Morning Programme (DESY Auditorium and Livestream)
10:00 - 12:00 | Scientific Colloquium  
Moderation: Wilfried Buchmüller – Lead Scientist at DESY and Chairman of the VFFD Board     
 
Four short presentations by selected young scientists  
Andrea Cardini (DESY) - CP-violation in Higgs decays to τ-leptons      
Henrique Rubira (TU Munich) - What gravitational waves can teach us about the early Universe     
Julia Schäfer (Heliatek GmbH, Ulm) - Modeling Coulomb Explosions induced by an X-Ray Free-Electron Laser     
Sarah Schröder (DESY) - Precision tuning of a plasma wakefield accelerator     
 
Afternoon Programme (DESY Auditorium and Livestream)
Moderation: Kerstin Straub - Head of Department DESY Press and Communications     
 
15:00 | Welcome 
Helmut Dosch – Chairman of the DESY Board of Directors     
 
Scientific Highlights at DESY
Helmut Dosch     
Scientists from DESY’s research areas     
 
Newly Appointed Scientists at DESY
Annika Eichler, Markus Gühr, Andreas Maier, Harald Reichert, Stephan Roth     
 
Award Ceremony  
 
DESY Award for Exceptional Achievements  
Award winners: Frauke Poblotzki as well as Valery Katalev, Yasmin Laura Nachtigal, Burcu Yildirim   
Laudator: Joachim Ullrich (President DPG)     
Award of the Association of DESY Friends and Sponsors (VFFD)  
Award winners: Andrea Cardini, Sarah Schroeder  
Laudator: Wilfried Buchmüller  
 
DESY Innovation Award  
Award winner: Saša Bajt  
Laudator: Arik Willner  
 
Bjørn H. Wiik-Preis  
Award winner: Alke Meents 
Laudator: Jörg Rossbach  
 
Lifetime Achievement Awards  
Award winners: Johannes Blümlein, Vladimir Fogel, Klaudia Hagemann, Joachim Heuer, Ute Krell, Britta Liebaug, Thomas Naumann, Mario Pohl, Michael Seebach, Axel Schieber, Susanne Schönwandt  
 
--- Short Break ---  
 
17:00 | Jentschke Lecture
Tommaso Calarco - Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH     
Topic: Building the second quantum revolution     
 
18:00 | End  
 
The event will be held in German and English.