This year the SILBERSALZ festival is under the motto "Home Earth". Within the framework of a multifaceted lecture program, renowned experts from science, research, and economics will speak on 19 June 2020 from 3 to 9 pm about the state of the planet and our common future. They will provide food for thought on the possibilities of transformation with regard to biodiversity, climate change and, of course, how to deal with pandemics such as COVID-19 and their causes - and enter into a discussion with the viewers online, as all talks will be broadcast via live stream. The Livestream in cooperation with the MDR is free of charge and can be seen on the SILBERSALZ social media channels.

Speakers:

• Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius ML — Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute and SILBERSALZ Head of Science
• Prof. Dr. Maja Göpel — Secretary General of the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
• Fritz Habekuß — Editor at Die Zeit, author of “Über Leben. Zukunftsfrage Artensterben: Wie wir die Ökokrise überwinden” (with Dirk Steffens)
• Prof. Dr. Gerald H. Haug ML — President of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
• Kai Kupferschmidt — science journalist, Riff-Reporter, Correspondent for the magazine "Science”
• Prof. Dr. Dr. Alfons Labisch ML — Medical historian, Rector emeritus of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Honorary Professor of the Beijing Foreign Studies University
• Prof. Dr. Josef Settele — Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, member of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, author at IPBES
• Prof. Dr. Lothar H. Wieler ML — President of the Robert Koch Institute

In accordance with this year's motto "Homeland Earth", Luke Jerram's fascinating earth installation "Gaia" will float in the St. Ulrich Church on 18, 20, and 21 June 2020. The exhibition can be visited by prior appointment via eventbrite or directly at the Tourist Information (Marktplatz 13).

The public program in the city of Halle (Saale), the conference in the Leopoldina and the SILBERSALZ Science & Media Award in association with Jackson Wild will take place from 14 to 18 October 2020.

ML – Member of the Leopoldina