Hamburg Horizon @ TUHH – Science meets society
From urban streams to the ocean, from droughts to floods, from scarcity to waste and pollution: From October 13 to November 20, representatives from science, politics, culture, and civil society will discuss water as a habitat and resource at Hamburg Horizons. The focus will be on water consumption in households and industry, the state of our waters, conflicts over access to water worldwide, and the importance of oceans, rivers, and lakes as habitats. Nineteen Hamburg-based scientific and science communication institutions are contributing to the diverse and interactive program of discussions, lectures, guided tours, and exhibitions. The events are free of charge and will take place at various locations in Hamburg.
Our TUHH program: Water, the liquid that connects nature and technology
With a poster exhibition, lab tours, and short lectures, the event offers an overview of the diverse water research being conducted in Hamburg. The BlueMat cluster of excellence is developing sustainable “blue materials” that enable novel functions through the interaction of water with porous materials. Inspired by nature, applications such as energy-efficient windows or hydrovoltaics—the generation of electrical energy from changes in humidity—are to be developed. The exhibition shows how even the smallest amounts of water can influence the appearance of materials—similar to a chameleon. In the “Circular Economy” CampusLab, water serves as a working medium in a biorefinery to extract raw materials such as sugar, cellulose, and lignin from biomass such as wood or straw. Other laboratory tours focus on water analysis and the removal of pollutants using innovative water treatment processes.
- Patrick Huber, Institute for Materials and X-ray Physics, TUHH & DESY
- Irina Smirnova, Institute for Thermal Process Engineering, TUHH
- Michael Fröba, Institute for Inorganic and Applied Chemistry, University of Hamburg
- Alexander Petrov, Institute for Optical and Electronic Materials, TUHH
- Nima Shokri, Institute for Geo-Hydroinformatics, TUHH
- Mathias Ernst, Institute for Water Resources and Water Supply, TUHH
This event will take place from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Building A - LuK (Am Schwarzenberg-Campus 1, 21073 Hamburg)
Hamburg Horizons is an initiative of the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS), the Körber Foundation, and the University of Hamburg.
More information: www.hamburger-horizonte.de.
