Retreat 2025
1-5 September 2025
Voyages through space and time
| Programme | |
|---|---|
| Monday 01 September | |
| 07:45h | Coach at MPS |
| 08:00h | Coach leaves from MPS in Göttingen |
| 12:30h | Lunch at Mensa Brandenburg |
| 13:15h | Coach from Mensa Brandenburg to Perspektivfabrik |
| 13:30h | Arrival and moving into the rooms |
| 13:45h | Seminar room setup |
| 14:30h | Student meeting: Logistics and introductions |
| 15:30h | Coffee break |
| 16:00h | Working groups set-up |
| 17:00h | Working groups time |
| 18:00h | Dinner |
| 19:00h | Working groups time |
| Tuesday 02 September | |
| 08:30h | Breakfast |
| 09:30h | Onboarding for new arrivals |
| 09:30h | Working groups time / Curriculum feedback session |
| 10:30h | Coffee break |
| 11:00h | Onboarding for new arrivals (cont’d) |
| 11:00h | Working groups time / Curriculum feedback session (cont’d) |
| 12:00h | Lunch |
| 13:00h | Working groups time |
| 14:00h | Alumni talk: Jean Carlos Santos - “Pursuing a scientific career outside the mainstream” |
| 15:00h | Coffee break |
| 15:30h | Working groups time |
| 18:00h | Dinner: Barbecue |
| 19:00h | Astrophotography location scouting |
| Wednesday 03 September | |
| 08:00h | Breakfast |
| 08:30h | Coach from Perspektivfabrik to Potsdam Telegraphenberg |
| 10:00h | Guided tour Telegraphenberg by AIP staff |
| 12:00h | Lunch at Mensa Telegraphenberg |
| 13:00h | Coach from Telegraphenberg to AIP Babelsberg |
| 13:30h | Self-guided tour AIP Babelsberg - UNESCO World Heritage Site |
| 15:00h | Science talk: Katja Poppenhäger - “Star-Planet Interactions: Why our favourite exoplanets have extra interesting physics going on” |
| 16:00h | Coach from AIP Babelsberg to Perspektivfabrik |
| 18:00h | Dinner |
| 19:00h | Student representatives presentation: Noemi Padar, David Ivens, Lisa Beckmann - Where to find information, points of contact |
| 20:30h | Astrophotography workshop |
| Thursday 04 September | |
| 08:30h | Breakfast |
| 09:30h | Team building event - Experimental investigation of surface effects in applied hydrodynamics |
| 12:00h | Lunch |
| 13:00h | Alumni talk: Argiris Koumtzis - “From magnetic field extrapolations to anti financial crime, an ongoing journey of personal growth” |
| 14:00h | Alumn talk: Nina Nemec - “From solar physicist to exoplanet hunter with a MSCA Fellowship” |
| 15:00h | Coffee break |
| 15:30h | Working group presentations |
| 16:30h | Feedback session |
| 17:30h | Documentation working group presentation |
| 18:00h | Dinner |
| 19:00h | Alumni talk: Krzystof Barczynski - “After the PhD: Life in Academia” |
| 20:00h | Social event |
| Friday 05 September | |
| 07:30h | Breakfast |
| 08:00h | Moving out of the rooms |
| 08:30h | Coach from Perspektivfabrik to Berlin/Dahlem |
| 11:00h | Science talk: Sophie Schwarzmaier, IMPRS coordinator - “Welcome and introduction to the MPIWG” |
| 11:10h | Science talk: Matteo Valleriani - "Representations of the Sun Through the Ages" |
| 11:20h | Science talk: Megan Rhian Briers - “Nineteenth Centrury Solar Eclipse Investigations” |
| 11:30h | Science event: Insights into MPIWG’s library rare book collection |
| 11:40h | Science discussion: Historians of astronomy meet historically inclined astronomers |
| 12:30h | Lunch |
| 13:30h | Coach leaves to MPS in Göttingen |
| 18:00h | Arrival at MPS in Göttingen |
