Workshops, 2 June 2025
Please visit our workshop page for full descriptions of the workshops.
Workshop 1: “Basket Based Choice Experiments”
🕰️: 10:00 to 17:00
Session Organizer: Vincenzina Caputo
💰: 45€ (lunch and coffee breaks are included)
The first half of this workshop (10:00 to 13:00) will be an introduction to the method, the second part will deal with more advanced topics.
Workshop 2: “Living Labs”
🕰️: 15:30 to 19:00
Session Organizer: Antje Risius
💰: 10€ (coffee breaks are included)
You are interested in both workshops?
Great! It is possible to participate in the first part of the workshop “Basket Based Choice Experiments” workshop and attend the “Living Labs” workshop after lunch. Please indicate your preferences in the registration form so we can plan accordingly.
Conference Dinner, 4 June 2025
We invite you to two special dinner events:
In addition to an in-house dinner on Tuesday (3 June) at iDiv, a buffet-style dinner will be offered on 4 June at Leipzig’s Ratskeller.
🍺 Thursday, 4 June, Dinner at Ratskeller – A Taste of Saxony
📍 Location: Ratskeller Leipzig (a historic German restaurant)
💰 Costs: 45€ (drinks not included, fee is not included in the registration fee)
⚠️ Minimum Participation Requirement: A minimum of 25 participants is required for the Ratskeller dinner to take place. If we do not reach this minimum, we will refund your payment immediately and seek an alternative dinner location on a self-paid basis.
Buffet Menu
Starter: Freshly baked bread & butter selection, Market-style salad buffet (vegetarian & vegan options available), Traditional Saxon potato soup (vegan, with optional sausage topping)
Main Courses:
- Crispy roasted suckling pig with Mediterranean herb crust
- Gently roasted mushrooms in a tarragon jus (vegan)
- Creamy kohlrabi ragout (vegan)
- Potato gratin with sage cream sauce & mountain cheese (vegetarian)
- Saxon-style dumplings with sunflower seeds & mustard savoy cabbage (vegan)
Dessert: Bavarian-style Kaiserschmarrn with wheat beer, served with orange-cinnamon butter, apple sauce, and vanilla sauce (vegetarian)
Brewery Tour (before the buffet dinner), 04 June 2025
📌 BraumanufakTour at Ratskeller
🎟️ Costs: 14.90€ per person (to be paid directly at the restaurant, can only be booked if you attend the dinner as well)
🕰️ Duration: ~30 minutes
👥 Group Size: 8 – 20 participants
🍺 Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Ratskeller brewery, where master brewers craft the renowned Lotteraner Kellerbiere. The tour concludes with a guided tasting session featuring four specialty beers (Helles, Dunkles, Helles Weizen, and the famous Leipziger Gose – each in a 0.1L glass).
If you're interested, please select this option during registration.
Excursion, 5 June 2025
Join us for an exciting excursion, guided by Martin Schädler, to the Global Change Experimental Facility (GCEF) and Ecotron in Bad Lauchstädt, offering insights into agricultural and ecological research.
🕘 Schedule:
- 08:45 Meeting point at iDiv
- 09:00 Departure to Bad Lauchstädt
- 10:00 – 12:00 Guided tour through the experimental fields and Ecotron lab
- 13:00 Return to Leipzig
- 14:00 Arrival at iDiv
🔎 What to Expect:
- A guided tour focusing on the history of the station, fertilization experiments, and long-term research projects.
- Insights into large-scale ecological experiments from a natural science perspective.
- Visit to the Ecotron lab, where controlled environmental conditions allow in-depth ecosystem research.
🥪 Catering: Each participant will receive a lunch package for the trip (vegan/vegeterian).
💰 Costs: 10€ (includes transportation, guided tour, and lunch package).
📢 Important: Don’t forget to bring sunscreen and a hat if it’s sunny - there won’t be any shade on the field. Restrooms are available in Bad Lauchstädt.
