In 2017 the first N² event took place with the Theme Science Communication. At the Naturkunde Museum in Berlin more than 100 doctoral researcher exchanged about outreach and learned tools to get their science onto the streets.
In 2019 the N² event had the Theme From Research to Application, which was chosen to discuss what role Science plays in societies and what sorts of values it can and should create. The conference took place in the Umweltforum in Berlin with more than 300 attendees, among the guest were the presidents of the non-university research organizations, members of the Bundestag, as well as outstanding international scientists from fields such as Ethics, Neuroscience, or Climate Research.