Program

Welcome to the MPG City Week Program 2021

This year’s program is all about pick & mix! This means: you don’t have to sit in front of your computer screen for four days; our program offers you the opportunity to integrate all sessions into your daily work routine. You’ll get the chance to pick nearly every session at least once!

The MPG City Week 2021 is taking place June 7-10, 2021.

Over 80 guides will help you on your ride through the MPG City. All slots will be available via Zoom. Get access to all the Zoom links by clicking the button below:

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Monday
Monday
Welcome to the first MPG City Week!

MPDL Roadshow
09:00 - 10:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Sandra Vengadasalam | MPDL

The MPDL Roadshow is a great starter for getting an overview of all the different MPDL Services. Because: Good Tools - Happy Scientists! Happy Scientists - Good Research! Discover the leverage of smart tools and great services exclusively for researchers at the MPG. Find out about Labfolder (a digital lab notebook), Keeper (safe data storage, seamlessly integrated into your research workflow), Edmond (the open research data repository of the MPG), and many more. Get new ideas and approaches that make your day-to-day work easier while it also remains efficient. Learn more about the various MPDL Services within their sessions during the MPDL City Week!

KEEPER
10:00 - 11:00
MPDL Services

Presented by René Ranger & Lu Yu | MPDL

With the KEEPER Service, you can easily sync and share your project data, and in addition, we take care that your work is properly archived in the Max Planck infrastructure. Convince yourself of the reliable and high performant file syncing algorithms and the built-in file encryption. Support your team with the KEEPER collaboration functionalities. With storing your data in KEEPER, you can be sure to fulfill the archiving regulations of the Max Planck Society as well as the German Research Foundation to ensure ‘good scientific practice.’ Or you deposit your data to the KEEPER Service after your project ends for long-term compliant archiving.
During this talk, you will also get the chance to hear about LabCam – a powerful tool to upload your real-time photos to the associated KEEPER account. LabCam gives you the possibility of customizing the storage path of the photos in KEEPER and modify the path at any time. Powerful OCR makes it easy to extract and store full-text from photos, and then users can edit it on their own devices with the .md file, which greatly improves the work efficiency.

EDMOND
10:00 - 10:30
MPDL Services

Presented by Yves Vincent Grossmann & Michael Franke I MPDL

Give a home to your open data! Edmond is a research data repository for Max Planck researchers. It is the place to store completed collections of scientific data sets with open access. Edmond can be used to publish raw data for re-use by other researchers as well as supplementary secondary data underlying a certain publication. Our research data repository features a non-restrictive metadata schema definition, as simple as you like and as complex as your parameters require. Edmond is provided as a central service by the Max Planck Digital Library. It is based on the Open Source Software imeji.

RDM Platform
10:30 - 11:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Yves Vincent Grossmann & Michael Franke I MPDL

Make the most out of your data! The RDM Platform offers advice and support in research data management. The Research Data Management Support helps to create data management plans for project proposals, with competency in metadata standards needed for the long-term archival of research data, and assists in converting data to commonly accepted formats. The RDM Support assists researchers in finding suitable data repositories and possibilities to store research data in a nicely presented, citable, and reusable way.

SoLi: MPG Basic Software Supply
11:00 - 11:30
MPDL Services

Presented by Gregor Botero | MPDL

Software licensing should be more convenient for all Max Planck members. The MPDL Software Licensing team (SoLi) is creating an MPG-wide, institutionalized basic supply of software and online services. This presentation will provide you with an overview of SoLi services, how to use them and how you can benefit. Get in touch with the SoLi team, your central point of contact, for all questions around our basic software supply!

Labforward - Building the laboratory of the future
11:00 - 11:30
MPDL Services

Presented by Anne Kriegel I Labforward

Labforward provides Labfolder (licensed by MPDL), a well-designed electronic lab notebook (ELN) for research teams, supporting scientists in their quest to make groundbreaking scientific discoveries as well as Laboperator, an internet-of-things platform that allows to remotely control and monitor laboratory devices and equipment.

bloxsearcher
11:30 - 12:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Julia Groth | MPDL

bloxsearcher is an emerging community platform for MPG researchers managed by the Max Planck Digital Library to provide comprehensive background information on why and how blockchain technology can generate added value for science. To start with, bloxsearcher aims to facilitate access to already existing decentralized applications. With a growing community, bloxsearcher’s goal is to bring scientists together to kick-start the collaborative design of sustainable blockchain applications.

From Bitcoin to reputation bloxsearcher builds on bloxberg, a secure global blockchain infrastructure, that was established in early 2019 by a consortium of renowned research organizations under the leadership of the MPDL to provide scientists with decentralized services and foster collaboration among the scientific community. No matter whether you are blockchain-savvy or new to the field, want to explore the opportunities or start incorporating blockchain applications into your workflows. If you are interested to hear more about bloxberg, dedicated decentralized applications, and the bloxsearcher initiative – become part of an innovative and interdisciplinary community.

Seamless Access to eJournals, eBooks, and Databases
11:30 - 12:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Julia Graepel | MPDL

A wealth of information resources is available to MPG researchers via the MPG Grundversorgung. This presentation will provide you with an overview of available resources as well as tools to discover and access the scientific information resources you seek.

Lunch
12:00 - 13:00

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Meet the MPRGL network!
15:00 - 15:30
Networks

Presented by Heidi Colleran I MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology
& Alexander Badri-Spröwitz I MPI for Intelligent Systems

As elected speakers & deputies, we establish a scientific and social exchange between the Max Planck Research Group Leaders of all three Max Planck sections. In the presentation, we will briefly present our current and future mission.

PostdocNet - building a better future together!
15:00 - 15:30
Networks

Manuela Bragagnolo I MPI for Legal History and Legal Theory
& Maryna Polyakova I MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

We are building a community where postdocs are informed, supported, and confident about their next step. Join our talk to meet the network, learn where you can get support or become a part of an amazing team. We are looking forward to seeing you!

The PhDnet, who are we and what has been achieved!
15:30 - 16:00
Networks

Presented by Johannes Bischoff | Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

The PhDnet represents all 5000 doctoral researchers in the Max Planck Society. In this talk, we will present ourselves and the network to highlight our working groups and achievements.

LeadNet - get to know the network!
15:30 - 16:00
Networks

Presented by Jacqueline Tabler I MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Elena Taverna I MPI for Evolutionary Anthropolgy
Mazhar Ali I MPI of Microstructure Physics

LeadNet is a network bringing together senior scientists, research associates, project and group leaders of the Max Planck Society. LeadNet provides a forum for common scientific and organizational issues and promotes interactions among research groups within the MPG. Get to know us!

The Max Planck Society Archives - the Society's Institutional Memory
16:00 - 16:30
MPG Facilities

Presented by Kristina Starkloff | Max Planck Society Archives

The MPG-Archives is the official repository for records of the Max Planck Society and its predecessor institution the Kaiser Wilhelm Society. It collects materials documenting the administrative, intellectual, cultural, and social history of the Max Planck Society from its founding to the present. The collection focuses on the personal papers of outstanding scientists.

Overview of GWDG and its Services for MPG
16:30 - 17:00
MPG Facilities

Presented by Prof. Dr. Ramin Yahyapour | GWDG

GWDG is one of the central MPG IT facilities offering a broad range of services available for all institutes. These range from basic IT offerings to specific e-Science for computer- and data-intensive research.

Get to know the Scientific Staff Representatives
16:30 - 17:00
Networks

Presented by:
Hana Gründler | Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
Gabriele Bixel | MPI for Molecular Biomedicine
Eduardo Ros | MPI for Radio Astronomy

The Representatives of the Scientific staff represent the interests and concerns of all scientists, both towards the respective institute management and in the sections (BMS, CPTS, HSS). Within the institutes, they act as a contact person for all questions and needs of the scientific staff. At the section level, the representatives take part in the section meetings and advocate for the diverse interests of the academic staff in the various committees. Get to know us!

MAX in a nutshell
17:00 - 17:30
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Johannes Stark & Tim Stratemann

The MPG-wide intranet MAX offers multiple features and tools to help your daily work at Max Planck. Are you looking for ways to inform yourself on recent developments, collaborate within or across MPIs or organize and advertise events? Learn more about how MAX can make your life easier – we look forward to meeting you and will be happy to find solutions within MAX.

MP Innovation - Patents, Licenses & Spin-off companies
17:00 - 17:30
MPG Facilities

Presented by Jörn Erselius, Ulrich Mahr, Ingrid Kasper-Fischer | Max Planck Innovation

Max-Planck-Innovation is the technology transfer organization of the Max-Planck-Society. In this session, we will give you a general overview of our company and the various services we provide for Max-Planck-Scientists in the field of intellectual property management, marketing, and spin-off support. Further, you will learn how we help you in translating your ideas into valuable products or companies and thus creating a societal benefit.

MAX an einem MPI
17:30 - 18:00
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Johannes Stark & Constanze Steinhauser | MPG Administrative Headquarters

Bis Ende des Jahres werden 35 MPI ihr lokales Intranet in das MPG-weite MAX migriert haben. Das ermöglicht gleichzeitig einen internen Intranetbereich, der nur für die Mitarbeitenden vor Ort erreichbar ist, und gleichzeitig gelangen alle Mitarbeiter*innen an MPG-weite Angebote und Infos, können sich MPI-übergreifend vernetzen und austauschen. Wollen Sie verstehen, was MAX genau ist und wie wir Sie an Ihrem MPI während eines MAX Rollouts unterstützen können? Wir freuen uns auf Sie und Ihre Fragen und spezifischen Anwendungen, für die wir gerne maßgeschneiderte Lösungen entwickeln.

Tuesday
Tuesday
Welcome to the first MPG City Week!

RDM Platform
09:00 - 09:30
MPDL Services

Presented by Yves Vincent Grossmann & Michael Franke I MPDL

Make the most out of your data! The RDM Platform offers advice and support in research data management. The Research Data Management Support helps to create data management plans for project proposals, with competency in metadata standards needed for the long-term archival of research data, and assists in converting data to commonly accepted formats. The RDM Support assists researchers in finding suitable data repositories and possibilities to store research data in a nicely presented, citable, and reusable way.

bloxsearcher
09:00 - 09:30
MPDL Services

Presented by Julia Groth | MPDL

bloxsearcher is an emerging community platform for MPG researchers managed by the Max Planck Digital Library to provide comprehensive background information on why and how blockchain technology can generate added value for science. To start with, bloxsearcher aims to facilitate access to already existing decentralized applications. With a growing community, bloxsearcher’s goal is to bring scientists together to kick-start the collaborative design of sustainable blockchain applications.

From Bitcoin to reputation bloxsearcher builds on bloxberg, a secure global blockchain infrastructure, that was established in early 2019 by a consortium of renowned research organizations under the leadership of the MPDL to provide scientists with decentralized services and foster collaboration among the scientific community. No matter whether you are blockchain-savvy or new to the field, want to explore the opportunities or start incorporating blockchain applications into your workflows. If you are interested to hear more about bloxberg, dedicated decentralized applications, and the bloxsearcher initiative – become part of an innovative and interdisciplinary community.

Open Access Publishing with Central Funding
09:30 - 10:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Julia Graepel | MPDL

Many journals require payment of “article processing charges” (APCs) to publish articles Open Access. MPDL strives to cover APCs for Max Planck authors by setting up agreements with publishers – our aim is to make Open Access publishing as easy as possible for Max Planck authors. Over 9000 journals are already available for publishing Open Access with central funding via the MPG Grundversorgung. This session will provide an overview of where to look for eligible journals and explain some criteria to receive OA funding.

Open Science in Practice
09:30 - 10:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Michael Franke | MPDL

Open Science practices become more and more a part of researchers‘ lives. Be it new funders’ or publishers’ requirements for publication of scientific papers or Research Data in Open Access, new ways of publication like preprints or Open Review or be it new paths to obtain scientific knowledge like Pre-Registration or Registered Reports, not to mention the importance of scientific software. MPDL will set up a series of pertinent talks to provide Max Planck researchers with the latest information on Open Science best practices, tools, platforms, and regulations.

A Journey to RIO - the Services of the MPDL Big Data Analytics Group
10:00 - 11:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Margit Palzenberger & Ingo Laut I MPDL

The Research Information Observatory (RIO) is a technical and operational framework for quantitative information on research output, communication, and impact. The framework integrates data from a wide variety of sources from bibliographic, citation, and patent databases and is also covering media uptake and resource request logs. It supports a broad field of use cases with data management, statistical analysis, reporting, and visualization.
The services include publication profiles for MPG sections, institutes, working groups, and PIs which are prepared in close interaction with section representatives, research coordinators, and librarians. Publication profiles are applied for a wide range of purposes, e.g. strategic evidence, steering board and annual reports, grant applications. They include information on output channels, open access coverage, citation patterns, and collaboration networks.

What's the DEAL?
10:00 - 11:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Ralf Schimmer | MPDL

In the realm of scholarly communication, Projekt DEAL has been making global headlines over the past couple years and has brought significant benefits to researchers across Germany. Not only do the two DEAL agreements with Wiley and Springer Nature give researchers expanded reading access rights, but authors affiliated with the more than 900 DEAL institutions across Germany are entitled to keep copyright of their articles and publish them openly in thousands of high quality, peer-reviewed journals across all disciplines, without having to pay open access publishing fees (APCs).
The Max Planck Society has been heavily invested in DEAL since its inception and established MPDL Services GmbH as the legal entity to manage implementation of the nationwide DEAL agreements. The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) has acquired more than a decade of experience negotiating and managing similar agreements with publishers on behalf of all Max Planck Institutes to enable MPG authors to publish their articles openly in the journals of their choice. Through MPDL Services GmbH, that expertise is now also serving the broader German research community.
An expression of the Max Planck Society’s commitment to open dissemination of research, MPDL is also the driving force behind the global “Open Access 2020 initiative” and one of the key protagonists in the push for “Transformative Agreements” – i.e. contracts with publishers in which funds previously spent on subscription paywalls are repurposed to support open access publishing services.

MPDL Roadshow
11:00 - 12:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Sandra Vengadasalam | MPDL

The MPDL Roadshow is a great starter for getting an overview of all the different MPDL Services. Because: Good Tools - Happy Scientists! Happy Scientists - Good Research! Discover the leverage of smart tools and great services exclusively for researchers at the MPG. Find out about Labfolder (a digital lab notebook), Keeper (safe data storage, seamlessly integrated into your research workflow), Edmond (the open research data repository of the MPG), and many more. Get new ideas and approaches that make your day-to-day work easier while it also remains efficient. Learn more about the various MPDL Services within their sessions during the MPDL City Week!

KEEPER
11:00 - 12:00
MPDL Services

Presented by René Ranger & Lu Yu | MPDL

With the KEEPER Service, you can easily sync and share your project data, and in addition, we take care that your work is properly archived in the Max Planck infrastructure. Convince yourself of the reliable and high performant file syncing algorithms and the built-in file encryption. Support your team with the KEEPER collaboration functionalities. With storing your data in KEEPER, you can be sure to fulfill the archiving regulations of the Max Planck Society as well as the German Research Foundation to ensure ‘good scientific practice.’ Or you deposit your data to the KEEPER Service after your project ends for long-term compliant archiving.
During this talk, you will also get the chance to hear about LabCam – a powerful tool to upload your real-time photos to the associated KEEPER account. LabCam gives you the possibility of customizing the storage path of the photos in KEEPER and modify the path at any time. Powerful OCR makes it easy to extract and store full-text from photos, and then users can edit it on their own devices with the .md file, which greatly improves the work efficiency.

Lunch
12:00 - 13:00

WORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORK
13:00 - 15:00

Podcasts – a fun way to communicate
15:00 - 15:30
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Christian Erlacher | Administrative Headquarters

You like podcasts? Why not create your own? Join me on my journey of creating a podcast and see how simple it can be to start a podcast.

MAX in a nutshell
15:00 - 15:30
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Johannes Stark & Christoph Stiebert

The MPG-wide intranet MAX offers multiple features and tools to help your daily work at Max Planck. Are you looking for ways to inform yourself on recent developments, collaborate within or across MPIs or organize and advertise events? Learn more about how MAX can make your life easier – we look forward to meeting you and will be happy to find solutions within MAX.

Health Management in der MPG
15:30 - 16:00
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Anette Hausmann | Administrative Headquarters

Health Management in der MPG – Gesundheit als Voraussetzung für unsere Exzellenz! Die aktuelle Corona-Krise nimmt entscheidenden Einfluss auf die Arbeitsbedingungen und die Zusammenarbeit. Dabei ist das Thema Mental Health verstärkt in den Fokus gerückt. Welche Unterstützung bieten wir den MPG Beschäftigten? Was können Sie selbst tun?

MAX an einem MPI
15:30 - 16:00
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Constanze Steinhauser & Sebastian Behrendt | MPG Administrative Headquarters

Bis Ende des Jahres werden 35 MPI ihr lokales Intranet in das MPG-weite MAX migriert haben. Das ermöglicht gleichzeitig einen internen Intranetbereich, der nur für die Mitarbeitenden vor Ort erreichbar ist, und gleichzeitig gelangen alle Mitarbeiter*innen an MPG-weite Angebote und Infos, können sich MPI-übergreifend vernetzen und austauschen. Wollen Sie verstehen, was MAX genau ist und wie wir Sie an Ihrem MPI während eines MAX Rollouts unterstützen können? Wir freuen uns auf Sie und Ihre Fragen und spezifischen Anwendungen, für die wir gerne maßgeschneiderte Lösungen entwickeln.

MPG Sustainability Network
16:00 - 16:30
Networks

Presented by Sophie Lohmann | MPI for Demographic Research
Moritz Hütten | MPI for Physics
Jakob Schweizer | MPI for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems

The Max Planck Sustainability Network is a grass-roots initiative within the Max Planck Society. Our goal is to make our research work more environmentally friendly.
Das Max-Planck-Nachhaltigkeitsnetzwerk ist eine Graswurzel-Initiative innerhalb der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. Unser Ziel ist es, unsere Forschungsarbeit umweltfreundlicher zu gestalten.

PhDnet: Open Science in the MPS - strategies and ways forward
16:00 - 16:30
Networks

Presented by Pamela Ornelas | MPI for Biophysics
& Cornelia van Scherpenberg | MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

In the PhDnet Open Science group, we are interested in making knowledge accessible to all. In this talk, we will discuss strategies to make the MPS a leader in open research

MPQueer - An Empower movement within MPG
16:30 - 17:00
Networks

Presented by JD Rolfes | MPQueer

MPQueer, the queer community’s bottom-up network within MPG, was founded only in 2018. The talk will focus on the initiation and development of MPQueer, the idea behind it, and its achievements so far.

PostdocNet: Career Development & Opportunity for postdocs in the time of a pandemic
16:30 - 17:00
Networks

Presented by Clara Rigoni I MPI for the Study of Crime, Security and Law
& Yu-Xuan Lu I MPI for Biology of Ageing

In this talk, you will not only get an overview of career development training & opportunities in the Max Planck Society but also participate in our interactive discussion on identifying career development winning strategies.

News from the MPCDF
17:00 - 17:30
MPG Facilities

Presented by Erwin Laure | MPCDF

The Max Planck Computing and Data Facility offers services for all Max Planck Institutes. This includes data management for big data projects, the operation of a central high-performance computer, data analytics/machine learning expertise as well as the provision of a modern data infrastructure including long-term archiving. The talk will give an overview on the variety of services the MPCDF provides for the Max-Planck Researchers.

MP Innovation - Matching Patents & Publication
17:30 - 18:00
MPG Facilities

Presented by Dr. Mareike Göritz, Dr. Bernd Ctortecka | Max Planck Innovation

Scientific publications are compatible with filing a patent application. Both goals can be achieved in a streamlined efficient process. What are the relevant criteria, processes, and necessary steps involved?

Wednesday
Wednesday
Welcome to the first MPG City Week!

A Journey to RIO - the Services of the MPDL Big Data Analytics Group
09:00 - 10:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Margit Palzenberger & Ingo Laut I MPDL

The Research Information Observatory (RIO) is a technical and operational framework for quantitative information on research output, communication, and impact. The framework integrates data from a wide variety of sources from bibliographic, citation, and patent databases and is also covering media uptake and resource request logs. It supports a broad field of use cases with data management, statistical analysis, reporting, and visualization.
The services include publication profiles for MPG sections, institutes, working groups, and PIs which are prepared in close interaction with section representatives, research coordinators, and librarians. Publication profiles are applied for a wide range of purposes, e.g. strategic evidence, steering board and annual reports, grant applications. They include information on output channels, open access coverage, citation patterns, and collaboration networks.

KEEPER
09:00 - 10:00
MPDL Services

Presented by René Ranger & Lu Yu | MPDL

With the KEEPER Service, you can easily sync and share your project data, and in addition, we take care that your work is properly archived in the Max Planck infrastructure. Convince yourself of the reliable and high performant file syncing algorithms and the built-in file encryption. Support your team with the KEEPER collaboration functionalities. With storing your data in KEEPER, you can be sure to fulfill the archiving regulations of the Max Planck Society as well as the German Research Foundation to ensure ‘good scientific practice.’ Or you deposit your data to the KEEPER Service after your project ends for long-term compliant archiving.
During this talk, you will also get the chance to hear about LabCam – a powerful tool to upload your real-time photos to the associated KEEPER account. LabCam gives you the possibility of customizing the storage path of the photos in KEEPER and modify the path at any time. Powerful OCR makes it easy to extract and store full-text from photos, and then users can edit it on their own devices with the .md file, which greatly improves the work efficiency.

MPDL Roadshow
10:00 - 11:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Sandra Vengadasalam | MPDL

The MPDL Roadshow is a great starter for getting an overview of all the different MPDL Services. Because: Good Tools - Happy Scientists! Happy Scientists - Good Research! Discover the leverage of smart tools and great services exclusively for researchers at the MPG. Find out about Labfolder (a digital lab notebook), Keeper (safe data storage, seamlessly integrated into your research workflow), Edmond (the open research data repository of the MPG), and many more. Get new ideas and approaches that make your day-to-day work easier while it also remains efficient. Learn more about the various MPDL Services within their sessions during the MPDL City Week!

Labfolder - See the electronic lab notebook licensed by the MPDL live in action
10:00 - 11:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Anne Kriegel I Labforward

Labfolder’s software as a service (SaaS) makes it easier to record, retrieve, share, discuss, & validate research data as a team. Join the interactive session and see how it works!

Seamless Access to eJournals, eBooks, and Databases
11:00 - 11:30
MPDL Services

Presented by Julia Graepel | MPDL

A wealth of information resources is available to MPG researchers via the MPG Grundversorgung. This presentation will provide you with an overview of available resources as well as tools to discover and access the scientific information resources you seek.

Digitalisierung in der MPG
11:00 - 12:00
Administrative Headquarters

SoLi: MPG Basic Software Supply
11:30 - 12:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Gregor Botero | MPDL

Software licensing should be more convenient for all Max Planck members. The MPDL Software Licensing team (SoLi) is creating an MPG-wide, institutionalized basic supply of software and online services. This presentation will provide you with an overview of SoLi services, how to use them and how you can benefit. Get in touch with the SoLi team, your central point of contact, for all questions around our basic software supply!

Lunch
12:00 - 13:00

WORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORKWORK (Lab)WORK (Office)WORK
13:00 - 15:00

Interview with the Max Planck Society Archives
15:00 - 15:30
MPG Facilities

Interview with Kristina Starkloff | Max Planck Society Archives & Frank Sander | MPDL

“What is exciting about being an archivist and about the position in general and specifically at the MPG?” If you ever wondered about what the Archives of the Max Planck Society is doing and what kind of exciting records there are stored, join the interview with the Director of the MPG Archives. Kristina Stakloff and Frank Sander are your tour guides on this ride. Learn about the depths of the Max Planck Society’s Archives & get to know the people behind it. Join the ride, and be part of an exclusive interview that you will only get by becoming part of the MPG City Week 2021!

GWDG: Infrastructures & Services for Data Science
15:30 - 16:00
MPG Facilities

Presented by Prof. Dr. Philipp Wieder | GWDG

Data management, data analytics, and data science are just some of the terms that are used in the context of one of the great interdisciplinary challenges we currently tackle in research: the consistent handling of research data. State-of-the-art infrastructures and services are an essential foundation to address these challenges and to build domain-specific solutions. In this talk, selected offers from GWDG are introduced.

Podcasts – a fun way to communicate
16:00 - 16:30
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Christian Erlacher | Administrative Headquarters

You like podcasts? Why not create your own? Join me on my journey of creating a podcast and see how simple it can be to start a podcast.

MP Innovation – Comprehensive support for MPG spin-offs
16:00 - 16:30
MPG Facilities

Presented by Ulrich Mahr, Carolin Wichmann, Sebastian Meyer-Borchert | Max Planck Innovation

Start-ups can be both a highly attractive career opportunity for MPI scientists and also an important contribution to innovation and growth for the benefit of society at large. MPG therefore actively supports entrepreneurship activities through several offerings. As part of the recently started Max-Planck Entrepreneurship Initiative MI helps interested scientists in forming and preparing a successful start-up with ample support options which will be presented and discussed in more detail in this webinar.

MPCDF: AI and High Performance Data Analytics
16:30 - 17:00
MPG Facilities

Presented by Andreas Marek | MPCDF

Planck Academy and you - insights into the offers for Doctoral Students and Postdocs
16:30 - 17:00
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Signe Tuborgh & Tobias Rasse | Administrative Headquarters

In this short talk, you will get an insight into the offers of the Planck Academy for Doctoral Students and Postdocs, such as seminars, coaching, and e-learning offers. You can ask your questions and get to know your contact persons from the HR Development of the Max Planck Society. We look forward to welcoming you!

LeadNet - get to know the network!
17:00 - 17:30
Networks

Presented by Jacqueline Tabler I MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Elena Taverna I MPI for Evolutionary Anthropolgy
Mazhar Ali I MPI of Microstructure Physics

LeadNet is a network bringing together senior scientists, research associates, project and group leaders of the Max Planck Society. LeadNet provides a forum for common scientific and organizational issues and promotes interactions among research groups within the MPG. Get to know us!

MPQueer - So you want to talk about gender in the research world
17:00 - 17:30
Networks

Presented by Erica McGale | MPQueer

Inspired by the book “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo, this talk will focus on the current conversation on people's equity of different identities in research: Who is talking? Who is listening? What does progress look like, what does it mean, and how can it continue?

MPG Sustainability Network
17:30 - 18:00
Networks

Presented by Sophie Lohmann | MPI for Demographic Research
Moritz Hütten | MPI for Physics
Jakob Schweizer | MPI for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems

The Max Planck Sustainability Network is a grass-roots initiative within the Max Planck Society. Our goal is to make our research work more environmentally friendly.
Das Max-Planck-Nachhaltigkeitsnetzwerk ist eine Graswurzel-Initiative innerhalb der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. Unser Ziel ist es, unsere Forschungsarbeit umweltfreundlicher zu gestalten.

Children and Career, Family and Research: Compatibility at the Max Planck Society
17:30 - 18:00
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Sabine Neitzel | MPG Administrative Headquarters

The Max Planck Society attaches great importance to family friendliness and offers extensive measures to facilitate the balancing act between career and family life. The Family Office provides an overview of current measures and recent developments in the area of compatibility.

Thursday
Thursday
Welcome to the first MPG City Week!

MAX in a nutshell
09:00 - 09:30
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Alexandra Riester-Gnädinger & Christoph Stiebert

The MPG-wide intranet MAX offers multiple features and tools to help your daily work at Max Planck. Are you looking for ways to inform yourself on recent developments, collaborate within or across MPIs or organize and advertise events? Learn more about how MAX can make your life easier – we look forward to meeting you and will be happy to find solutions within MAX.

IMPRS yourself – the IMPRS program in a nutshell
09:00 - 09:30
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Anne Lorf | Administrative Headquarters & Dr. Christiane Glöckner | MPI for Marine Microbiology

For more than 20 years, the IMPRS have been the benchmark of structured doctoral training at the MPG. in more than 65 IMPRS, doctoral students take advantage of structured curricula, dynamic networks, and excellent scientific supervision in a multi-eye approach. What else distinguishes the IMPRS and what a highly successful IMPRS looks like from the inside can be seen here.

Health Management in der MPG
09:30 - 10:00
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Anette Hausmann | Administrative Headquarters

Health Management in der MPG – Gesundheit als Voraussetzung für unsere Exzellenz! Die aktuelle Corona-Krise nimmt entscheidenden Einfluss auf die Arbeitsbedingungen und die Zusammenarbeit. Dabei ist das Thema Mental Health verstärkt in den Fokus gerückt. Welche Unterstützung bieten wir den MPG Beschäftigten? Was können Sie selbst tun?

Planck Academy and you - insights into the offers for Doctoral Students and Postdocs
09:30 - 10:00
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Signe Tuborgh & Tobias Rasse | Administrative Headquarters

In this short talk, you will get an insight into the offers of the Planck Academy for Doctoral Students and Postdocs, such as seminars, coaching, and e-learning offers. You can ask your questions and get to know your contact persons from the HR Development of the Max Planck Society. We look forward to welcoming you!

MPCDF: Research Data Management Support
10:00 - 10:30
MPG Facilities

Presented by Raphael Ritz | MPCDF

MAX an einem MPI
10:00 - 10:30
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Johannes Stark & Constanze Steinhauser | MPG Administrative Headquarters

Bis Ende des Jahres werden 35 MPI ihr lokales Intranet in das MPG-weite MAX migriert haben. Das ermöglicht gleichzeitig einen internen Intranetbereich, der nur für die Mitarbeitenden vor Ort erreichbar ist, und gleichzeitig gelangen alle Mitarbeiter*innen an MPG-weite Angebote und Infos, können sich MPI-übergreifend vernetzen und austauschen. Wollen Sie verstehen, was MAX genau ist und wie wir Sie an Ihrem MPI während eines MAX Rollouts unterstützen können? Wir freuen uns auf Sie und Ihre Fragen und spezifischen Anwendungen, für die wir gerne maßgeschneiderte Lösungen entwickeln.

MPG City - Industry in the neighbourhood
10:30 - 11:00
MPG Facilities

Presented by Dieter Link & Wolfgang Tröger | Max Planck Innovation

In the fourth and last contribution of Max-Planck-Innovation (MI) to the MPG City Week, we will invite you to follow how we at MI manage the academia to industry interface when out-licensing intellectual property generated by Max Planck scientists and how this compares to your academia to industry interface when it comes to cooperation activities between your groups and industry. Learn about successful licensing events. Take the opportunity to ask us how you can broaden your participation in the technology transfer activities of Max-Planck Society.

Science Goes Industry – the Industry Track of the Planck Academy
10:30 - 11:00
Administrative Headquarters

Presented by Anne Grewlich-Gercke | MPG Administrative Headquarters

Funded by the Stifterverband, the Industry Track of the Planck Academy supports Max Planck talents at Ph.D., Postdoc, or Research Group Leader level who are interested in leaving science for a career in non-academia. Learn more about concrete offers of this program and how Max Planck ensures to be in tune with business needs.

Learn all about the MPG Structure
11:00 - 12:00
Administrative Headquarters

Interview with Roland Kniebühler | Administrative Headquarters & Frank Sander | MPDL

“How does one become president of the MPG?”
If you have ever wondered about questions like this one, join the interview with the Staff Unit “Structure, Rules and Governing Bodies of the MPG.” Roland Kniebühler and Frank Sander will guide you through the MPG City by getting into exciting questions about everything you ever wanted to know about the Max Planck Society. Join the ride, and be part of an exclusive interview that you will only get by becoming part of the MPG City Week 2021!

Lunch
12:00 - 13:00

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13:00 - 15:00

MPDL Roadshow
15:00 - 16:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Sandra Vengadasalam | MPDL

The MPDL Roadshow is a great starter for getting an overview of all the different MPDL Services. Because: Good Tools - Happy Scientists! Happy Scientists - Good Research! Discover the leverage of smart tools and great services exclusively for researchers at the MPG. Find out about Labfolder (a digital lab notebook), Keeper (safe data storage, seamlessly integrated into your research workflow), Edmond (the open research data repository of the MPG), and many more. Get new ideas and approaches that make your day-to-day work easier while it also remains efficient. Learn more about the various MPDL Services within their sessions during the MPDL City Week!

Open Science in Practice
16:00 - 16:30
MPDL Services

Presented by Michael Franke | MPDL

Open Science practices become more and more a part of researchers‘ lives. Be it new funders’ or publishers’ requirements for publication of scientific papers or Research Data in Open Access, new ways of publication like preprints or Open Review or be it new paths to obtain scientific knowledge like Pre-Registration or Registered Reports, not to mention the importance of scientific software. MPDL will set up a series of pertinent talks to provide Max Planck researchers with the latest information on Open Science best practices, tools, platforms, and regulations.

What's the DEAL?
16:00 - 17:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Ralf Schimmer | MPDL

In the realm of scholarly communication, Projekt DEAL has been making global headlines over the past couple years and has brought significant benefits to researchers across Germany. Not only do the two DEAL agreements with Wiley and Springer Nature give researchers expanded reading access rights, but authors affiliated with the more than 900 DEAL institutions across Germany are entitled to keep copyright of their articles and publish them openly in thousands of high quality, peer-reviewed journals across all disciplines, without having to pay open access publishing fees (APCs).
The Max Planck Society has been heavily invested in DEAL since its inception and established MPDL Services GmbH as the legal entity to manage implementation of the nationwide DEAL agreements. The Max Planck Digital Library (MPDL) has acquired more than a decade of experience negotiating and managing similar agreements with publishers on behalf of all Max Planck Institutes to enable MPG authors to publish their articles openly in the journals of their choice. Through MPDL Services GmbH, that expertise is now also serving the broader German research community.
An expression of the Max Planck Society’s commitment to open dissemination of research, MPDL is also the driving force behind the global “Open Access 2020 initiative” and one of the key protagonists in the push for “Transformative Agreements” – i.e. contracts with publishers in which funds previously spent on subscription paywalls are repurposed to support open access publishing services.

Open Access Publishing with Central Funding
16:30 - 17:00
MPDL Services

Presented by Julia Graepel | MPDL

Many journals require payment of “article processing charges” (APCs) to publish articles Open Access. MPDL strives to cover APCs for Max Planck authors by setting up agreements with publishers – our aim is to make Open Access publishing as easy as possible for Max Planck authors. Over 9000 journals are already available for publishing Open Access with central funding via the MPG Grundversorgung. This session will provide an overview of where to look for eligible journals and explain some criteria to receive OA funding.