Honorary colloquium to mark the 90th birthday of Prof. Ernst Schlegel

To mark the 90th birthday of former Rector Prof. (ret.) Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h. c. Ernst Schlegel, the TU Bergakademie Freiberg is hosting a commemorative colloquium on 6 November 2026.

Programmes

11.00 am 

Opening and welcome address by Prof. Dr Jutta Emes, Rector 

Laudatory address 

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. habil. Dr. h. c. Hans Wiesmeth, former President of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig 

Welcoming addresses 

Prof. Dr Andreas Bräuer, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering and Energy Engineering 

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christos G. Aneziris, Professor of Ceramics, Refractories and Metal-Ceramic Composites 

Professor Schlegel and his students 

Dr Steffen Möhmel, Villach (Austria) “Alumina cement-bonded refractory concretes – composition, installation and application” 

Dr Tobias Hölscher, Bad Lippspringe, Calsitherm GmbH “Calcium silicate – a material with many facets” 

A look back 

Prof. (ret.) Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr. h.c. Ernst Schlegel 

Closing remarks 

Prof. Dr. Jutta Emes 

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christos G. Aneziris 

Champagne reception

Please register by 15 October at referentin [at] tu-freiberg [dot] de (referentin[at]tu-freiberg[dot]de)