MAXCINE FESTIVAL
Creating links between science, culture and youth for 15 years
October 2 - 7, 2025
We celebrated MaxCine's anniversary festival at a place where new knowledge for the future is created. We brought science to life for everyone and created a lively community around MaxCine, the center for communication and exchange at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Radolfzell.
For one week, we exchanged ideas, learned, informed, listened, talked, saw, drew, danceed, lived together and discussed - in the middle of nature.
There were lecture rooms, a research and art camp for young people, exhibitions between art and science, exciting discussion rounds, a knowledge café and various workshops ranging from transmitter construction to scientific drawing, insights into animal families, icon painting and understanding the lives and ways of animals.
From October 3-5, 2025, the MaxCine Festival was held at the old mill at Wasserschloss Möggingen with great success. Approximately 500 visitors took advantage of the offerings each day. Overall, the festival was a very important contribution to the outreach in the region for the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. Many thanks to everyone who became part of the festival by attending!
The MaxCine team would also like to express its sincere thanks to all those who helped with the preparation, implementation, and dismantling of the festival. Without the great commitment of the organizing team and the support of the three departments of the institute, the festival could not have taken place in this form. All the speakers in the lectures, workshops, and at the illustrative stations were first-class and contributed significantly to the success of the event. Thank you very much!
We would like to express our sincere thanks to everyone who supported us and the event!
Here you can register for the events:
Overview of all events
Tue 07 Octmit Dr. Javier Lazaro Ab Klassenstufe 6
Tue 07 Octmit dem Naturfotografen Christian Ziegler Ab Klassenstufe 7
Tue 07 Octmit dem IT-Experten des Instituts Robert Weber Ab Klassenstufe 8
Tue 07 Octmit Young Scientist und Biologin Anna Schneider Ab Klassenstufe 6
Tue 07 Octmit Dr. Angela Albi Ab Klassenstufe 9
Tue 07 Octmit Dr. Jesko Partecke Ab Klassenstufe 6- Mon 06 Octmit Dr. Javier Lazaro Ab Klassenstufe 6
Mon 06 Octmit Dr. Liang Li Ab Klassenstufe 10
Mon 06 Octmit Richard Young Ab Klassenstufe 8
Mon 06 Octmit Gopika Ranjith Ab Klassenstufe 8
Mon 06 Octmit Dr. Timm Wild Ab Klassenstufe 6
Mon 06 Octmit Dr. Wolfgang Fiedler Ab Klassenstufe 6
Sun 05 Oct3. Diskussionsrunde A "thinking-along-conversation" mit wechselnden Gästen
Sun 05 OctVon Fischen und Faschisten: Wie Schwarmintelligenz funktioniert und warum uns das interessieren sollte von Prof. Dr. Iain Couzin FRS
Sun 05 OctTierisch gute Roboter - Biologie verstehen durch Robotik mit Dr. Liang Li
Sun 05 Octvon Dr. Andrea Flack
Sun 05 Octwith Young Scientist Miriam Rupp