Events

Online Talk "Reaching for the Stars" - 17 Nov

Our event series "Just change the world" starts on Wednesday, 17 November, at 6 pm with an online talk about the importance of Bremen and its university for the future of space travel. We were able to win prominent guests for this: Our alumnus Dr Hans Königsmann, chief engineer for rocket launches at Elon Musk's SpaceX company for 10 years; Marco Fuchs, head of the Bremen-based space company OHB SE, Professor Marc Avila, director of the Centre for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM). Also present will be Claudia Kessler, a specialist engineer who is campaigning for a "First German Astronaut". The talk will be recorded by Radio Bremen and broadcast via livestream. Simultaneous translation into English is available. A limited number of visitors are admitted to the TV studio. More info and registration here:

Online Conference on Sustainability - 12 November

Together with its newly founded India Chapter, the Alumni Association is organising an online conference on Friday, 12 November 2021 on the topic of "Exploring Ways to Sustainability – Learning Experiences and from Bremen and India". The three thematic blocks will focus on models of decentralised sanitation in India, which were co-designed in Bremen, on future urban mobility and on hydrogen as an energy carrier of the future. In each session, a speaker from Bremen and India will present corresponding projects and strategies. The conference will also focus on networking among participants from science, business and civil society. Please click here to register.

„Jewish literature“ - globale° on 5.November

"1700 years of Jewish life in Germany" - this motto stands over many events on Jewish culture this year to showcase it in its diversity. “globale° - Festival für grenzüberschreitende Literatur” takes up this initiative together with the Alumni Association and would like to contribute to it with an afternoon on Jewish literature. What makes this literature, which is written in almost all languages? This question will be addressed in particular to Jewish literature in German and French; author portraits as well as short passages from their texts will complement these discussions. Further information will be available soon here: https://globale-literaturfestival.de/.

Location: Institut français, Contrescarpe 19, 28203 Bremen

Time: Friday, 5 November 2021, 17.00 – 21.00 Uhr, with break

3-G-Regulation

Of the 25 places at the Institut français, 15 are reserved for alumni. Please click here to register!

The Golden Plietsch

In the anniversary year of the University of Bremen, project funding is taking place in a very different way. The Uni-Stiftung, its trust foundations and the Alumni Association have announced 30,000 euros in funding for bold, innovative projects that make a contribution to future issues - whether for Bremen or globally. The decision on which projects will receive the Golden Plietsch will be made on 1 November 2021 at a public event with audience participation. Be there live - online or at the Haus der Wissenschaft!

Venue: Haus der Wissenschaft

Time: Monday, 1 November 2021, 5 p.m.

3-G applies

Please register for online participation or in person here: stiftung@vw.uni-bremen.de

Date	Name
9 June 2021, 6 pm CET	The virus - a global social crisis
7 to 11 June 2021	OPEN CAMPUS Week

Networking of, for, and with Alumni

Alumni meet alumni – out network lives this idea. That is why we offer an event for our members every four to six weeks as part of the series “Networking of, for, and with Alumni.” The idea: At an after-work event, a host presents her- or himself, informative and interesting facts from science, business, or society, or their institution and gives the alumni room for discussion. At the ensuing get-together, discussions and conversations can be intensified, and new contacts can be made. Do you want to be our host for one of these events? More information can be provided by our Administrative Office. To read about some of our last events, click here.

Summer Fête

Each year, a large number of alumni come together for a large summer fête on the campus of the University of Bremen. In a relaxed and cheerful setting, there is plenty of time that allows for wonderful encounters at the outside area of the Café Unique (Enrique-Schmidt-Straße), for having conversations, networking, and celebrating. Literal food for thought is taken care of in the form of grilled delicacies. The summer fête offers the perfect opportunity to engage in conversation and to get to know one another. To read about our last summer fêtes, click here.

Career Prospects with Alumni

In the series Career Prospects with Alumni, established in 2017, we annually offer between four and six seminars of and for alumni of the University of Bremen – all taking place on Saturdays and at a central location. These seminars are all on topics that have to do with careers. The offers cover a wide spectrum and are addressed both to Young Alumni with questions on a career start and different career paths and to professionally experienced alumni with topics on professional change or development. To read about our career-events, click here.