Save the Date Directions to Energy and Food What: 4th Interdisciplinary Winter School Graduate Center Hotel Alpenblick 4th Interdisciplinary Winter School Munich School of Engineering Heimgartenstraße 8 in 82441 Ohlstadt Graduate Center (between Murnau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen) When: February 16 to 20, 2020 Munich School of Engineering https://www.hotel-alpenblick-ohlstadt.de Where: Hotel Alpenblick February 16 to 20, 2020 Ohlstadt, ICE: several ICEs arrive / stop at Murnau station. Train: train station directly in Ohlstadt. Trains arrive every Hotel Alpenblick in Ohlstadt, Costs: 500,00 € p.p. (including excursion, board and hour to and from Munich, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and lodging) . The hotel offers free shuttle service to and from the station.

Important Dates

Application deadline: December 05, 2019 Please send your application including your CV to [email protected]

Notification date: December 16, 2019

Publication of program: January 15, 2020

Technische Universität München Graduate Center Munich School of Engineering

Lichtenbergstr. 4a 85748 Garching www.mse.tum.de Scientific exchange, source: TUM/A. Eckert Mega City Farming source: HSWT/ S. Wittmann Energy and Food Goals Lecturer and Topics

4th Interdisciplinary Winter School • Understanding the relation between food, energy Prof. Jasper den Besten Graduate Center Munich School of Engineering and water HAS University of Applied Sciences, : • Assessing sustainability aspects in food production, Plants in High-Tech Surroundings This Winter School builds on the previous one „Food and processing and the whole supply chain Energy“ in 2019. While the first Winter School focused on • Recognizing the need of a holistic approach in plants‘ needs, the analysis of the supply chain and the evaluating food systems Prof. Dr. Martin Brandt consumption patterns as well as on food waste, the empha- sis is now on ecological and energy related questions. • Discovering cutting-edge indoor cultivation related to Technical University of Munich, Germany: energy demand and environmental impact LED Lighting Cross-linking of the international lecturers‘ expertise in • Networking and scientific interdisciplinary exchange energy systems, life-cycle-analysis, horticulture, soil and • Encouraging discussions for possible future water management enables an holistic discussion on food collaborations Prof. Dr. Amit Gross production. Innovative approaches like vertical farming are compared with conventional farming like green house or Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel: open field production. Vertical farming is considered to be Water, Soil and the Environment a key-technology for dense mega-cities to harvest food all Methods year-around in high quality. • Topic lectures Prof. Dr. Thomas Hamacher • Tutorials with presentation of results Technical University of Munich, Germany: Topics • Interdisciplinary discussions Food and Energy • Poster presentations by PhD students • Connected challenges in times of urbanization, • Tools to describe the implied energy in the food sector population rise and climate change • Fireside chats Dr. Serenella Sala • Food-Energy-Water-Nexus • White paper meetings JRC-European Commission, : • Water and soil quality • Preparation of a low-energy meal Life Cycle Assessment • Daylight-free food production • Key indictors for sustainable vertical farming • Life-Cycle-Analysis of various food production systems

Grain measurement, source: TUM/U.Benz

Food Supply Chain, source: HSWT/ H. Mempel Challenge Food Security, source: TUM/ M. Kramer Searching for the Ideal Growing Formla, source: TUM/ MSE