Name: 100th Anniversary of the Refrigeration Institute
Start: 2026-06-17T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-18T23:59:00+02:00
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100th Anniversary of the Refrigeration Institute

from Wednesday, June 17, 2026 (8:00 AM) to Thursday, June 18, 2026 (11:59 PM)

Monday, June 15, 2026
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Wednesday, June 17, 2026

1:00 PM Arrival, exhibition and registration

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Bldg. 11.40, Ground Floor
2:00 PM Centennial colloquium
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Johann-Gottfied-Tulla Lecture Hall, Bldg. 11.40, First Floor
Contributions

2:00 PM Music piece

2:05 PM Welcome - Steffen Grohmann (KIT, Head of Refrigeration and Cryogenics Unit)

2:15 PM 100 years road trip of the Refrigeration Institute ITTK - Steffen Grohmann (KIT, Head of Refrigeration and Cryogenics Unit)

2:30 PM Music piece

2:35 PM Welcome address by KIT - Anke-Susanne Müller (KIT, Vice Provost Research Infrastructures)

2:45 PM From Rudolf Plank to today: The IIR's journey and global role - Yosr Allouche (IIR President)

3:15 PM Rudolf Plank and the DKV - Rainer Jakobs (DKV Board Member)

3:30 PM An established partnership that delivers: ITTK and Liebherr - Matthias Wiest (Liebherr-Hausgeraete Ochsenhausen GmbH, Head of Technology)

3:40 PM Music piece

3:45 PM The road ahead - Steffen Grohmann (KIT, Head of Refrigeration and Cryogenics Unit)

4:00 PM Poster sparklers - Poster presenters
4:30 PM Break with poster session
Break with poster session
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

5:30 PM Reception and social gathering

5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: Adolf-Würth-Bldg. 11.30, Ground Floor
Thursday, June 18, 2026

8:45 AM Tours to KATRIN and KARA (Campus North): Groups CN.1 + CN.2
Groups CN.1 + CN.2
8:45 AM - 12:30 PM

9:00 AM Refrigeration Institute Lab Tours (Campus South): Lab Tour CS.1
Lab Tour CS.1
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

11:00 AM Refrigeration Institute Lab Tours (Campus South): Lab Tour CS.2
Lab Tour CS.2
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

1:45 PM Tours to KATRIN and KARA (Campus North): Groups CN.3 + CN.4
Groups CN.3 + CN.4
1:45 PM - 5:30 PM

2:00 PM Refrigeration Institute Lab Tours (Campus South): Lab Tour CS.3
Lab Tour CS.3
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

4:00 PM Refrigeration Institute Lab Tours (Campus South): Lab Tour CS.4
Lab Tour CS.4
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

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