Gravitation managers meeting 2024 - Utrecht
About the meeting
Join us for the yearly meeting of gravitation (zwaartekracht) program managers.
Date: November 18, 2024
Time: 10:30 – 16:45 + drinks
Location: Utrecht University campus (Utrecht) – The Minaert Building – Mezzanine room (1st floor).
Lunch and snacks will be included, as well as a borrel after a long day of seminars and workshops.
What to expect:
Hands on help and discussion on how to manage to mange the lifespan of your zwaartekracht project.
Networking opportunities will fellow project managers
Workshops and breakout sessions.
Below you can find the tentative schedule for the meeting:
Minnaert Gebouw - Mezzanine room - 1st floor
The Minnaert Gebouw is located next to the botanical gardens at the Utrecht University campus. The Mezzanine room can be found on the first floor of the Minnaert building.
It is easy to reach the Science park from the Utrecht central station with bus or tram. The closes station is the ‘Botanishe Tuinen’ (Bus) and ‘Padualaan’ (Tram).
Parking can be found on many places in the Science Park. Here is a map of them all. The closes parking is the Padualaan P6 across the road from the Minnaert.
Program
Building the project lifespan – a collaborative exercise
- 10:30 – 11:00 Walk-in and registration
- 11:00 – 11:30 Plenary discussion
Towards mid-term and self-evaluation: “How to prepare?” - 11:30 – 12:10 Pick two major topic and have break-out
- 12:10 – 12:30 Report on the break-out discussions
- 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
- 13:30 – 14:30 Mid-term review;
meet the committee and Anko
participants present practical experiences - 14:30 – 15:00 Coffee/Tea
- 15:00 – 15:30 Plenary discussion
Financial situation and consequences
Follow-up recommendations: “How to implement?” - 15:30 – 16:10 Pick two major topic and have break-out
- 16:10 – 16:30 Report on the break-out discussions
- 16:30 – 16:45 Wrap-up/feedback and vote for next organizer
- 16:45 – 17:30 Borrel!
Registration
The registration is now closed. If you still would like to join, please send a message to Mikael via m.h.o.fremling@uu.nl.
Organizers
The gravity meeting is organized by Mikael Fremling (QuMat) and Wendy Aartsen (ESDiT and Hybrid-Intelligence).
Do you have any questions? Please send and email to Mikael at m.h.o.fremling@uu.nl or Wendy at w.aartsen@hands4grants.eu.