Science Café: Virtual scientific exchange between the continents

The WKS Bavaria-Québec/Alberta/International at BayFOR regularly invites guests to a virtual dialog on current topics of the international research cooperation between its partner regions.

In times of COVID19, scientific networking missions could hardly be carried out. The Scientific Coordination Office (WKS) Bavaria-Québec/Alberta/International at BayFOR therefore launched a new platform, the virtual “Science Café”, which maintained the dialog on current topics of research cooperation between its partner regions. 

The virtual Science cafés will remain active in 2025. 

In the Science Cafés, researchers, research and innovation administrators, business and governmental representatives discuss their project work, challenges in international research cooperation, progress in the projects, thematic priorities and new perspectives.

The Science Cafés welcome new guest speakers each time, who give a presentation outlining their research interests and experiences and then exchange ideas with the audience. The Science Cafés are short and recurrent by intention. They want to enable regular contact in a small format and support interpersonal, stimulating dialog – again and again.

 "Our friends at Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFOR) GmbH initiated the #Forschungscafé, a regular opportunity for small groups of scientists to meet virtually and discuss ideas, challenges and opportunities in an informal setting. […] I have been a guest myself 3 times and can attest that it is not only insightful and informative, but also great fun!"
(Jennifer E. Decker, ehem. Konsulin und Vertreterin des National Research Council Canada, Deutschland, on LinkedIn)

Science Café "Advanced Optimization Methods for Mobile Robot Management in Factories and Warehouses: Project Updates" on May 15, 2025

For the next Forschungscafé of 2025, we are pleased to welcome back Alena Otto, newly appointed Professor of Advanced Analytics in Manufacturing Management at TUM Campus Heilbronn, and Michel Gendreau, Professor of Operations Research and Management Science at Polytechnique Montréal. Together, they will report on their joint bilateral project dedicated to “Advanced optimization methods for mobile robot management in factories and warehouses”.

Here you can find the Science Café program.

Event format

Videoconference, 30 minutes, Thursdays 2:00 – 2:30 pm (CEST)

Event language

English

Date & Time of the next Science Café

Thursday, May 15, 2025, 2:00 – 2:30 pm (CEST)

Registration & Participation

To facilitate personal interaction, the number of participants in the individual Science Cafés is limited.
Please register for the next Science Café by May 14, 2025 by e-mail: bayern-quebec@bayfor.org

Upcoming Science Cafés

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Previous Science Cafés

• 27.02.2025, Forschungscafé with Georg Nagel, AiF Projekt GmbH (ZIM), and Andrew Bauder, NRC-IRAP, on the topic of “15th Call for proposals for joint R&D projects between Germany and Canada”
• 23.01.2025, Science Café with Nico Goller, Project Manager, Innovation Management at Bayern Innovativ, on the topic of “Technology Trend Scouting Canada and Cooperation Opportunities”