Hans-Walter-Hennicke Lecture Competition

In remembrance of Prof. Dr. Hans-Walter Hennicke, the DKG has been awarding the Hans-Walter Hennicke Lecture Competition Award since 1995. With this prize, we honor the best lectures of young ceramists and academics on the topics of their final theses.

Participation is open to all graduates whose Bachelor, Master, Diploma or comparable final examination (no promotion) in the field of raw materials/ceramics at a college, academy or university, date back no longer than one year. Participation is free of charge for all speakers. It also includes participation in the DKG Annual Meeting and the Symposium for High-Performance Ceramics.

 

Requirements for a participation in the contest:

  • We are expecting a personal registration for this competition of the applicant / candidate.
  • Please hand in a short abstract with a maximum of 1.500 characters - Titles, authors, addresses, etc, are not included in this limitation - in English. Please refrain from writing the lecture title in uppercase letters, and make only thrifty use of sum formulas. There will be no proofreading. Please make sure that your Short Abstract is free of spelling mistakes. We only accept online applications submitted through www.2017.dkg.de. Please give your full name and your contact details, the topic of your lecture, the name of the establishment where you completed the thesis and the date of the examination. If some of the information is missing, your application may not be taken into account.
  • Only one candidate per facility can be accepted to the competition. If multiple applications are being presented by the same research or academic institution, the Program Committee will ask the head of your facility to make a personal decision.
  • It is possible that you will be asked by the DKG office to submit your application to a jury for professional assessment in advance.
  • All candidates will be informed about their admittance to the competition in due time via the email addresses in their user accounts.
  • Please note that your short abstract, slides and presentation need to be in English. The duration of the lecture will be exactly 15 minutes, unless otherwise agreed to by the Program Committee, followed by a 5-minute discussion. Keeping to the speaking times is an important assessment criterion for the DKG.
  • The assessment criteria are: content, structure and visual presentation, imagery, presentation style, timekeeping and discussion. For each criterion, the jury awards 1 to 4 points, so a presenter can reach a maximum of 24 points.
  • A laptop and a beamer will be made available to each speaker. If you need other means and tools for your lecture, please contact the DKG office in advance (congress@dkg.de).

The Hans-Walter Hennicke Lecture Competition is supported by Morgan Advanced Materials Haldenwanger GmbH

 

The sponsor of the contest offers the following financial awards for the three best lectures:

1st prize: 1.500 EUR
2nd prize: 1.000 EUR
3rd prize: 500 EUR