On 03 September, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Brillo from the German Aerospace Center presented current results on property determination using electromagnetic levitation. His presentation highlighted measurement strategies for density, latent heat, and surface tension and demonstrated the precision that non-contact measurement methods enable for the characterization of high-temperature materials.

On 12 November, Prof. Dr. Isabella Gallino from the Technical University of Berlin presented new work on time-resolved analysis of metallic glasses and reactive metallic multilayers. The focus was on the use of chip calorimetry, which makes processes accessible on very fast time scales and is therefore equally relevant for basic research and applied questions.

This was followed on 29 November by a presentation by Prof. Min Kyu Paek, who this year took up the professorship for the production of steel and non-ferrous metals at Clausthal University of Technology. He provided an insight into the development of thermodynamic databases for the clean and resource-efficient production of steels and alloys. His work adds an important perspective to the CalPhaD network in Germany.

The series concluded on 10 December with a presentation by Prof. Dr. Sergiy Divinski from the Institute of Materials Physics at the University of Münster. He presented the extended tracer interdiffusion method as a high-throughput approach for the consistent determination of tracer diffusion coefficients. The approach combines experimental precision with high data density and opens up new possibilities for evaluating diffusion processes in complex alloys.

The DGM office would like to thank all the speakers and Dr. Lippmann for their commitment and successful organization of the series.