The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2025, 7 pm – 8.30 pm. The topic will be: Antisemitism on the rise – Jewish life in present-day Germany. Antisemitism has been on the rise in Germany for years, and this is also the case in the election year of 2025. „Heidelberg Talks Online“ will discuss what this development means for Jewish life in this country - 80 years after the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945 -, and how, generally speaking, „daily life“ looks like for Jews in Germany. The conversation will include Jewish citizens and be co-moderated by Jessica Mescheritzki, „Meet a jew“ project manager at the Central Council of Jews in Germany. “Meet a Jew” introduces Jews and Jewish life to non-Jewish people by sending volunteers to universities and other institutions. It is supported by the German government.

The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Friday, February 7, 2025, 7 pm - 8.30 pm CET (GMT/UTC +1). The topic will be: Between Putin and Trump – challenges for the German armed forces in times of insecurity. The speaker will be Captain Marlon Klier, a specialist in security policy and public relations for the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. After joining the Bundeswehr as a compulsory military service member in 2007, he extended his service and participated in two missions abroad: in Kosovo in 2009 and in Afghanistan in 2011. He then completed officer training, including a bachelor's and master's degree in sports science at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich, and held various positions throughout Germany.

The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on SUNDAY, January 12, 2025, 11 am - 12.30 pm CET (GMT/UTC +1). The topic will be: Resilient housing construction for flood-prone areas. The speaker will be DAAD alumnus Rupesh Shrestha, Technical Coordinator for Flood Resilient Housing Solutions in Nepal. He holds a Master`s degree in Natural Resources Management and Development from the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne/Germany, has worked as an architect in post-earthquake reconstruction projects in Nepal and served as the secretary of the Nepal German Academic Association and as a DAAD Young Ambassador. As a scholarship holder of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Rupesh conducted his fellowship at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Civil Engineering (now known as RPTU/Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität). He is based in Kathmandu.