Diversity Day 2026

Inclusion concerns us all!

10:30 a.m. - Welcome
Prof. Dr Walter Schober (President THI)
Dr Michael Kern (Mayor of Ingolstadt)
Prof. Dr Klaus Stüwe (Vice President KU)

11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. - A variety of hands-on activities and information stands in the auditorium
Contact points from the city and region present their offers and make inclusion tangible.

14:00 to 18:00 - Lectures & workshops on the topic of inclusion
Researchers and people from the field provide in-depth insights into life with disabilities.

19:00 - Cinema evening: "What's normal?"
French comedy about two crooks who hide out with a group of people with disabilities.
Popcorn and drinks included!

Lectures & workshops (in German)

2 pm - Inclusion on campus: Studying with disabilities and impairments using the example of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Speaker: Nina Savarini, representative for students with disabilities, chronic illnesses and impairments at the KU
Duration: approx. 30 minutes
Hybrid event in lecture theatre E003
Link to online participation

3 p.m. - And suddenly everything is different: What we should know about mental crises
Speaker: Eugenia Knauer, Area Coordination Region 10, Crisis Service Psychiatry Upper Bavaria
Duration: approx. 30 minutes
Hybrid event in lecture theatre E003
Link to online participation

4 p.m. - Unfortunately, the talk on neurodiversity has had to be cancelled

5 p.m. - Made invisible and overpowered? -Experiences of women and girls
with disabilities in the context of sexual education and sexuality
Speaker: Helena Czech, research associate at the Central Institute for Marriage and Family in Society, KU 
Duration: approx. 30 minutes
Hybrid event in lecture theatre E003
Link to online participation

1 - 3 pm - Workshop by the UNESCO Futures Lab: The Future of Inclusion
Futures Literacy is a UNESCO approach. It helps people to consciously use the future to develop new perspectives for the present. In the UNESCO Futures Lab at THI, participants work in four simple steps: they visualise their previous ideas of inclusion, develop new visions of the future, reflect on their meaning and derive concrete ideas for today. The aim: to rethink inclusion and jointly develop ideas for a more open and fairer world of higher education and work. Participants: 8 -25 people.
Meeting point: in mensa building B (second floor), room B201

Registration is requested at gerhard.schoenhofer@thi.de

Peer Walk
11:30 and 17:30 Peer Walk offer (90 min. each)
Walk, meet people, talk and exchange ideas
Meeting point: in front of lecture theatre E003

Walks and gentle Qi Gong
11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Meeting point: at the Qi Gong stand
 

Information stands and hands-on activities in the auditorium

AOK
Various blood alcohol levels and cannabis consumption are simulated with alcohol and drug goggles

ARaKi (Angelikas Radelkinder und Freunde)
Information stand for cycle tours

Autism self-help region 10
Information stand

Barrier Braker / Experience barriers in a playful way
Try out specific everyday tasks such as writing and reading messages or buying tickets under unfamiliar conditions for yourself

BayAK (Bavarian Chamber of Architects)
Information stand on the topic of accessibility in construction

BBSB (Bayerischer Blinden- und Sehbehindertenbund e.V.)
Poor eyesight - what does this mean in everyday life? (self-awareness)

Bürgerhaus / Volunteer Centre
Information stand and hands-on activities on the topic of impaired vision and accessibility in the digital space

Caritas
VOICE OVER experience exhibition brings mental illness to life with the senses

St. Vincent Caritas Centre
Music makes inclusion possible

EAA (Single Point of Contact for Employers in Bavaria)
Information stand

Epilepsy counselling centre IN
What is epilepsy? Information, dialogue and insights into support for sufferers and families

EUTB (Supplementary independent participation counselling)
Participation for all - advice & support and quiz on the topic of inclusion

Deaf association GVIUS
Insight into sign language and deaf culture, stamp your own name in the finger alphabet

Equal Opportunities Officer THI
Info stand

Equal Opportunities Office Ingolstadt
Equality game

Gotthold-Ephraim Lessing Primary School
Living and learning at Gotthold-Ephraim Lessing Primary School (all-day inclusion)

Hollerhaus
Wheelchair course and age simulation suit: my life in 20 years' time

Hospizverein Ingolstadt e.V. and self-help group for people suffering from cancer
Every person has the right to effective, coordinated medical, nursing, psychosocial and spiritual care and support in every place of life - Charter for seriously ill and dying people: Fulfilling this right is both a mission and a matter close to the hospice association's heart!

IFD (Integration Specialist Service Ingolstadt)
Info stand with wheel of fortune

Inclusion Officer THI
Info stand

Krisendienst Psychatrie Oberbayern
Krisendienste Bayern provides counselling for mental health crises and emergencies.They are available around the clock.

Lebenshilfe Bayern Mitte
Buttons to make yourself (DIY) and free souvenir photos with the photo box

Menschlich miteinander
Communication at eye level for more humanity and togetherness; information stand with prize draw

Neurodiversity
Information on AD(H)S, hands-on activities Simulation of sensory overload and diversity Neuro Divergence

Ingolstadt Education Centre
Experience autism

PingPongParkinson
Sporty self-help with table tennis table

Pro Familia Ingolstadt e.V.
Information stand

Qi Gong
Information stand

Sarcoidosis self-help group
Information stand

Representative body for severely disabled persons THI
Information stand

SHG Stuttering
Counselling services

SimbaKids GmbH
Professional school, academic study and individual counselling with heart, competence and passion

SPGI (Steuerungsverbund Psychische Gesundheit Ingolstadt)
The Steuerungsverbund Psychische Gesundheit provides information about support services in Ingolstadt and looks forward to discussions and questions

City of Ingolstadt - Integration
Info stand with puzzle activity

City of Ingolstadt - Inclusion
Inclusive together! Information stand with picture puzzle

Student Counselling THI
Advice for students with disabilities and chronic illnesses

Diving with a handicap
Find Nemo and his friends having fun and playing at the inclusion divers' stand

IN:klusion association
Counselling stand

Association of laryngectomees and head and neck tumour sufferers
Information stand

Verfahrenslotsen
Counselling stand

Wirbelwind e.V.
Specialist counselling centre for sexualised violence in Region 10: Counselling, prevention and psychosocial process support

Zuhör.Bank
We listen! Without assessment or counselling