What are emerging topics that everyone should be aware of? What are current controversial debates in different fields? Multiple brief talks by Emmy Noether grantees present societally relevant, highly interesting topics, ranging from the debate on Dual Use Research of Concern (Stephanie Pfänder) and Insights into Photovoltaics (Sandheep Ravishankar) up to the Relevance of Small Disciplines (Daria Elagina) and Machine Learning in Mental Health (Thomas Wolfers).