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PIER Innovation Lunch Talks: Starting and Running a Hardware-based Start-Up

22 November 2018

Desy Hamburg

What are challenges and pitfalls in technical sales? What is it like from an expat’s perspective to run a startup in Germany? These and other questions will be answered by Haynes Cheng, CTO of the DESY spin-off Cycle GmbH, during the next PIER Innovation Lunch Talk Date&Venue 22 November 2018, 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. Campus Bahrenfeld CFEL, SR1

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Alexander Knetsch receives doctoral students' prize

20 November 2018

From left: DESY Director Helmut Dosch, awardees Alexander Knetsch and Stefan Zeller, F. Büßer, Chairperson of the VFFD. Photo: DESY/B. Stachowske

Association of the Friends and Supporters of DESY presents doctoral students’ prize Alexander Knetsch and Stefan Zeller have been awarded the 2018 doctoral students’ prize by the Association of the Friends and Supporters of DESY (VFFD). The prize was presented to them yesterday evening as part of DESY’s Science Day in recognition of their excellent ...

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PIER Innovation Lunch Talks: What Does the Perfect Pitch Look Like?

25 October 2018

Photograph: rawpixel on Unsplash

How can I convince others of my business idea within just a few minutes? What are essential elements of a successful pitch? These and other questions will be answered by Bianca Praetorius, a private pitch coach with long-standing experience in coaching tech start-ups, during the next PIER Innovation Lunch Talk. Join us for a get-together after the talk, discuss further ...

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PIER Dates

 11 Dec. 2018 14:00
PhD defense:Commissioning and Characterization of the first DSSC ladder X-ray camera prototype for the European XFEL
Speaker: Mattia Donato
Location: Gebäude 1b, 2.OG, Seminarraum 4b
11 Dec. 2018 18:00
PIER PhD Reception 2018
Location: Foyer
12 Dec. 2018 12:00
DOIT lunch talk
Location: Großer Gästespeisesaal
17 Dec. 2018 to 21 Dec. 2018
C++ for PhD students
Location: Seminar room 3
19 Dec. 2018 10:00
PIER PhD Seminar 2018 (winter)
Location: building 61 (PIER Office), room 116
19 Dec. 2018 13:00
PhD defense:Calibration and Analysis of Data taken with the Technological Prototype of the Analog Hadron Calorimeter (AHCAL) for a Detector at the International Linear Collider
Speaker: Ambra Provenza
Location: Gebäude 1b, Seminarraum 4ab,
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Research Funding

With the PIER Idea Fund, Universität Hamburg and DESY promote the development of future joint research projects.

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Innovation

PIER offers a variety of event formats and activities in order to foster an innovation-friendly culture on the Hamburg Bahrenfeld campus.

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Education

PIER Helmholtz Graduate School (PHGS) offers a wide variety of services for PhD students on the Hamburg Bahrenfeld campus.

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