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Programme 2024

SUNDAY, January 21, 2024

from 15:00		ARRIVAL
16:09	Tegernsee train station	Shuttle 1 to the castle

17:09	Tegernsee train station	Shuttle 2 to the castle

18:09	Tegernsee train station	Shuttle 3 to the castle

19:00	Gartenzimmer	Get Together (snack bar)

MONDAY, January 22, 2024

8:00–8:45	Speisesaal	Breakfast
8:45	Konferenzraum	Welcome to the MSIT. Dr. Svitlana Iljenko (MSI, Germany) and Dr. Andy Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)
		MSIT Winter School	MSIT Workshop
9:00		Principles of Chemical Thermodynamics Prof. Lesley Cornish (Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
10:20	Konferenzgebäude	Coffee & Poster Session
10:40	Konferenzraum	Phase Equilibria and Phase Diagrams, Part 1 Prof. Andreas Leineweber, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
12:30	Speisesaal	Lunch
14:00	Konferenzraum	Phase Equilibria and Phase Diagrams, Part 2 with practical session Prof. Andreas Leineweber, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
15:10	Konferenzraum	Application of Density Functional Theory in the Context of Phase Diagram Modelling Dr. Tilmann Hickel, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany; BAM Div.6.4 Materials Informatics	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
16:10	Konferenzgebäude	Coffee & Poster Session
16:30	Konferenzraum	Crystallography, Part 1 Dr. Vitaliy Romaka (Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Germany)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
18:30	Speisesaal	Dinner

TUESDAY, January 23, 2024

8:00 – 8:45	Speisesaal	Breakfast
8:45	Konferenzraum	Crystallography, Part 2 Dr. Vitaliy Romaka (Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Germany)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
9:45	Konferenzraum	Experimental Determination of Phase Diagrams, Part 1 Dr. Frank Stein (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
10:30	Konferenzgebäude	Coffee & Poster Session
10:50	Konferenzraum	Experimental Determination of Phase Diagrams, Part 2 incl. practical session - analysis of data Dr. Frank Stein (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany) and Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India);	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
12:30	Speisesaal	Lunch
14:00	Konferenzraum	Experimental Methods in Thermodynamics, incl. practical session - analysis of data Dr. Alexander Pisch (SIMaP, UGA-CNRS-Grenoble INP, France)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
15:30	Konferenzraum	Phase Diagram Modelling. Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, Hampton, UK)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
16:00	Konferenzgebäude	Coffee & Poster Session
16:20	Konferenzraum	Introduction to Pandat. Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, Hampton, UK)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
17:20	Konferenzraum	General Thermodynamic Aspects of Phase Diagrams . Prof. Klaus Hack (GTT Technologies, Aachen, Germany)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
18:30	Speisesaal	Dinner
20:00	Konferenzraum	Diffusion Controlled Phase Transformations and Precipitation Reactions. Dr. Andre Schneider (Thermo-Calc Software, Solna, Stockholm)
21:00	Speisesaal	Feuerzangenbowle

WEDNESDAY, January 24, 2024

8:00 – 8:45	Speisesaal	Breakfast
8:45	Konferenzraum	Description of Datafiles for Optimisation. Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
9:30	Konferenzraum	Theory of Optimisation Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India); Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)
10:15	Gartenzimmer	Coffee
10:35	Konferenzraum	Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India); Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
12:30	Speisesaal	Lunch
14:00	Konferenzraum/ Grüner Seminarraum	Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria. Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India); Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
16:00	Gartenzimmer	Coffee
16:20	Konferenzraum	Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria. Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India); Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
18:30	Speisesaal	Dinner

THURSDAY, January 25, 2024

8:00 –8:45	Speisesaal	Breakfast
8:45	Konferenzraum	Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria. Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India); Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data (allocated group rooms)
10:15	Gartenzimmer	Coffee
10:35	allocated group rooms	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data. Participants of the Winter School join groups for evaluation work.
12:30	Speisesaal	Lunch
14:00	Konferenzraum	Problems and Pit Falls in Evaluating Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Data; Dr. Liya Dreval (MSI GmbH, Germany) for participants of the Winter School and the Workshop
15:00	allocated group rooms	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data. Participants of the Winter School join groups for evaluation work.
16:00	Gartenzimmer	Coffee
16:20	allocated group rooms	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data. Participants of the Winter School join groups for evaluation work
17:30	Fireplace ground floor	Guided tour through the Castle of Ringberg
18:30	Speisesaal	Dinner (Bavarian buffet)

FRIDAY, January 26, 2024

8:00 – 8:45	Speisesaal	Breakfast
before 9:00		Clear rooms before 9:00
8:45	Re-allocated group rooms	Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data. Participants of the Winter School join groups for evaluation work
10:00	Gartenzimmer	Coffee
10:20	Konferenzraum Chair: Dr. Liya Dreval	Group Reporting
11:45	Konferenzraum	Closing of the Winter School and the Workshop
12:00	Speisesaal	Lunch
After lunch		Departure