Conference Agenda

Session Overview

Date: Monday, 17/Nov/2025
9:00am - 5:00pm	Excursion 1: Day trip: Seasonal crystalline geothermal probe storage facility at TU Darmstadt & GeoLaB rock laboratory in the Odenwald Chair: Ingo Sass Start & Ending: House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM) Costs: 50 € Participants: max. 30

Date: Tuesday, 18/Nov/2025
8:00am - 9:00am	Registration and Welcome Coffee Location: Foyer
9:00am - 10:40am	WS1: ATES Projekt DemoSpeicher Location: HOLM_maX 1 Chair: Detlev Rettenmaier	WS2: Nutzung von Glasfaserkabeln (GFK-Monitor) Location: HOLM_maX 2 Chair: Kai Zosseder	WS3: Opportunities, goals and challenges for geothermal energy in Frankfurt am Main Location: Open Lounge	WS4: Artificial Intelligence in the Geothermal Sector: Practical Pathways and Real-World Applications Location: Gottlieb Daimler Chair: Sepehr Sangin
10:40am - 11:10am	Coffee Break Location: Foyer
11:10am - 12:50pm	WS1b: ATES Projekt DemoSpeicher Location: HOLM_maX 1 Chair: Detlev Rettenmaier	WS2b: Nutzung von Glasfaserkabeln (GFK-Monitor) Location: HOLM_maX 2 Chair: Kai Zosseder	WS5: Construction and drilling technology in near-surface geothermal energy Location: Open Lounge Chair: Christoph Knepel	WS6: WING-Workshop Location: Gottlieb Daimler Chair: Simona Regenspurg
12:50pm - 2:00pm	Lunch Break Location: Foyer
2:00pm - 3:40pm	WS7: Gamechanger Multistage Stimulation – New Opportunities for EGS in Germany?! Location: HOLM_maX 1 Chair: Nora Medgyesi	WS8: Geothermal energy for a future-proof heat supply Location: HOLM_maX 2 Chair: Volker Monser	WS9: TRANSGEO – Reuse of hydrocarbon wells for geothermal energy: Results of the potential analysis in the North German Basin and the Molasse Basin Location: Open Lounge Chair: Katrin Sieron	WS10: Planning software for geothermal probe systems - challenges in neighbourhoods Location: Gottlieb Daimler Chair: Anke Bucher
3:40pm - 4:10pm	Coffee Break Location: Foyer
4:10pm - 5:50pm	WS7b: Gamechanger Multistage Stimulation – New Opportunities for EGS in Germany?! Location: HOLM_maX 1 Chair: Nora Medgyesi	WS11: Geothermal Action Plan Location: HOLM_maX 2 Chair: Sanjeev Kumar	WS9b: TRANSGEO – Reuse of hydrocarbon wells for geothermal energy: Results of the potential analysis in the North German Basin and the Molasse Basin Location: Open Lounge Chair: Katrin Sieron	WS12 Initiativen der Länder Location: Gottlieb Daimler Chair: Ingo Schäfer
6:00pm - 10:30pm	Icebreaker Evening Location: Foyer

Date: Wednesday, 19/Nov/2025
7:30am - 9:00am	Registration and Welcome Coffee Location: Foyer
8:00am	Poster-Exhibition Location: Future Aviation Lab & 6th Floor
9:00am - 10:40am	Opening Session Location: HOLM_maX 1&2 Chair: Gregor Dilger
10:40am - 11:10am	Coffee Break Location: Foyer
11:10am - 12:50pm	Forum Hessen Location: HOLM_maX 1 Chair: Lisa Körner	Postersession \| Short Presentations Location: HOLM_maX 2 Chair: Horst Rüter	Spotlight on the Partner Country: UK-Forum 1 (engl.) Location: Open Lounge	Forum 01: Oberflächennahe Geothermie - Quartierslösungen und Wärmenetze Location: Gottlieb Daimler
12:50pm - 2:00pm	Lunch Break Location: Foyer
2:00pm - 3:40pm	Forum 02: Das Forschungsvorhaben GeoLab Location: HOLM_maX 1	Forum 03: Exploration und geologische Daten Location: HOLM_maX 2 Chair: Ingo Schäfer	Spotlight on the Partner Country: UK-Forum 2 (engl.) Location: Open Lounge	Forum 04: Design and Modelling of BHE Systems Location: Gottlieb Daimler	Science Bar Tour Location: Future Aviation Lab
3:40pm - 4:10pm	Coffee Break Location: Foyer
4:10pm - 5:50pm	Forum 05: Regionale Aspekte der Tiefen Geothermie Location: HOLM_maX 1	Forum 06: Reservoir Charakterisation Location: HOLM_maX 2	Spotlight on the Partner Country: UK-Forum 3 (engl.) Location: Open Lounge	Forum 07: Genehmigungspraxis und rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen Location: Gottlieb Daimler
6:30pm - 7:30pm	Admission Conference Dinner
7:00pm - 10:00pm	Conference Dinner and Award Ceremony

Date: Thursday, 20/Nov/2025
8:00am	Poster-Exhibition Location: Future Aviation Lab & 6th Floor All Posters here
8:00am - 9:00am	Registration and Welcome Coffee Location: Foyer
9:00am - 10:40am	Forum 08: Tiefbohrtechnik (DE) Location: HOLM_maX 1	Forum 09: Exploitation, Scaling, Corrosion and Modelling (engl.) Location: HOLM_maX 2 Chair: Thomas Gruner	Forum 10: Regionale Konzepte und Fallbeispiele der Tiefen Geothermie Location: Open Lounge	Forum 11: Acceptance and Environment Protection in Near Surface Geothermics Location: Gottlieb Daimler
10:40am - 11:10am	Coffee Break Location: Foyer
11:10am - 12:50pm	Forum 12: Monitoring and induced seismicity Location: HOLM_maX 1	Forum 13: Drilling Technology, Borehole Management and Closed Systems (engl.) Location: HOLM_maX 2	Forum 14: Petrothermale Systeme (EGS) Location: Open Lounge	Forum 15: Economy and Project Management Location: Gottlieb Daimler
12:50pm - 2:00pm	Lunch Break Location: Foyer
2:00pm - 3:40pm	Forum 16: Special Approaches in Deep Geothermics Location: HOLM_maX 1	Forum 17: Monitoring and Seismology (engl.) Location: HOLM_maX 2	Forum 18: Miscellaenous Topics (engl.) Location: Open Lounge	Forum 19: Aquiferspeicher (ATES) Location: Gottlieb Daimler
3:40pm - 4:10pm	Coffee Break Location: Foyer
4:10pm - 5:50pm	Forum 20: Übertägige Anlagen und Wärmepumpen Location: HOLM_maX 1	Forum 21: Reservoir Evaluation (engl.) Location: HOLM_maX 2	Forum 22: Energy Storage and Disctrict Heating (engl.) Location: Open Lounge	Forum 23: Untergrundspeicher (UTES) Location: Gottlieb Daimler

Date: Friday, 21/Nov/2025
7:30am - 12:15pm	Excursion 3: Tour of the EnBW geothermal power plant in Bruchsal Start & Ende: House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM) Costs: 30 € Participants: max. 35
9:00am - 12:00pm	Excursion 2: Exkursion zum Rebstockbad und dem Projekt SEED Start: SEED, Pariser Str. 5, Europaviertel, 60486 Frankfurt am Main End: Zum Rebstockbad 7, 60486 Frankfurt am Main Cost: €30 Participants: max. 40