On October 18, 2013, the Kepler Society celebrated its 75th anniversary in the former Capuchin monastery in Weil der Stadt.
Program
Musical introduction Big Band, Hermann Hesse-Gymnasium (HHG) Calw
Opening
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Fischer, chairman of the Kepler Society
Thilo Schreiber, Mayor of Weil der Stadt
Speeches
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alfred Kleusberg, Vice Rector of the University of Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Herbert Müther, Vice Rector of the University of Tübingen
Lord Mayor Hans Schaidinger, Keplerstadt Regensburg
Musical interlude
HHG big band
Celebratory lecture
From Kepler to the NASA Kepler mission and to astronautics and space station
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. e. H. Ernst Messerschmid
Institute for Space Systems at the University of Stuttgart
Awarding of the Kepler Prizes 2013
to students of the Kepler high schools of the European Union
1st place: Martina Svibić, BRG Kepler Graz for the work "Equation of Time"
2nd place: Kristýna Svobodová, Gymnázium Jana Keplera Prague for her comic "Johannes Kepler - Per Aspera ad Astra"
Musical finale
HHG big band
Reception
Exhibition: From Kepler's planets to Earth-like planets around alien suns
on October 18, 2013 in the foyer of the Vereinigte Volksbank AG in Weil der Stadt
Impressions from the event
