On Jan, 28th, SILBERSALZ's advisory board gathered for the first time to start the preparations of this years edition of the international science & media festival and conference.
Head of the Advisory Board:
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius: Head of the Board and Head of Science SILBERSALZ ; Director Alfred Wegner Institute
We are honored to introduce its members:
Dr. Liat Ben David: Professor in Education at Weizmann Institute of Science
Steve Burns: CuriosityStream Programming
Cedric Engels: Science YouTuber “Mr. Whatson”
Dr. Patrick Hörl: CEO Autentic
Ann-Christin Hornberger: Commissioning Editor ZDF/arte
Walther Köhler: CEO Terra Mater Factual Studios
Prof. Dr. Sandra Richter: Director Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach
Louis Savy: Founder & Director of Sci-Fi-London Festival
Prof. Dr. William Uricchio: Professor for Comparative Media Studies at MIT
Caroline Wichmann: Director of the Department of Press and Public Relations at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Find the board members CV here.
The advisory board will support the organizing team in order to create an appealing program of both, the SILBERSALZ conference and the public program – and are also ambassadors of the science & media film festival.