RTG2636: Annual retreat 2024

18 Jun 2024, 09:00 → 19 Jun 2024, 16:00 Europe/Berlin

Mariaspring (Bovenden)

All the RTG members are cordially invited to participate in the retreat. 

Tuesday 18 June

09:30 → 10:00 Arrival/Coffee

10:00 → 12:30 Data Management practical session. Please, bring your laptops with you!

We will use this time slot to prepare the data and upload it to our RTG repository. All members of the RTG can participate. Please, bring your laptops with you. If you do not have a laptop, please, contact the coordinator and we will find a solution.

You can use this session to change the format of your data, add meta data and README files, etc. The admin of the repository will be there during the session in case there are any questions.

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch break

13:30 → 15:30 Becoming a postdoc

This session will cover the topics: grant proposal writing and postdoc applications

Convener: Hedde Zeijlstra

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee and Kuchen

16:00 → 18:00 1st cohort meets 2nd cohort

18:00 → 19:00 Dinner

19:00 → 22:00 Social: pubquiz, drinks, board games

Wednesday 19 June

10:00 → 11:00 Q&A with HR

A representative from the HR department will explain about the 6-year rule in Germany and answer your questions.

11:00 → 12:30 Social: Walk

12:30 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:30 General Q&A with PIs

Our traditional format of Q&A with the PIs: how to decide which journals to publish in, how to decide on what grant to apply for, how to find permanent positions (and where to find them), etc.