The 5th NExT forum was held on 10.02.2024 as a networking event on the day of action "International Day of Women and Girls in Science" in cooperation with the BU and ING departments and the PhD Council working group of the StuRa doctoral students of TU Dresden: https: //tu-dresden.de/ing/der-bereich/chancengerechtigkeit/veranstaltungen

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The fourth NExT forum on the topic of "Family and Career" took place on 28.11.2023. Participants at previous events had expressed particular interest in the topic. The representative of the Equal Opportunities and Diversity Unit, Franziska Schneider, provided information about the various offers at TU Dresden that expectant parents, family carers or partners, as well as people with special needs, can take advantage of. There was a particular focus on managing family life and a career at the same time, but same-sex relationships and single parenthood were also discussed. Numerous questions from the interested participants quickly led to a lively discussion, which was deepened in the networking part of the event. The exchange of personal experiences was combined with information on the services offered by TU Dresden. Prof. Dr. Andreas Hartmann's report on his start at the Institute of Groundwater Management with parental leave was particularly interesting. He vividly described how a dual career with two Chairs and a child can be successful.

(Text: Nele Kaiser, Anja Blüher, Franziska Walther)

At the third meeting of the POSTDOC Forum NExT of the BU and ING schools, exciting topics of both areas were again on the agenda. In addition, SLUB staff members were guests and provided information about consulting services and open access publication channels. At this point, a big thank you to all speakers.

INPUT - Open Access - Publication channels with the SLUB

• Caprice Thomas and Simone Gruner from the SLUB will give an overview of the topics secondary publication, possibilities to use the publication fund of the TU Dresden as well as Gold & Diamond Open Access. 

Speakers from the following areas

•  Maike Heitkamp-Mai (ING): Summer schools in the School of Engineering Sciences
• JProf. Anette Eltner (BU): Cross-scale environmental monitoring with geosensor systems
•  JProf. Verena Klös (ING):  Self-explaining cyber-physical systems.

 Exchange I Networking I Evaluation I Wishes I Participation

On 26.04.2023, the POSTDOCs of the School of BU and ING met for the second time and used the SLUB Open Science Lab for this purpose. This time, the focus of the agenda was on professional exchange with subsequent networking and getting to know each other. We would like to thank all speakers and guests whose contributions provided exciting insights into the diverse topics of both areas:

INPUT - interdisciplinary cooperation (20 min)

• School of Civil and Environmental Engineering BU ( Managing Director Andrè Lindner)  
• School of Engineering Sciences ING ( Research Manager A. Blüher)

Impulses (10 min each; total 60 min)

• Dr. Patrick Wordell-Dietrich (BU): Equipment Centre for Environmental Analysis - concentrated analytical technology for environmental research
• Dr.-Ing. Sabine Apelt (ING): Research topic: "Ice-repellent surfaces" and project initiative: "Summer School PHYTON for female engineers
• Dr. Samanthi Dijkstra-Silva (BU): "Sustainability transformation"
• Dr. Christian Richter (ING): "Construction Robotics

Impressions

The next NExT forum is already being planned for 05.07.2023. Interested parties are welcome to submit their wishes regarding the content to the organising team or to sign up for the mailing list so as not to miss any news about NExT.

On November 22, 2022, the kick-off event of the POSTDOC Forum NExT of the Schools of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Sciences took place. With the aim of establishing a platform for exchange, networking and training for postdocs from both structural units in the future, the equal opportunity officers of the two units invited interested young scientists to a first joint meeting.

The participants were given the opportunity to learn about the activities, organizational structures and research priorities of the areas as well as the content of the equal opportunities work. There was input on facts and figures from controlling from Peggy Kaiser. The project scouts from the SG Research Funding, Dr. Nicolle Seiffert and Dr. Rico Hickmann, gave an insight into the multitude of possibilities to acquire third-party funding in the various phases after the completion of the doctoral thesis. Attention was also drawn to the offers of the Graduate Academy and the European Project Center (EPC). Of course, networking and the exchange of ideas among each other were not to be neglected. Over snacks and tea, the participants were able to get to know each other better and engage in conversation.