiative.
The funding initiative "Experiment! – In Search of Bold Research Ideas" supports radically new topics and controversial approaches in the natural and life sciences as well as engineering. This year’s forum is a platform of exchange for recent "Experiment!" grantees. In 28 talks and several posters, they present preliminary results, including failures. The audience is united by a common interest in high-risk topics and an openness for unexpected findings and (un)foreseen difficulties. In the "Experiment!" initiative, failure with respect to reaching the original aim is not considered negative but a valuable learning experience for further research. Therefore, all speakers are encouraged to not only focus on project highlights but to also mention disappointments and lowlights.
The Forum is open for "Experiment!" grantees and project co-workers. Please register until April 12, 2023.
The events take place at the Xplanatorium Herrenhausen Palace, Herrenhäuser Straße 5, 30419 Hanover. Access by public transport: Üstra lines 4 and 5, stop 'Herrenhäuser Gärten'
There are no registration fees for participating at conferences, symposia or academic workshops.
You can check in 60 minutes before the event begins.
The Xplanatorium Herrenhausen is barrier-free.
You can pre-order a pocket receiver with headphones for use at events@volkswagenstiftung.de.
As a rule, academic events are not recorded or broadcast live (streaming) in order to enable the participants to talk about research results that have not yet been published and to obtain corresponding feedback.
At Volkswagen Foundation events held at the Xplanatorium Herrenhausen, you are welcome to use our cloakroom free of charge.
The participants bear the costs for travel and accommodation themselves. We ask all participants without an active part to take care of their own hotel and travel arrangements. If we provide a contingent of rooms at a specific hotel, you will find more information on the respective event pages.
Please get in touch with the respective contact person for the event. You can find the contact details on the website for the event.
They are usually taken care of. Please indicate your preferences when registering for the event.
Please contact Schloss Herrenhausen Veranstaltungs- und Betriebs GmbH at: +49 511-763 744-0
If you have any questions, you can reach our hotline from Mon-Fri 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at +59 511 8381-200