Key stakeholders and partners
The initiators of the Einstein Year are the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF) and The Science in Dialogue, (Wissenschaft im Dialog, WiD) initiative.
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research has been organising the “Science Years” since 2000 in cooperation with The Science in Dialogue (WiD) initiative. The objective of the Science Years is to showcase the benefit of science for society. During the previous five Science Years – “Year of Physics”, “Year of the Life Sciences”, “Year of the Geosciences,” “Year of Chemistry” and “Year of Technology” – information on current topics and important research in the five branches of sciences was distributed, and a contribution towards a more innovation-friendly climate made. So far, it was individual disciplines that were made the focus of the Science Years – now, with 2005, the Einstein Year, for the first time a person from history and the history of science is the centre of attention.
The following organisations and institutions are involved in the conception, preparation and organisation of the Einstein Year, and are participating with their own events:
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The Science in Dialogue (WiD) initiative, which was launched with BMBF support in 1999 by the leading German science organisations and the Donors’ Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany, fosters dialogue between researchers and the general public. A central element of the work of Science in Dialogue is the Summer of Science – a major annual science festival which takes place in varying locations. Numerous activities and events of the Summer of Science will be hosted by Potsdam and Berlin during Einstein Year.
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Research at the 78 Max Planck Institutes (MPG) has a long tradition and deals with fundamental issues of the natural and life sciences and the humanities. The Max Planck Society will contribute various events to Einstein Year 2005. The exhibition “Albert Einstein – Engineer of the Universe”, which is coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, will be among the highlights. Research at the Institute, which was established in 1994, deals with the historical development of scientific thinking, particularly in the natural sciences.
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Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science (BBAW)
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science (BBAW) is a transborder and cross-disciplinary scholarly society which is amongst the largest non-university humanities research institutions in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. The Academy is closely linked with Albert Einstein as he was a member of its predecessor, the Prussian Academy of Science. In Einstein Year, the BBAW, together with the Max Planck Society, will invite winners of the Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Physiology to participate in “Einstein’s Miracle Century Celebration” in Berlin and Potsdam. Furthermore, the BBAW is coorganiser of the conference “Einstein for the 21st Century”.
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The German Physical Society (DPG) is the oldest and largest physical society in the world with more than 47,000 members. Albert Einstein was among its members, and between 1916 and 1918 he was President of the DPG. The DPG will commemorate Einstein in 2005 with the conference “Physics since Einstein”, which will be held in Berlin in March and is expected to bring together more than 5,000 participants from all over the world. In addition, the DPG will organize the “Highlights of Physics” within the framework of the Summer of Science, including among other things a science exhibition and a national schools competition.
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The Einstein Forum Potsdam was established in 1993 as a place for international scientific and cultural exchange. Paying tribute to Einstein’s legacy and bearing his name, the Einstein Forum crosses the borders of scientific disciplines and brings together scientists, artists and policymakers from all over the world in meetings, lectures, workshops and conferences organised for a broad public. In 2005, the Einstein Forum will hold the conference “Einstein for the 21st Century”, open Einstein’s summer house in Caputh together with the Hebrew University Jerusalem and mount the exhibition “Einstein Spaces”, and it will be the coorganiser of the international peace conference “Einstein’s thoughts – a basis for peace in the 21st century”.
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Haus der Brandenburgisch-Preußischen Geschichte (HBPG)
The House of Brandenburg-Prussian History (HBPG) provides a forum for the active and critical study of the history of Brandenburg and Prussia. Its contribution to Einstein Year is an exhibition on the cultural and scientific history of the Einstein Tower. Furthermore, it coordinates the events commemorating Einstein in Potsdam, and it is a partner of the Summer of Science.
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