A special thank you to Catrin Böcher (Leiden University) for sharing her experience and photos from the event.
Both our youngest and (most) experienced researchers gathered in beautiful Tutzing, Germany to participate in the first (ever) FutuRaM Academy.
The three day event started by mapping where they started at the beginning of the project and what is ahead of them. Young researchers, master students and PhD candidates presented their work to have it evaluated by their peers and improve their presentation skill. Strengthening connections and discussing their plans, participants finished their day with a challenging “Fussball” match.
Kicking off the second day, José Mogollón from Leiden University gave a short yet motivational lecture on how to structure an academic research papers and which skills need sharpening to adequately convey a message. During the so called poster session, FutuRaM researchers drew connections between their individual work covering different work packages and waste streams. This much needed discussion served as one of the highlights of the FutuRaM Academy as coordinating numerous researches, work packages and people remotely across Europe can be quite challenging.
Claudia Speiser, Senior Consultant at ARTTIC gave an inspiring speech on women in science before participants moved into an afternoon long ideation session, discussing “hot topics” related to FutuRaM such as scenarios and material recovery. After such a packed day, Setenay Saglam and Kirsten Remmen from Empa organised a not so traditional pub quiz on critical raw materials to end on a high note. Did you know that France is the largest global Hafnium producer?
Building on almost two days wort of discussions, our researchers came up with a number of great proposals and left with a new found motivation to continue their individual tasks. Needless to say, our FutuRaM Academy participants are looking forward to meet each other in person at the same place the next year!
