Green Talents

Green Talents Competition 2009

First "Green Talents" on tour in Germany from 31 August until 10 September 2009.

The German Federal Research Ministry's "Green Talents" award is directed at 15 outstanding scientific minds in the field of environmental technology. During the first week of September 2009 the winners were invited by Professor Annette Schavan, Federal Research Minister and the patron of the competition, to visit some of Germany's best-known environmental technology venues.

The "Green Talents" were shown around German universities, research institutions and companies involved in projects spanning various areas of technology, including fields such as global climate change, cleansing contaminated land, processing water and wastewater, and researching new fuels based on biomass and photovoltaics.

At the sixth BMBF Forum for Sustainability (FONA) in Hamburg, which represented the culmination of the "Green Talents Forum", Professor Frieder Meyer-Krahmer, State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), received the "Green Talents" and honoured them for their research work in their home countries.

  • Green Talents

    The winning scientists at a glance

    15 young researchers from around the world have won the Environmental Technology Competition "Green Talents" of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Here you can find a short profile of all "Green Talents".
    [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/en/318.php)
  • Green Talents

    The international forum

    During the "Green Talents Forum" the winners visit German universities, research institutes and companies and get to know exemplary projects from different fields of technology.
    [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/en/316.php)
  • Green Talents

    Jury members

    The 15 winners were selected by a jury of renowned German experts, whose members include Professor Martin Faulstich, Professor Thomas Hirth, Professor Beate Jessel, Professor Jürgen Mlynek, Professor Hermann Requardt and Professor Hans Joachim Schellnhuber.
    [more] (URL: http://www.dialogue4s.de/en/320.php)

Gallery 2009