Opener Keynote: Prof. Dr. Katharina Pahnke-May (Head of Marine Isotope Geochemistry Group), and Prof. Dr. Sarahi Garcia (Head of Pelagic Microbiology Group)

Topic: „The academic way”

Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Katharina Al-Shamery (Vice President for Academic Careers, Equal Opportunities and International Affairs) and Prof. Dr. Martin Heidenreich (Jean Monnet Chair for European Studies in Social Sciences) both are or were Ombudsperson at the University of Oldenburg.

Topic: „Abuse of power in the scientific community”

Breakout Sessions:

• Balance your Mental Health during the PhD (Dr. Nadine Binder trainer and coach „Psychologically strong through the PhD” and Leon Hoffmann workplace health promotion of UOL)
• How to peer-review for scientific journals (Dr. Jutta Niggemann, Eric Ahlberg, Languate Centre UOL))
• Social Media in Academia (Dr. Constanze Böttcher, Nele Claus)
• Start ups founded from the academic sector (Sascha Köpken, Start-Up Consultant Northwest Germany and the Netherlands and Dr. Mareen Möller founder of the ICBM) 
• PhD Roadmap for 1st-year PhDs (Dr. Ferdinand Esser)

Keynote speaker: Dr. Johannes Vosskuhl (Consulting on research data management and support concerning the usage of Dataverse)

Topic: „Data management: how to make your data accessible and transparent: key aspects and what is important”