Science meets Transfer: social thinking, social impact!

 

Please note:
BTU Transfer Day and Research Day will take place at the same venue and feature a joint programme.

Provisional AGENDA, as at 31 August 2026

9.20 amMusical welcome
9.30 amIntroduction to the day and the programme: 1 (!) day of discovery and networking
9.45 amWelcome address by Prof. Dr Gesine Grande, President of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, and a representative from Faculty 4
 Part 1: Research in the social sciences
10.00 amKeynote: ‘Social transformation and social innovations in the periphery: chimeras and opportunities’
Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Raj Kollmorgen, Chair of Management of Social Change in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Director of the Institute for Transformation, Housing and Social Spatial Development at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
10.35 amShort break
10.45 amPanel discussion on the question: “What role do social research and research transfer play in the innovative transformation (of Lusatia)?”
  • Prof. Dr Raj Kollmorgen
  • Prof. Dr Susana Ruiz Fernandez
  • Prof. Dr Alexandra Retkowski
  • Heiko Jahn, Manager of the Lusatia Economic Region
  • Dr Robert Freund, MUL-CT (to be confirmed)
  • Sebastian Krüger, TELUX Weißwasser
11.45 amPoster Flash – Pitches by exhibiting researchers
12.30Active lunch with a buffet on the ‘Research and Transfer Avenue’, featuring an audience vote on the poster exhibition
 Part 2: Specialist presentation and pitch
1.50 pmA musical start to the afternoon
2.00 pmKeynote: Transformation through innovation
2.45 pmPitch: Transfer prize for the three best applications
3.00 pmCoffee break with an unofficial jury session for the BTU Transfer Prize (the order of winners and runners-up will be determined based on the results of the pitch)
3.20 pmAward ceremonies: “Poster Flash” // BTU Transfer Prize 2026 // Best Paper Awards // Best Dissertation 2026 
 Musical finale to the day