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Every year in Spring, companies with technical departments and technical training facilities, universities, and research centers are invited to organize an open day for girls only – Girls'Day. Girls'Day – 'Future Prospects for Girls' initiated a large campaign in which a wide range of professions and activities are presented to girls. By taking part in Girls’Day, girls shall be particularly motivated and encouraged to seize their career options and to decide in favor of a qualified apprenticeship or degree. Subsequently, they choose an occupation even in professional fields that are presently not typically staffed with females.

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We, the CRC 912 and the cfaed Cluster of Excellence would like to encourage girls to have a look in an area that is not typically female. Therefore, the CRC 912 and cfaed organized, in collaboration with the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, the event “Zukunft von morgen”. We were thrilled that twenty motivated girls enrolled for this event. Scientists of computer science, electrical engineering and materials science showed the girls in demonstrations and presentations, how a smart phone works, how and why we can fly with a superconducting maglev train, how a remote-controlled robot can pick up objects out of a closet and why a chemo chip is used in medicine.

It was great to see that the girls were interested in the lectures and demonstrations, and did not hesitate to ask lots of questions. In the end, their feedback was very positive and they unanimously declared that they would definitely participate again next year. A big thank you to everybody who helped organize and support the day.

Girls' Day 2014