From September 20 to October 1, members of the Würthner and Shoyama group took part in the 14th SolTech Conference in Bayreuth, Germany. The conference was attended not only by scientists from the five participating KeyLabs but also by high-profile speakers from international research institutions. From our working group Leander and Philipp represented our team with a two talks, delivering insights into their projects. Kazutaka gave an in-depth presentation on his group’s current projects. Posters were presented by Ben, Daniel, Sanchari, Divya and Joydip.