Grand Meeting 2024-11-21/22

The meeting will be held at BMC in Uppsala, entrance C11, Navet (E10), ground floor

Schedule ( )

Day1 (Thursday 21/11)

09.30-10.00 Coffee and sandwich

10.00-10.30 Welcome and introduction to meeting (Trippelrummet)

10:45-12:00 Feedback session 1 - incl round of introductions (Group rooms)

12.00-13.00 Lunch (Outside Trippelrummet)

13:00-14:00 Feedback session 2 (Group rooms)

14.15-15.15 Session (CSI - Coaching in Science Initiative, Preparation material below, Trippelrummet, zoom)

15.15-15.45 Coffee

15.45-16.45 Social activity

17.30 Dinner at Koh Phangan (Leave together at 16.55)

Day2 (Friday 22/11)

09:00-09:30 Coffee

09:30 Start of the day (Trippelrummet)

09:40-10:40 Feedback session 3 (Group rooms)

11.00-12.00 Feedback session 4 (Group rooms)

12.10-13.30 Lunch

13.30-14.30 Coaching session (Trippelrummet)

ca 14.30 Coffee and cake

Feedback session groups will be posted shortly before the meeting.

Preparations

PhD students:

• Each PhD student will get a 1 h feedback session on her/his project, in small groups (3-4 students per group). You should prepare material/slides with an introduction to your project and some discussion points, maybe there is something that you need help with or input on. 

Example structure of feedback session

•  Introduction to the project

  • Overview of your research project

  • Aims

  • (Pause for feedback)

• Introduction to methods

  • Describe methods (used methods or methods that you plan to use)

  • Issues faced with these methods?

• Presentation of (preliminary) results

  • Show key findings with data visualizations

• Future directions and questions

  • Outline next steps and ask specific questions for feedback.

• Summarize key feedback and plan next actions. 

Make sure to pause for feedback after each section!

PhD supervisors and advisors

You don’t need to prepare anything for the feedback session, but we encourage you to participate actively in the discussions and create an encouraging atmosphere to support the PhD students, and create valuable connections.

 For all

We will have a session with Coaching in Science initiative on Thursday afternoon (https://www.thecoachinginscienceinitiative.org/ ). To get the most out of this sessions, there are some preparations defined in the attached documents. 

Practical notes

• The meeting will be at SciLifeLab Uppsala: BMC, Husargatan 3, Uppsala, entrance C11, Navet (E10), ground floor (see map)

• Get there by bus from Uppsala Central Station: Bus stop Uppsala Science Park, take e.g. lines 3, 4, 8 or 11.

• All meals in the schedule are included for free, other meals are covered and organised by the participants.

• Travel and accommodation is payed and organised by the participants. Some hotels/hostels in Uppsala are
  http://akademihotellet.se/en/
  https://www.parkinn.com/hotel-uppsala
  http://uppsalacityhostel.se/

• There will be a 30 min walk down to the city for dinner,  so bring appropriate clothing

• Phone number: 0733-708464 (Anna Johansson), 072-1482138 (Diana Ekman)

• Dinner: Koh Phangan, Fyristorg 2