Also the Special Award for sustainability of the environmental protection coordinating unit of state capital Potsdam went to the Impacts Worlds Conference 2017 and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Change. The Special Award, which has been presented by mayor Mike Schubert, honors the conference for its nationwide perception and for the compensation of the caused CO2-Emissions. According to the jury, the PIK has been the only contestant this year who could convince with that.
Among the other winners were also the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) for the event „Rediscovering our Galaxy – Rediscovering the Milky Way” as well as the Potsdam University for the events concerning “teachers’ education in the context of current refugee migration”. The Congress Award honors organizers from science, research, economy and culture. The award is worth 1,000 euros for each of the three categories. The Special Awards have been awarded with a prize money of 500 euros each.
More information on the Potsdam Congress Award:
www.potsdamer-kongresspreis.de
Press release by proWissen on the Potsdam Congress Awards 2018:
https://www.wis-potsdam.de/de/prowissen-potsdam-ev/verleihung-des-potsdamer-kongresspreises-2018-pkp18
Looking back to Impacts World 2017:
https://www.impactsworld2017.org/
