Ceremonial Session
During the 89 Annual Meeting of the DPG the highest honours of the DPG - the Max-Planck-Medal and the Stern-Gerlach-Medal - as well the Dissertation Prize of the Matter and Cosmos Section will be awarded in a ceremonial session. This session is open to all conference participants and the interested public. Admission is free and registration for the conference is not necessary.
This special session will take place on Tuesday, 17 March 2026 at 13:45 in the AudiMax.
Programme
Music
Welcome
by Prof. Dr. Stefan Funk
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Local Organiser
by Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger
President of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
by Dr. Florian Janik
Mayor of the city of Erlangen
Speech
by Prof. Dr. Klaus Richter
President of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.
Music
Awarding of the
Max-Planck-Medal 2026
to Prof. Dr. Kurt Kremer, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
Stern-Gerlach-Medal 2026
to Prof. Dr. Andrea Cavalleri, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Hamburg, Germany / University of Oxford, Great Britain
Dissertation Prize of the Matter and Cosmos Section 2026
The laureate will be announced at the award ceremony.
Ceremonial Talk
by Prof. Dr. Karl Jakobs, University of Freiburg, Germany
"The Higgs boson — Deciphering its nature at present and future colliders"
Music
Prize Talk
by Prof. Dr. Mathias Bartelmann, Heidelberg University, Germany
"Between fascination and abstraction. Is it possible to teach modern physics at high-schools?"
The Ceremonial Session will be in English.