Environment Night 2026: Science and Sustainability at Night

Discover science, technology, and sustainability in a whole new way—with exciting insights into current research, open labs, and interactive projects.

26.11.2026 · Fakultät M+V – Veranstaltung

Environment Night 2026 — Live in the Lab

Science and Sustainability at Night

At the 2026 Environment Night at Hochschule Offenburg, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., you can look forward to exciting keynote presentations, fascinating insights into our open labs, and interactive projects focused on the environment, climate protection, and sustainable technologies.

No registration is required to attend: simply join the keynote presentations, see what researchers and students are working on, and strike up a conversation with experts. The “Sustainability Marketplace” invites you to engage with initiatives, organizations, and university members. Enjoy tarte flambée and drinks as you wind down the evening in a relaxed atmosphere on campus.

 

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS (B152)

6:20 – 6:30 p.m.

Offenburg in the Stratosphere – Insights into a Student Project Above the Clouds
Prof. Dr. Dragos Saracsan

6:40 – 6:50   

Bioeconomy and the Circular Economy—How Cells Build
the Products of the Future Prof. Dr. Frédéric Lapierre

7:00 PM – 7:10 PM

Oil Is a Thing of the Past—Why Waste Will
Soon Be Our Most Valuable Raw Material Dr. Andreas Wilke

7:20 PM – 7:30 PM  

De-extinction—how mammoths could help preserve
permafrost Alexander Weigand

7:40 PM – 7:50 PM 

Tracking Toxins—How Modern Biological Tests Help Protect
Our Water and Our Health Prof. Dr. Melanie Broszat

8:00 PM – 8:10 PM

Making Charcoal for the Climate – How Biochar Sequesters
CO2 for Centuries Prof. Dr. Heide Biollaz

 

OPEN LABS (starting at 6:00 p.m.)

B063                                  

  • Learning Networks: How a slime mold helps optimize transportation and supply routes.

  • Water Universe: Microbes and Their Role in Our Environment.

  • Biochar: A Climate Savior? Live Pyrolysis & Pot Experiments

B060                                  

  • SolAqua: Drinking Water Production in Remote Coastal Regions.

  • Live Fermentation

B051 / B052                                  

  • Exhibition: Meet the Young Researchers

B043                                  

  • Mission Stratosphere—Yeast Under the Electron Microscope

B041

  • Bottle2Print: Drunk. Printed.

Gallery

  • Popcorn Machine: Process Engineering in Action