Join the 60th edition at Kiel University, on Germany's Baltic coast. Kiel is the capital and most populous city of the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Home to around 250,000 people, it sits along the Kiel Fjord on the Baltic Sea, about 90 kilometers northeast of Hamburg. Originally founded in the 13th century, the city has long served as a major maritime hub, naval base, and shipbuilding center.