PARLIAMENTARY EVENING MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN 2025

The German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) brings together 25 leading German marine research institutions with the aim of strengthening the sustainable management of coasts, seas, and the ocean.

On 11 November 2025, the DAM will provide an insight into its activities to members of the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as to representatives of ministries, non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders at a parliamentary evening in Schwerin. The parliamentarians will have the opportunity to ask their own questions in a dialogue between science and politics.

Program

• From 5:15 p.m.: Doors open
• 6:00 p.m.: Welcome address by Birgit Hesse, President of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
• Welcome address by Bettina Martin, Minister for Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
• Overview of the DAM and its significance for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Ulrich Bathmann, DAM
• Impulses from science
  • Sustainable management of the Baltic Sea — Research-based strategies in the context of climate change, species loss, and intensive use Oliver Zielinski, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde
  • Risk management in the Baltic Sea — Options for dealing with munitions contamination, natural hazards, and geopolitical tensions Margit Bussmann, University of Greifswald, and Sascha Kosleck, University of Rostock
• Panel discussion / Dialogue with politics and science
• Perspectives for the Baltic Sea — Knowledge-based solutions for the sustainable development of coasts and seas With: Bettina Martin, Minister for Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sascha Kosleck, University of Rostock I Daniel Stepputtis,
• Closing remarks Joachim Harms, DAM Chairman
• Followed by a get-together with flying buffet

Moderator: Lotta Polter, journalist and presenter

Participation in the event is by invitation only. If you are a politician and interested in attending, please contact us:

Contact: Paulina Conrad – conrad@allianz-meeresforschung.de