Everything That Happened in Six Days

The EFFEKTE-Reihe kicked off in the evening with “Medicine in Transition: Precise, Connected, Personalized.” The lecture focused on the use of artificial intelligence and robotics in healthcare, modern techniques in joint replacement surgery, and personalized rehabilitation. Among the speakers was our MuT spokesperson, Prof. Dr. Darko Jekauc, from the Institute of Sports and Sports Science (IfSS), who presented his research project INNOVARE.

The design of future cities was also a key focus: At MuT2Go, SaeBom Song, a member of the CuKnow graduate school, spoke about smart cities, technological developments, and how these influence urban transformation and social power dynamics. At the Citizen Science MEET UP, participants discussed the opportunities and challenges of citizen science projects with young people.

A major highlight was the opening of KIT spark – co-creating futures, which, with a celebratory spark, paved the way for a new space for collaborative research between science and society. On Saturday, interested visitors also had the opportunity to learn about KIT’s reality labs in an exhibition and try out projects on site.

During the Late-Night-Show “STULLE – wissenschaftlich belegt,” Prof. Dr. Daniel Lang (MuT spokesperson from the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis ITAS) and Prof. Dr. Kathrin Gerling shared insights into their research on sustainability, reality labs, and accessibility.

Six days full of new perspectives, exciting conversations, and ideas are now behind us. A big thank you to everyone involved who made the Real:labor Festival 3.0 possible through their contributions, their time, and their dedication. We’re taking many new ideas with us and are eager to see what projects and connections will emerge from them.