As the main annual event of the graduate school, the HGS-HIRe Graduate Day will bring together everybody involved with HGS-HIRe, discuss possibilities in our graduate school's program and get an exciting view of the science we are working on. The program consists of scientific presentations by HGS-HIRe participants, information and discussions sessions on the program and the festive 'HIRe Feier' in the evening.
Insight HGS-HIRe sessions will give room to broaden the horizon on the research fields of GSI and FAIR. Short, explanatory presentations will give insight into areas of research different from the own scientific topics.
Shaping the HGS-HIRe Program sessions will provide information about offers of the graduate school and provide a platform to discuss ideas how to potentially optimize the HGS-HIRe program.
A HGS-HIRe Perspectives session is dedicated to the FAIR project and the demanding tasks involved in installing and commissioning the new accelerator complex.
Last but not least, the HGS-HIRe Graduate Day will be traditionally concluded by the HIRe Feier in the evening.
Please register before January 20, 2026 
online (click here)
| 09:30 | On-site Registration |
| 10:00 | Welcome and Introduction to the Day |
| 10:15 | Insight HGS-HIRe I |
| Speakers TBA | |
| 11:15 | Break |
| 11:30 | Shaping the HGS-HIRe Program I |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Shaping the HGS-HIRe Program II |
| 15:00 | Break |
| 15:15 | Insight HGS-HIRe II |
| Speakers TBA | |
| 16:00 | Break |
| 16:30 | Insight HGS-HIRe III |
| Speakers TBA | |
| 17:15 | HGS-HIRe Perspectives |
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| 18:00 | Wrapup of the Day |
| 18:30 | Annual HIRe Feier |
| 21:30 | End of Event |
The Graduate Day 2026 will be held at the
GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH,
Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, in the KBW building / Lecture Hall (KBW.1.147) directly situated behind the GSI/FAIR entrance for guest.
A site map of the GSI/FAIR campus can be found here.
Please note: The GSI/FAIR entrance for guest at the KBW building, marked on the site map with a green dot, is close to GSI/FAIR's bus station.
Directions/Transportation
Transportation to the Graduate Day will be self organized.
Directions and detailed information about how to get to GSI by public transport etc.
can be found here.
Dress code
As people ask. There is no dress code during the day. For the evening we kindly ask for business casual, i.e. (formal) jacket but no tie, for the gents. Ladies on their own judgement.
Travel reimbursement
Since the site is reachable within the 'Semester-Ticket' of most of our partner universities, travel will only be reimbursed in cases where the use of this option is not possible. Costs related to the Graduate Day will be covered by HGS-HIRe. These costs will not be billed to your individual travel budget unless you cancel your participation in this event on short notice.
