AP Retreat February 2023

21 Feb 2023, 09:00 → 22 Feb 2023, 16:30 Europe/Berlin

Location: 

Wissenschaftsetage Potsdam

proWissen Potsdam e. V. 
WIS im Bildungsforum
Am Kanal 47
14467 Potsdam

Hotel reservation is done at: Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Am Kanal 15, 14467 Potsdam

Großer Refraktor: Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam (public transport: Tram 92/96 from "Platz der Einheit/West" to "Friedhöfe" and then walk); The tour will be outside, so bring your jacket! Also, the tour runs on donations, Wiebke will collect the money during Feb 21!

Dinner: Restaurant & Café EL PUERTO, Lange Brücke 6,  14467 Potsdam

Prior individual preparation: not needed ;-)

Names_Hotel_HolidayInn.pdf

Tuesday, 21 February

10:00 → 10:30 Welcome and Overview

10:30 → 11:30 Discussion: AP Science Overview

Speaker: Stefan Ohm

AP_retreat_AP_overview.pdf

AP_retreat_AP_overview.pptx

11:30 → 11:40 Coffee Break

11:40 → 12:40 Discussion: Transients

Speakers: Marc Klinger, Ruslan Konno

AP_Retreat_transients_klinger_konno.pdf

12:40 → 13:45 Lunch Break

13:45 → 14:45 Discussion: Instrument Development

Speakers: David Berge, Rolf Buehler

UC-4000-PT004-02_AP_retreat_instruments.pdf

14:45 → 15:00 Coffee Break

15:00 → 17:00 World Cafe

This is an interactive format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_caf%C3%A9_(conversation)

Topics for this format are:
- Sustainability at DESY AP
- Is DESY Zeuthen AP a world class research division?
- Shape the research landscape in the centre of Europe through DZA
- Current organization of DESY AP information (flow)
- DESY spirit
- Laboratory organization
- Organization of AP seminar

Sign up for the topics will be done Tuesday morning on site.

17:00 → 17:15 Wrap up of Day 1

• short feedback for Day 1
• collect burning issues

17:15 → 18:00 Leave for the Großer Refraktor (Telegrafenberg Potsdam)

Depending on the weather we either walk or take public transport

18:00 → 19:00 Tour at Großer Refraktor

19:00 → 19:45 Get to place for Dinner

Depending on the weather we either walk or take public transport.

20:00 → 22:00 Dinner

Wednesday, 22 February

09:00 → 09:20 Hello for Day 2

• Reports from the World Cafe
• Outlook for Day 2

09:20 → 09:30 Coffee Break

09:30 → 10:30 Discussion: Ultrasat and LSST science

Speakers: Jakob Nordin, Robert Daniel Parsons

Nordin_LSST_DESY_AP.pdf

10:30 → 10:50 Coffee Break

10:50 → 12:30 Status group meetings

This is time for the individual status groups (staff, Postdocs, PhDs) to meet and discuss their relevant issues.

12:30 → 13:45 Lunch Break

13:45 → 14:45 Discussion: Serendipitous Science

Speakers: Andrew Taylor, Anna Friederike Nelles, Marek Kowalski

AP_Retreat_Serendipitous.pdf

AP_Retreat_Serendipitous.pptx

14:45 → 15:05 Coffee Break

15:05 → 16:00 Wrap up of Day 2 and Outlook

• look at burning issues
• decide on what should be discussed at the next staff /PhD meetings
• decide on what to do with all this input