Programme – ELLIS Unit JENA

Programme

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

9:00 – 9:45 | Words of Welcome

Thomas Pertsch
Vice-President for Research and Innovation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Joachim Denzler
ELLIS Unit Jena Director, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Markus Reichstein
ELLIS Unit Jena Director, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Ioannis Papoutsis
Co-Organizer ELLIS Unit Jena Summer School, National Technical University of Athens

9:15 – 10:30 | Intro Lectures

Earth Science
Markus Reichstein
ELLIS Unit Jena Director, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Overall ML
Joachim Denzler
ELLIS Unit Jena Director, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Model Assessment
Alexander Brenning
ELLIS Unit Jena Board Member, Friedrich Schiller University Jena

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea- and Coffeebreak

11:00 – 12:30 | Kick-Off Mini-Projects / Research Challenges (Group Work)

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and Poster-Session

14:00 – 18:00 | Group Work

Evening | Opening BBQ at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote 1

Robustness
Jonas Peters
ETH Zurich

9:45 – 10:30 | Keynote 2

Large-scale
Koreen Millard
Carleton University

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea- and Coffeebreak

11:00 – 12:30 | Zero-to-Hero Parallel session:
A) Hybrid B) XAI

11:00 – 12:30 | Group Work

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and Poster-Session

14:00 – 18:00 | Group Work

Free Evening

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote 3

Robustness
Marc Rußwurm
Wageningen University

9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote 4

Large-scale
Frederik Kratzert
Google

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea- and Coffeebreak

11:00 – 20:00 | Social Group Activity

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote 5

Interpretable
Ribana Roscher
Bonn University

9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote 6

Hybrid
Gustau Camps-Valls
Universitat de València

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea- and Coffeebreak

11:00 – 12:30 | Zero-to-Hero Parallel session:
C) Uncertainty D) Large-Scale

11:00 – 12:30 | Group Work

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and Poster-Session

14:00 – 18:00 | Group Work

Free Evening

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote 7

Interpretable
Maike Sonnewald
UC Davis

9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote 8

Hybrid
Niklas Boers
TU Munich

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea- and Coffeebreak

9:15 – 10:30 | Capstone Talk

Climate Science – Past, Present, Future
Susan Trumbore
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch

14:00 – 16:00 | Presentation of Group Work

16:00 – 18:00 | Closing Apéro

The first application round was open from February 3 to March 31, 2025. While we had initially considered a second round, we realized after reviewing the outstanding applications by mid-April that demand far exceeded capacity — with more than three times as many applicants as available spots. Due to the high level of interest and the large number of excellent applications received, we have decided not to open an additional application round.