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NWK – Conference for Academic Talents

NWK stands for the Academic Talent Conference. Young researchers can present their research findings to a wide audience in the form of talks and posters. The conference takes place at a different university each year. HSMW hosted the event in 2017 and 2024.

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We will provide information here in good time about the next conference for academic talent.

We have hosted young researchers on two occasions

The NWK at the HSMW

13–14 June 2024

24. NWK

The NWK 2024 at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences

Just under 170 participants from 22 universities and higher education institutions across Germany came to Mittweida to present their research, experience applied research and network. ā€œThis is where the horizon lies – just look beyond it,ā€ read the message on the bags that everyone received at the conference. The young researchers presented their topics in 48 talks across twelve sessions and four parallel events, as well as through ten posters. 

Over the course of the evening, participants were given a glimpse into applied research at the Laser Institute at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, where they could collect their very own personalised spoon as a souvenir of NWK24.

A PhD seminar was held on 14 June to mark PhD Students’ Day. As well as opportunities and risks, strategies and methods for the doctoral project, the seminar also addressed issues of funding, future career prospects (such as spin-offs) and the sharing of experiences by the doctoral candidates themselves, as well as opportunities for international networking and cooperation during their studies.

31 May 2017

18. NWK

Creative minds for the business world are the best outcome of Universities of Applied Sciences (UoAS)  ā€“ this was the view expressed by Saxony’s Minister for Science and the Arts, Dr Eva-Maria Stange, in her welcoming address as patron of the conference during the morning opening session of the 18th Young Researchers’ Conference (NWK) on 31 May at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences.

Following this, the more than 80 young researchers participating in the conference demonstrated that they lived up to expectations. They had previously submitted their research papers as full papers to a jury of 44 expert reviewers from research institutions, universities and colleges for evaluation via a peer-review process. The best of them were invited to the conference in Mittweida.

In 48 presentations across three sessions – with up to five parallel sessions at times – the young researchers then presented their topics to an audience of over 200 participants in total.

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