Program guide
Thursday, October 30, 2025
How can the most exciting topics from climate conferences be communicated effectively? Climate journalist Elisa Miebach will be reporting for ZDF from the UN Climate Change Conference again this year. Shortly before travelling to Belém in the Brazilian Amazon, the host city of this year's conference, she will take us behind the scenes of news journalism in this interactive workshop.
What role does science play in our everyday lives? What is driving the region forward? What is currently being researched? Come and talk to scientists!
Young media creators from all over Germany showcase what modern journalism sounds, looks, and feels like today – bold, creative, and relevant.
Projects and initiatives that inspire people to take the (energy) future into their own hands.
Paying more for climate protection and the environment? The discount retailer campaign “True Prices” has produced mixed effects. Doreén Pick presents its background as well as consumers’ perspectives and discusses them with the audience.
Why is it so hard to be a good person? We’re not moral superheroes or are we? A discussion about battling our inner weaknesses and striving for the good – one that encourages us to step out of our comfort zones and make the world, despite everything, a little better.
How can the construction sector transform?
What does “too much energy” in the atmosphere mean? How does it change the weather? And what does it mean for our future? Özden Terli explains why we are already living in a new atmosphere—with new extreme weather. A lecture for anyone who wants to understand what is happening right now and why it affects us all.
Misinformation, Media, and Freedom of Opinion
Friday, October 31, 2025
A walk-in meeting place for lively science communication and tangible knowledge transfer, approachable, accessible and enlightening. The installation, a metamorphic 'Think Cloud', is open to genuine encounters: researchers meet festival explorers, conversations arise spontaneously and without moderation, and questions are expressly welcome!
At SILBERSALZ Festival 2025, a new debate format premieres: The Region Debates, initiated by Science Cube. Together with Ulrike Zimmermann (ZEIT Publishing Group), it invites open discussion on the role of science in structural change in Central Germany.
Fast fashion, free returns, buy now–pay later – it all sounds convenient, but it comes at a cost.
Dr. Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop and Jonas Geissler explore social energy, the power of collectives, and a new understanding of time.
YouTubers Dr. Jacob Beautemps (“Breaking Lab”) and Cedric Engels, aka Doctor Whatson, provide exclusive insights into their yet-to-be-released documentary for Wissenschaftsjahr 2025’s “Future Energy”. The film focuses on hydrogen as a key piece of technology for energy transition.
What can we learn from the collective intelligence of a swarm of bees for artificial intelligence? And what does it teach us about ourselves? This live podcast explores the opportunities AI brings for communication and how we live together in the future.
Future energies in focus: from nuclear fusion and hydrogen to novel storage technologies—the search for tomorrow’s energy solutions is on.
Groundbreaking innovations that spark excitement for tomorrow—explained in a simple and vivid way!
How can we shape the energy transition in a social and sustainable way?
Saturday, November 1, 2025
A walk-in meeting place for lively science communication and tangible knowledge transfer, approachable, accessible and enlightening. The installation, a metamorphic 'Think Cloud', is open to genuine encounters: researchers meet festival explorers, conversations arise spontaneously and without moderation, and questions are expressly welcome!
How it all began – and how it will all end.
Computers, cell phones, or AI: our world without crystals? Unthinkable.
What can we learn from space psychology for our daily lives?
More, not less: Jean-Baptiste Fressoz explores our insatiable hunger for resources throughout history.
Superposition? Entanglement? Jasmin Meinecke provides a glimpse into the quantum universe, where chance plays a crucial role.
Space travel in the media: Are we too enthusiastic?
Sunday, November 2, 2025
A walk-in meeting place for lively science communication and tangible knowledge transfer, approachable, accessible and enlightening. The installation, a metamorphic 'Think Cloud', is open to genuine encounters: researchers meet festival explorers, conversations arise spontaneously and without moderation, and questions are expressly welcome!
How can science fiction help us better understand our present and future? In her visually rich and example-filled science fiction lecture, Dr. Isabella Hermann opens new perspectives and encourages the development of personal visions.
