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upcoming events
April 16, 2026 | 6 p.m. I TauberPhilharmoine Weikersheim
June 17, 2026 | 7:00 p.m. I TauberPhilharmonie Weikersheim
past events
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Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Dr. Clemens Fuest, President of the ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
Impressions: https://youtu.be/RkTbVhPN-LM?si=op9lFr6a6W0KATnT (https://youtu.be/RkTbVhPN-LM?si=op9lFr6a6W0KATnT)
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(C) Wittenstein Stiftung / Michael Pogoda
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Speaker: Dr Patrick Kramer, biohacker and expert in digital and biological transformation
Picture gallery: shifts in perspective | Wittenstein Stiftung(https://www.wittenstein-stiftung.com/shiftsinperspective)
(C) Wittenstein Foundation / Michael Pogoda
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Speakers:
Prof. Dr Jan Frank, Head of the Department of Food Biofunctionality at the University of Hohenheim
Prof. Dr Mario Jekle, Head of the Department of Plant-Based Foods at the University of Hohenheim
Recording of the entire event: https://youtu.be/rj1o7OAlNfo?si=ZLJX26c-LwTGRVIC (https://youtu.be/rj1o7OAlNfo?si=ZLJX26c-LwTGRVIC)
Picture gallery: ENTER THE FUTURE | Wittenstein Stiftung(https://www.wittenstein-stiftung.com/enter-the-future)
(C) Wittenstein Stiftung / Michael Pogoda
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Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Steffen Mau, Professor of Macrosociology at the Humboldt University of Berlin and SPIEGEL bestselling author
Recording of the entire event: https://youtu.be/SEE-bwfvpKo?si=h2lDAMXC4_uwMhCR (https://youtu.be/SEE-bwfvpKo?si=h2lDAMXC4_uwMhCR)
Picture gallery: ENTER THE FUTURE | Wittenstein Stiftung(https://www.wittenstein-stiftung.com/enter-the-future)
(C) Wittenstein Stiftung / Michael Pogoda
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Speaker: Thomas Fraps
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(C) Wittenstein Stiftung / Michael Pogoda
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Speaker: Prof. Dr. Martin Korte
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(C) Wittenstein Stiftung / Michael Pogoda
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Speaker:
Professor Klaus Schilling, CEO of Zentrum für Telematik würzburg e.V.
Hans Koenigsman, former Vice President and Chief Engineer of SpaceX
Guest:
Michael Najjar, Photo Artist and Pioneer Astronaut
Picture gallery: ENTER THE FUTURE | Wittenstein Stiftung(https://www.wittenstein-stiftung.com/enter-the-future)
(C) Wittenstein Stiftung / Michael Pogoda
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Speaker:
Vince Ebert, Comedian, keynote speaker and TV host
Picture gallery: shifts in perspective | Wittenstein Stiftung(https://www.wittenstein-stiftung.com/shiftsinperspective)
(C) Wittenstein Stiftung / Michael Pogoda
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Speaker:
Professor Peter Sloterdijk, German philosopher, cultural scientist and author; he taught philosophy and aesthetics at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe until 2017.
Picture gallery: ENTER THE FUTURE | Wittenstein Stiftung(https://www.wittenstein-stiftung.com/enter-the-future)
(C) Wittenstein Stiftung / Michael Pogoda
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Speakers:
Professor Vera Meyer, Head of the Chair of Molecular and Applied Microbiology at Technische Universität Berlin,
Professor Thomas Bauernhansl, Head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (Fraunhofer IPA) in Stuttgart
Picture gallery: ENTER THE FUTURE | Wittenstein Stiftung(https://www.wittenstein-stiftung.com/enter-the-future)
(C) Wittenstein Stiftung/ Mochael Pogoda
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Speakers:
Dr Janka Oertel, Director of the Asia Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations,
Professor Sebastian Heilmann, Chair Professor for Government and the Political Economy of China at the University of Trier
Picture gallery: ENTER THE FUTURE | Wittenstein Stiftung(https://www.wittenstein-stiftung.com/enter-the-future)
(C) Wittenstein Stiftung / Michael Pogoda
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Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, founder and former Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK),
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn, former President of the ifo Institute for Economic Research
Picture gallery: ENTER THE FUTURE | Wittenstein Stiftung(https://www.wittenstein-stiftung.com/enter-the-future)
(C) Wittenstein Stiftung / Michael Pogoda
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“outer space v2” is the continuation of the joint activities by Michael Najjar and Dr. Manfred Wittenstein, who wrote the foreword to the publication.
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Speakers:
Dr. Julia Duwe, Head of R&D Production Platforms at TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG,
Prof. Dr. Klaus Mainzer, Emeritus of Excellence at the Technical University of Munich, Senior Professor and co-founder of the Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Center at the University of Tübingen
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Speakers:
Prof. Ortwin Renn, scientific director at the Institute for Transformative Sustainability Research (IASS) in Potsdam,
Torsten Kallweit, Head of Corporate Occupational Safety, Fire Protection, Environmental Protection and Sustainability at Robert Bosch GmbH
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