Under the motto: New impulses, strong networks, and outstanding school projects, school principals and science teachers representing 345 schools of the German Excellence Schools Network MINT-EC met at the Frankfurt School of Finance & management for advanced training and explore new concepts and future projects.

The conference offered interesting expert keynotes, exciting presentations and more than 30 workshops on school management, STEM teaching and networking.

Highlights of the event included the admission to the network acceptance of three new schools with outstanding STEM profiles into the network, the presentation of new subject clusters for specialist teachers and the election of the winners of the MINT-EC school competition sponsored by the Dr. Hans Riegel Foundation, on the topic of "Climate change in and at school." An education market with booths from German companies and universities, as well as presentations on concepts and exciting projects from MINT-EC schools filled out the two-day program. The featured Makeathon project, a collaboration between the GISW and Gymnasium Höchstadt in Bavaria attracted the interest of many visitors. Incidentally, the original idea for this collaboration was developed at a similar network school management conference in 2019!