Time for a little refreshment before the rich afternoon programme begins

Scholarship holders on a guided tour of Regensburg's historic city centre

Applause for a really interesting guided tour

A group of students sitting on the banks of the Danube

Cosy finale on the banks of the Danube (part 1)

Cosy finale on the banks of the Danube (part 2)

Skill was once again required in a game of Kubb.

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Regensburg scholarship holder Kristallia Kampouridou and Christian Le Phu welcome the participants on behalf of the organisation team.

Christoph Wild from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts delivers the first welcoming address.

Around 250 scholarship holders of the Max Weber Program are sitting in the marinaforum Regensburg.

Around 250 scholarship holders of the Max Weber Program came to the marinaforum Regensburg.

Scholarship holder Pia Stadlmeyer from the University of Regensburg plays Lin-Manuel Miranda's ‘How Far I'll Go’ (Vaiana) on the grand piano.

Dr Anke Dörner, Head of the Max Weber Program, delivers the second welcome address.

Prof Andreas Roider, University of Regensburg, gives a very vivid keynote speech on the podium.

Prof Andreas Roider, University of Regensburg, gives a very vivid keynote speech on the topic ‘I want something you don't want - renunciation from an economic perspective’

Nicole Kreft (Max Weber Program) thanks Prof. Roider on behalf of the event team for his interesting lecture.

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A woman and a man are looking at portrait photos and texts hanging on strings.

During the evening buffet, guests took the opportunity to find out more about 20 years of successful support for gifted students in Bavaria at the exhibition.

Two young women and two young men are standing around a bar table laughing with wine glasses and coffee cups.

The evening buffet in the festively decorated Theatinergang offered the network members plenty of opportunity to make or refresh contacts.

A festively dressed man is watching a screen showing the cooperate video of the Elite Network.

During the evening buffet, guests took the opportunity to find out more about 20 years of successful support for gifted students in Bavaria at the exhibition.

Three gentlemen and two ladies in festive dress are standing together in a semi-circle and are chatting.

Wissenschaftsminister Markus Blume nutzte den geselligen Teil des Abends, um mit Nachwuchstalenten aus dem Elitenetzwerk in Austausch zu treten.

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View over the heads of the audience at the stage.

Numerous highlights await the audience in the festive Max Joseph Hall of the Munich Residence.

A man in a suit is standing next to an illuminated panel with a map of Bavaria and is smiling into the camera.

Minister of State Markus Blume: "If this Elite Network didn't exist, it would have to be invented."

Three young men and one young woman are sitting or stand on stage and play their instruments, drums, keyboard, western and electric guitar.

The band "AMotion & Friends" thrilled the audience with the hits "Jubilee" (The war and Treaty), "Try Everything" (Shakira) and "Feeling Good" (Michael Bublee).

A man in a dark suit is standing on stage behind a lectern and is speaking to the audience.

In his keynote speech, Professor Micheal Hoch, President of the German National Academic Foundation and Rector of the University of Bonn, emphasized the importance of supporting gifted students in shaping the future.

Festively dressed men and women are sitting in rows of chairs and clap their hands.

The stage program thrilled the top-class audience, including two of the founding fathers of the Elite Network, Prof. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, former President of the German Research Foundation, and Prof. Olaf Kübler, former President of ETH Zurich.

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