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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

  • 1:00 PM
    3:00 PM
    Events Festsaal, Leopoldina
    Let's talk about fundamental rights!
    Events Festsaal, Leopoldina
    forbidden under 12 Reserved screening

    Making the world a better place – what could be more important? This session will feature excerpts from the three-part Terra X documentary series, 'What Makes the World a Better Place: Peace, Freedom, Justice', followed by a discussion with Terra X host and science journalist Mirko Drotschmann (MrWissen2go).

  • 3:00 PM
    8:00 PM
    Science Year Events Kids + Family Kaufhaus
    Minecraft Game Station
    Science Year Events Kids + Family Kaufhaus
    approved for all audiences

    As part of the Science Year 2025, the “Future Energy: Minecraft Competition” invited children, young people, and adults to design their vision of the energy system of the future in Minecraft or Luanti/Minetest. The winners will be announced and awarded at the Silbersalz Festival.

  • 4:00 PM
    4:30 PM
    Science Year Events Kaufhaus
    Discrete Pulse of Light
    Science Year Events Kaufhaus
    approved for all audiences Panel discussion with guests

    A poetic interplay of light, sound and memory enables a fresh perception of the world. A performance is created using a rail system, lenses, reflective surfaces, software control and sound to reveal a pulsating, raw glow.

  • 5:00 PM
    5:30 PM
    Science Year Events Kaufhaus
    Discrete Pulse of Light
    Science Year Events Kaufhaus
    approved for all audiences Panel discussion with guests

    A poetic interplay of light, sound and memory enables a fresh perception of the world. A performance is created using a rail system, lenses, reflective surfaces, software control and sound to reveal a pulsating, raw glow.

  • 6:00 PM
    7:30 PM
    Events Zentralbühne @Kaufhaus
    approved for all audiences Panel discussion with guests

    The 8th SILBERSALZ Science & Media Festival will begin with a festive opening ceremony, followed by a lecture from Dr Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, who inspires a passion for science.

  • 7:30 PM
    8:00 PM
    Science Year Events Kaufhaus
    Discrete Pulse of Light
    Science Year Events Kaufhaus
    approved for all audiences Panel discussion with guests

    A poetic interplay of light, sound and memory enables a fresh perception of the world. A performance is created using a rail system, lenses, reflective surfaces, software control and sound to reveal a pulsating, raw glow.