IMPRS Retreat 2025

Oct 13, 2025, 8:00 AM → Oct 15, 2025, 5:00 PM Europe/Berlin

Nordkolleg Rendsburg

The IMPRS retreat 2025 is approaching. This year again you will have the possibility to attend a diversity of scientific talks and worshops.
We would like to remind you that the participation to the retreat is mandatory for IMPRS doctoral researchers. We are very much looking forward to seeing you at Nordkolleg in Rendsburg from October 13th to 15th.

Venue_Map.pdf

Mon, October 13

8:00 AM → 10:25 AM Travel to venue

10:30 AM → 12:00 PM Keynote talk

Speaker: Dr Eva H. Stukenbrock

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Session I: Presentation of IMPRS groups

2:00 PM → 4:00 PM Session I: Workshops I

2:00 PM Workshop: How cognitive biases (may) influence our experiments

Speaker: Dr Niels Gehring

2:00 PM Workshop: How to pick a scientific problem

Speaker: Dr Nathalie Feiner

4:00 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee Break

4:30 PM → 6:00 PM Scientific Talk I

Speaker: Dr Simon Martin

6:00 PM → 7:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM → 9:00 PM Session I: Group discussion: Inter-disciplinary research

Tue, October 14

7:00 AM → 9:00 AM Breakfast

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM Scientific Talk II

Speaker: Dr Dieter Ebert

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break + Poster Session + Networking

11:00 AM → 1:00 PM Session II: Workshops II

11:00 AM Workshop: How to write and structure reports and papers

Speaker: Dr Alina M Hartmann

11:00 AM Workshop: Publishing process

Speaker: Dr Julien Y. Dutheil

1:00 PM → 1:15 PM Group Photo

1:15 PM → 2:00 PM Lunch

2:00 PM → 3:00 PM Session II: DR Survey report and discussion

3:00 PM → 4:30 PM Coffee Break and Poster Session

4:30 PM → 6:00 PM Session II: Scientific Talk III

Convener: Dr Aaron Vogan

6:00 PM → 7:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM → 8:30 PM Session II: Poster Session

Wed, October 15

7:00 AM → 9:00 AM Breakfast and Check-out

9:00 AM → 10:30 AM IMPRS General Meeting: Workshops III

9:00 AM Workshop: From PhD to industry

Speaker: Dr Saumil Shah

9:00 AM Workshop: How to survive and thrive during your PhD

A mix of skills that can help students have a terrific experience during their PhD studies, from time management, to networking, to writing papers and grants.

Speaker: Dr David Rogers

9:45 AM Workshop: R packages for reproducible reports: targets + quarto

Do you name your scripts like main_1.R, main_2.R, or main_final.R? Did you add functionality in your script only to discover you have to remove it?

Did your colleague say, "... but it worked on my computer!" Or have you struggled getting your code to work on another computer?

Are you losing track of which analysis corresponds to which experiment? "I have no idea how I got this result. I guess I have to rerun it.”

Why can't my manuscript update automatically when I change my code or make a new figure?

You are not alone! I felt most of these during my PhD. Good news: there are solutions to all of these challenges. We will cover the fundamentals of each challenge and the vital tools that can help.
git (version control)
{renv} (reproducible R environments)
{targets} (workflow management)
{quarto} (dynamic document system)

Speaker: Dr Saumil Shah

10:30 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM IMPRS General Meeting: Part I

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM → 1:45 PM IMPRS General Meeting: Part II

1:45 PM → 2:45 PM IMPRS General Meeting: Meeting with IMPRS coordinator

2:45 PM → 3:00 PM IMPRS General Meeting: Closing session

3:00 PM → 4:30 PM Travel to Plön/Kiel