Words of Welcome – ELLIS Unit JENA

Words of Welcome

The Words of Welcome open the ELLIS Unit Jena Summer School by setting the stage for an inspiring week. They highlight the school’s goals, introduce its themes, and invite participants to connect, exchange ideas, and engage in a vibrant dialogue across AI and environmental sciences.

Thomas Pertsch

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

Joachim Denzler

Founding Director, ELLIS Unit Jena, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

Markus Reichstein

Founding Director, ELLIS Unit Jena, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany

Ioannis Papoutsis

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