Modalities of attendance

HIGHLIGHTS’25 is an event that will take place on-site (barring unforeseen circumstances), and the preferred form of participation is in person. Remote attendance via a video stream will also be offered, but with limited possible interactions for these participants.

Submission for a presentation at Highlights'25 is open to everyone, and attendance to the conference is not a requirement. The selection procedure will not take into account in-person attendance. Authors who do not intend to attend HIGHLIGHTS'25 in-person must commit to this choice when submitting their talk proposal. If accepted, authors of such talk proposals will have the opportunity to share a prerecorded video of their talk, which will be made available on the conference website.

Before coming from far away, please review how your trip and international flights are contributing to climate change. We encourage you to take the train as much as possible, possibly taking the opportunity for visiting colleagues on the way and thus decomposing the travel into smaller pieces.

More generally, we encourage you to make the most of your stay. This means extending your journey to the previous and/or following weeks for more scientific activities in Saarbrücken and around. Several initiatives are here to help you in this task:

• You can participate in the Highlights’ Collaborative Research Week (HCRW, September 6 - 12) in the week after HIGHLIGHTS'25, in Saarbrücken.
• You can use the Highlights Extended Stay Support Scheme (HESSS) for finding collaborators and organising visits.

Registration

Registration for HIGHLIGHTS '25 is open now. The early-bird registration is open until Monday, July 14. The early-bird registration fee is 110 EUR (covering lunch and coffee breaks). Online attendance is free.

If you consider staying for HCRW, please indicate this in the registration form, and share your plans on Zulip in the channel called HCRW Collaborative Research Week 2025. There are no fees for participation in HCRW.

The local organizers of Highlights have negotiated quotas for accommodation in Saarbrucken in the following two hotels.

• IntercityHotel Saarbrücken
  Price: 91,00 EUR per night including breakfast and FreeCity public transportation ticket for Saarbrücken.
  Book here using code Highlights 2025 (quota available until 21.07.2025).

• B&B Hotel Saarbrücken-Hbf
  Price: 72,90 EUR per night including breakfast.
  Book here using code Highlights 2025 (quota available until 14.07.2025).

Highlights Code of Conduct

Highlights is committed to be a respectful forum for its participants, free from any discrimination or harassment of any nature, particularly when abuse of power is involved. All Highlights attendees are expected to behave accordingly.

We will annouce here also a SafeToC counselor, who can be consulted if you experience or witness discrimination, harassment or other unethical behavior at the conference.

The local organizers are entitled to remove registered participants from the conference (without refunding the conference fees) if they are deemed to pose an ethical risk to other participants.

Important Dates and Information

Committees

Organising Committee

Program Committee

Steering Committee

Sponsors