Preliminary Program

Monday, May 18, 2026 All times are in CEST.
12:00 – 13:55	Registration and Lunch (Entrance Hall & Faculty Club, 4th floor)
I Director’s Welcome  Auditorium, ground floor
13:55 – 14:00		Michael Molls | TUM-IAS Director
II Talks Auditorium, ground floor
14:00 – 14:30		Redox Flow Batteries for Long Duration Energy Storage Fikile Brushett | MIT Dieter Schwarz Courageous Research Grant Holder
14:30 – 15:00		Decoding Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders via Genomics and Multiomics Michael Zech | TUM   Albrecht Struppler Clinician Scientist Fellow
15:00 – 15:30		Post-quantum Cryptography: How Close are we to the Next Generation of Cryptography? Violetta Weger | TUM  Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Professor
III Poster Session I and Coffee Break Auditorium, ground floor & Entrance Hall/1st floor
15:30 – 15:45		Introduction Poster Session
15:45 – 17:00		Coffee Break & Poster Session
IV Linde Lecture Auditorium, ground floor
Chair: Michael Molls | TUM-IAS Director
17:00 – 17:45		The Disruptive Power of Digital Platforms Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt | TUM   Carl von Linde Fellow
18:00		Aperitif (Faculty Club, 4th floor)
18:30		Dinner (Faculty Club, 4th floor)
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 All times are in CEST.
I Director´s Welcome Auditorium, ground floor
08:55 – 09:00		Michael Molls | TUM-IAS Director
II Talks Auditorium, ground floor
09:00 – 09:30		What Makes Metrics Transformative? Mathis Wackernagel | Global Footprint Network  Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellow
09:30 – 10:00		AI-driven Automated Design Generation and Compliance Checking Ghang Lee | Yonsei University Hans Fischer Senior Fellow funded by the TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute
III Poster Session II and Coffee Break Auditorium, ground floor & Entrance Hall/1st floor
10:00 – 10:15		Introduction Poster Session
10:15 – 11:15		Coffee Break & Poster Session
IV Talks Auditorium, ground floor
11:15 – 11:45		Sense of Agency in the Context of Assistive Technologies Agnieszka Wykowska | Italian Institute of Technology Hans Fischer Senior Fellow
11:45 – 12:15		Video-Guided Policies for Robotic Manipulation Cordelia Schmid | INRIA Hans Fischer Senior Fellow funded by the Siemens AG
12:15 – 12:45		Anthropological Aspects of Artificial Intelligence - The Role of Narratives and Myths Walther Zimmerli | Humboldt-University Berlin Alumnus Philosopher in Residence Fellow
V Closing Remarks Auditorium, ground floor
12:45 –13:00		Michael Molls | TUM-IAS Director
13:00		Lunch (Faculty Club, 4th floor)