In the winter semester 2022/2023, the group of students presenting at this year's forum will once again have the opportunity to work with colleagues they could meet in real life and share their working time in office spaces that are more than a digital screen can ever achieve. We are delighted that this return to normality means that the XXIII Model Projects Forum can also take place together in a room on site - and with it the all-important direct dialogue between the participants. The one-day student forum in the historic Oberlichtsaal is an indispensable form of exchange both for the ‘returnee group’ from the pilot projects and for the following semester, whose students will be sent to the pilot projects in the coming winter semester.