The VFF's student discussion evenings are a series of lectures in which VFF members talk to students at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg about specific research topics or experiences from their day-to-day work under the motto "Old hands discuss with young foxes". Students, company representatives and also citizens of the city of Freiberg are therefore addressed. The discussion evenings are organised in cooperation with the "Klubhaus alte Mensa e.V.". Participation is free of charge and all guests receive a free drink.

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Previous events:

• 15.11.2022: " Energy crisis in Germany - Why is Germany not using its considerable natural gas reserves?" with Prof. Dr Amro and
  Prof. Dr Kretzschmar
• 16.01.2020: " The new Silk Road: opportunity or trap for the world?" with Prof. Dr Horst Brezinski
• 04.11.2019: "New heights - the future of the lift" with Peter Eckert
• 16.05.2019: "The sunken locomotive in the Rhine" with Prof. Dr Bernhard Forkmann
• 14.11.2017: "'Trumponomics': The impact of President Trump's plans on the US and global economy" with Dr Daniel Schlothmann
• 09.05.2017: "Travelogue - salt deserts, sand deserts, concrete deserts: On the trail of the Bergakademie in America" with Friedrich Hanzsch and Matti Seifert
• 12.04.2016: "Career start. Everything you always wanted to know about starting and planning a career!" with Prof. Dr Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht and Prof. Dr Martin Gillo
• 29.04.2015: "Lack of money? Funding pots! How the VFF supports your study and research visits"
• 25 November 2014: "Energiewende - Marktgerecht? Systemically well thought out? Pros and cons" with Prof. Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht, Prof. Dr Hans-Jürgen Kretzschmar and Prof. Hans-Jürgen Block
• 29.04.2014: "Doping - Between hysteria and reality" with Prof. Dr Rudhard-Klaus Müller
• 04.02.2014: "Lignite in Central Germany - Between
  'Kippenmondlandschaft' and new lake paradise" with Prof. Dr Andreas Berkner
• 04.11.2013: "Fracking - the devil's stuff underground or a mining technology for the extraction of oil, gas and geothermal energy?" with Prof. Dr Hans-Jürgen Kretzschmar
• 10.06.2013: "Oil and gas soon all ... Petroleum engineers and similar professions threatened with extinction? / 100% renewable energies - are fossil fuels really a discontinued model?" with Prof Dr Matthias Reich and Prof Dr Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht