Science slam celebrates Münchner Wissenschaftstage
Munich, 17 May 2023
Once again this year, acatech issued an invitation to its science slam, held as part of Münchner Wissenschaftstage in the Verkehrszentrum at the Deutsches Museum. On 6 May, slamming researchers and cabaret artists entertained more than 100 guests with short presentations that gave an insight into current issues relevant to science and technology. Each performance lasted ten minutes and included visuals, presentations and props, allowing the slammers to capture the hearts and minds of the audience.
For a recording of the science slam (in German), see
Timings for the relevant contributions:
1. At 15:00 MDW2. At 25:20 Christopher Griebel
3. At 35:00 Jeannine Bachmann
4. At 44:05 Georg Eggers
5. At 61:25 Ecco Meineke
Jaromir Konecny, author, slam poet and lecturer in artificial intelligence at SRH Distance Learning University, hosted and moderated the evening with his customary wit and good humour. He kick-started the slam by introducing the various slammers for the evening.
Marc-Denis Weitze (alias MDW) from the acatech Office got the event started with an item about the world’s most state-of-the-art chemistry exhibition at the “new” Deutsches Museum. In addition to the first thermomix made from renewable raw materials, the exhibits also included the remnants of the life of a Nobel Prize winner and a large selection of “Out of order” signs.
In his presentation about the “communications model in German-speaking alpine countries” Christopher Griebel (München TV) explained that the “simple past tense” does not exist in Bavaria and that there is a big difference between the Bavarian communications model and the model used in the rest of Germany.
Jeannine Bachmann’s (Technical University of Munich) presentation, entitled “AI in medicine – operations from home?”, examined whether robots could be the solution for certain problems in medicine, for example in surgery: digitally connected to robotic arms, doctors could operate easily from an adjacent room, even during a pandemic, without gloves or masks.
In his presentation entitled “Mobility and the 3-litre car”, Georg Eggers (HM Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences ) spoke about traffic jams and the idea of “building motorways for climate protection”. In this context, he called for the complete bituminisation of Germany to avoid traffic jams. He said that this could simultaneously resolve the “curve problem” and improve air pollution under the layer of bitumen, as can be seen at Stachus in Munich.
Cabaret artist and musician Ecco Meineke addressed the distribution of water on earth in his presentation entitled “Without water we’re screwed”.