Head of SILBERSALZ Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius | Prof. Dr Antje Boetius, Director, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) I Scientific Director of the SILBERSALZ Festival| SILBERSALZ Conference 2021

Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius

Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) / Scientific Director of the SILBERSALZ Festival

Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius is Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center of Marine and Polar Research; Germany’s national polar research center. She is a deep-sea and polar researcher and an expert of marine biogeochemistry, biological oceanography, deep-sea biology and marine microbial ecology. Her research focuses on the Changing Arctic ecosystem and on extreme habitats of the oceans.

She has participated in almost 50 expeditions on international research vessels and is currently focusing on issues of climate change impacts on the biogeochemistry and biodiversity of the Arctic Ocean.

Antje Boetius has been awarded with the Medaille de la Societe d’Oceanographie de France, the Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Prize of the German Science Foundation, the Advanced Grant of the European Research Council, among many other honors. She is a member of the German National Academy Leopoldina (Section Geology), and of two European academies, as well as an elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and of the American Academy of Microbiology. She supports the strategic development of Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD, "Science in Dialogue"), an initiative of the major German scientific associations, where she has been head of the steering committee since 2014. As a nonprofit organization, WiD promotes discussion and exchange about research in Germany.

Members

Prof. Peter Arens | Member of the Advisory Board | SILBERSALZ Conference 2020

Prof. Peter Arens

Head of the Department – TV-show „History and Science“, ZDF

Prof. Peter Arens, born 1961, is head of the department „History and Science“ in ZDF, which includes brands like Terra X, Leschs Kosmos, ZDF History, nano, Scobel and 37°. He was responsable for documentary series like „2057 – Living in the Future“ (2007), „The Germans“ (2008 und 2010), „Saga of Europe“ (2017) or „Journey of mankind“ (2019) about the history of migration. He has published several books, such as about the German Migration (2002) and the Middle Ages (2004). Since 2008 he is leading the degree programm TV Journalism at the Film Academy of Baden Württemberg in Ludwigsburg.

Mohamed Soliman Daoud

Science Communication & Development Officer I The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Mohamed Daoud has a decade of work experience in the field of science communication and engagement and is considered as one of the pioneers in the field in Egypt.  He is currently managing the Funlab, where he works on numerous community-led projects to break the wall between science and society. The projects are geared toward underprivileged, minorities, indigenous communities, and refugees to spark their curiosity to encourage more students to adopt science and technology career in the future. Mohamed achieved his master’s degree in science communication from the University of Manchester in 2018 through the prestigious UK Government Chevening Scholarship. His work has recently recognized to be one of the winners of Falling Walls Engage Breakthrough of the Year 2020.
Cedric Engels| Member of the Advisory Board | SILBERSALZ Conference 2021

Cedric Engels

Producer | Host | Consultant

Cedric Engels produces videos about science, technology and future topics published on his YouTube-Channel Doktor Whatson. With Twentytwo Film he is building his own production company in Cologne and works or customers as ZDF or the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Ann-Christin Hornberger | Member of the Advisory Board | SILBERSALZ Conference 2020

Ann-Christin Hornberger

Commissioning Editor, Science and Knowledge, ZDF / ARTE

Ann-Christin Hornberger is a Germanist and PR-commissioner. She has been working for the German broadcaster ZDF since 1992. In past years and as one of the first ARTE-commissioners she works for several ARTE slots like travelling formats Entdeckung and Wunderwelten, Zu Tisch and Wissenschaft. The science slot is about 52’ long and broadcasted on Saturday evening. And last but not least, her commissions include a plethora of award-winning science documentaries.

Franziska Hornig | Member of the Advisory Board

Franziska Hornig

Secretary General of the Leopoldina,

Franziska Hornig is the Secretary General of the Leopoldina, German National Academy of Sciences. 

Dr. Patrick Hörl | Member of the Advisory Board | SILBERSALZ Conference 2021

Dr. Patrick Hörl

Founder I General Manager, AUTENTIC

Dr. Patrick Hörl is the founder and Managing Director of the factual entertainment label Autentic GmbH. The company produces and distributes high quality factual shows and series for audiences around the world. Furthermore Hörl is MD of the two factual pay-tv channels Spiegel Geschichte and Spiegel TV Wissen, a joint venture between Autentic and Spiegel TV. Hörl is one of the founders of Vereins Documentary Campus e.V. and serves Chairman of the Board of Campus a pan-european advanced training programme for young filmmakers/aspirants in the fields of documentary film and factual entertainment. Additionally Hörl is member of the Board of Directors of the factual section of Produzentenallianz and of the Board of the World of Congress of Science and Factual Producers.

Patrick Klügel | Speaker at SILBERSALZ 2021

Patrick Klügel

Public Engagement Manager I Cyber Valley Initiative
Patrick Klügel is Public Engagement Manager at the Cyber Valley Initiative - Europe’s largest research cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). He develops interactive activities for scientists to proactively engage with citizens, politicians and civil society. After finishing his studies in German Literature at the University of Tübingen, he worked at the Robert Bosch Foundation. He initiated various projects at the interface between science and society. Patrick Klügel is a jury member of the Helmholtz Knowledge Transfer Program and founding member of the ArtinAI Association
Walter König | Member of the Advisory Board | SILBERSALZ Conference 2020

Walter Köhler

CEO, Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH

Walter Köhler – Producer, Founder & CEO – launched his production company Terra Mater Factual Studios in 2011. Since then, he has gained international recognition with more than 230 film awards, including an Emmy Award, several Panda Awards at Wildscreen, and Grand Teton Awards at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Köhler’s last industry coup was for his film, The Ivory Game, to be recognized on the Academy Award Best Documentary Feature Shortlist. His latest festival coup was the world premiere of Sea of Shadow at Sundance Festival in January 2019.

SILBERSALZ Kuratorium - Ivvet Modinou

Ivvet Modinou

Director, Outreach, Education & Engagement I Simons Foundation
Ivvet Modinou has been working in public engagement with science for nearly two decades. In her current role as Director of Outreach, Education & Engagement she leads public engagement for the Simons Foundation, including strategic oversight of Science Sandbox, a flagship grant-making program that seeks to inspire and engage those who do not identify as science enthusiasts.

Previously, at the British Science Association, she was the Head of Engagement overseeing their public programmes, including the British Science Festival and building their national community engagement portfolio. She also led the UK Science Festivals Network; a community of practice of over 40 independent science festivals across the country.

She spent 10 years working at the Natural History Museum, leading the development and implementation of the Museum’s science communication programme.

Ivvet has an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College London, and she has developed and delivered science communication training for researchers around the world. She has also been a reporter for the BBC World Service and a sub-editor at The Times. In her spare time, she has co-founded music discovery website richseam.com

Louis Savy | Member of the Advisory Board | SILBERSALZ Conference 2021

Louis Savy

Founder I Festival Director, SCI-FI-LONDON

Louis Savy is the founder and festival director of the London Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film, better known as SCI-FI-London. Louis champions creators to blend science fact and fiction for both entertainment and education, seeing the medium of film as a simple and accessible way to put across hard scientific concepts and look at possible outcomes from new developments. He has produced several films and also runs a major filmmaking competition as part of the festival, tasking people to create original science fiction films in just a weekend.