Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen. “The Art of Harnessing Dark Energy: Symbioses between Chemosynthetic Bacteria and Marine Invertebrates”

Prof. Dr. Maureen Raymo, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University: “What can past warm periods tell us about the stability of polar ice sheets?"

Prof. Dr. Rachael James, Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, UK: “Negative Emissions: Removing Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere”

Prof. Dr. Robin Teigland, Chalmers Unviersity of Technology, Sweden: "From Ocean Data Factory to Peniche Ocean Watch: Research and Engaged Scholarship within Data Science"

Dr. Marion Jegen: “Grundwasser unter dem Meer - eine Chance für trockene Küstenregionen“