The event, kindly supported by the International House of Artists Villa Concordia, is open to the public and free of charge for everyone with  registration by May 16, 2025by phone at 0951 / 87-1003 or by e-mail to: kontakt(at)universitaetsbund-bamberg.de. Please note: The Künstlerhaus is not barrier-free and there is no parking available. The nearest underground parking garage is called “Geyerswörth”.

Welcome: Nora-Eugenie Gomringer, M.A. - Director Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia and Lord Mayor Andreas Starke - President of the Universitätsbund Bamberg e.V.

Keynote speech: Prof. Dr. Cordula Artelt - Director of the Leibnitz Institute for Educational Trajectories at the University of Bamberg (LIfBi): "The Leibnitz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) in Bamberg. The path from NEPS project to central institution of educational research in Germany."

Music: “Swept Through the Floods” for violin and electronics (2023) by Judith Ring (Villa Concordia Scholarship 2024/25). Violin: Rebekka Wagner.

Closing words: Prof. Dr. Kai Fischbach - President of the Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg.

Afterwards there will be a small reception.