PartWiss25: Research Together – Impulses from Citizen Science, Participatory and Transdisciplinary Research | Conference 2025 in Leipzig

Annika Vogel and Verena Arndt will present the project at the Science Marketplace.

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Silbersalz Festival Halle - Science & Media Festival | Halle (Saale)

The Silbersalz Festival offers inspiring films, exciting conversations, exhibitions and events at several locations in Halle (Saale) from 29.10. – 02.11.2025, bringing scientific topics to life. The goal is to make science accessible to everyone and promote active engagement with its significance in our society. MeineWaldKI will be present at the Science Market.

Senior College Dessau | Campus Dessau, Building 04 Bill-Haus, Lecture Hall 114

The Senior College of Anhalt University invites you to a diverse lecture series every semester. On October 16th from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm, Prof. Dr. Groß and Verena Arndt will present the MeineWaldKI project. All interested persons are cordially invited! Participation is free of charge.

Discover the Autumn Forest: The Second MeineWaldKI Challenge in Cooperation with Outdooractive

Just in time for the start of autumn until November 16, 2025, you can participate in the challenge „Discover the Autumn Forest“ in the Outdooractive app and contribute to the MeineWaldKI project! Take photos of forests – wherever you might be traveling in Europe and help scientists collect data for forest condition assessment.

Participation and important information at: https://www.outdooractive.com/de/challenge/entdecke-den-herbstwald/808750738/

Future Forest Forum 2025- Europe's leading conference for forestry and nature technology | Blankenburg (Harz)

The Future Forest Forum 2025 is Europe's leading conference for forestry and NatureTech in Blankenburg (Harz).

Henrike Wild and Florian Cordt will represent MeineWaldKI at the innovation fair.

For more information, visit: https://forum.futureforest.de/

University Information Day at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Köthen Campus

Join us at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences Information Day, where you can discover more about MeineWaldKI and take part in interactive activities in Room 202 at the Faculty of Computer Science and Languages, Lohmannstr. 23, Köthen.

For more information, please visit: https://www.hs-anhalt.de/hochschule-anhalt/aktuelles/hochschulinformationstage/hochschulinformationstag-am-campus-koethen.html

"Aktiv für den Wald": MeineWaldKI Challenge in partnership with Outdooractive

On 24. Mai 2025, European Day of Parks, we will be launching a new initiative. The aim of the participatory action „Aktiv für den Wald“ (engl. "active for the forest") is to collect as many forest photos as possible to gather data on the condition of Germany's forests.

Participation is possible nationwide, but the campaign will play a particularly important role in the Biosphere Reserve Karstlandschaft Südharz, as it is one of the project's model regions.

All you need to participate is your smartphone's camera. By accepting this challenge, you will be making a valuable contribution to the investigation of forest conditions. The „Aktiv für den Wald“ challenge will run for one month. The more photos submitted, the better. Every photo counts! Together, we can achieve more!

Participate here: https://www.outdooractive.com/de/challenge/aktiv-fuer-den-wald-zum-european-day-of-parks-die-forschung-unterstuetzen/807442880/

Small Symposium on Water and Forest at the NABU Forest Institute Blankenburg

Prof. Dr. Markus Meyer: »Visiting Forests and Nature Conservation Oriented Forest Monitoring - How Can Both be Combined?«

science cube: Science is not a black box.

Annika Vogel & Verena Arndt: The "Open Academy" education programme offers everyone who is interested the chance to develop their skills in science communication, alongside their work or studies. Collaborating with researchers and professional communication coaches, the participants create engaging, participatory formats for science communication, with a focus on research projects in the Central German Mining Region.

2025 Hannover Messe 2025 Hall 2 / Stand C16

Visit us at the "Forschung für die Zukunft" (engl. "Research for the Future") joint stand, where we will be exhibiting our project "MeineWaldKI – Forest Monitoring through Community Engagement and AI".

SmartForest Conference 2025 TU Munich, Freising

Verena Arndt & Philipp Plamper: »MeineWaldKI: A Citizen Science Approach for Forest Condition Assessment using Artificial Intelligence«

Annika Vogel: »Forests and Society: Preliminary Findings from a Study on Public Perceptions of Forests«

Henrike Wild: »FFH-Monitoring during Climate Change: Is Current Monitoring Adequate for Capturing Climate-Driven Changes?«