The seventh annual retreat for COMPUTE took place on 21-22 August, 2017, at Örenäs slott. The theme for the retreat was popular science presentations.

Anders Sigrell, Professor of Rhetorics from Department of Communication and Media, gave an introduction on rhetoric, effective communication, how to give popular science presentations, and gave input on PhD students' presentations.

Group photo from the 2017 retreat (by Joachim Hein)

Programme

Monday, August 21, 2017

• 10:30 Bus leaves Lund (from outside Vattenhallen, John Ericssons väg 1).
• 12:00-13:00 Lunch
• 13:00-15:00 Science communication - Anders Sigrell
• 15:00-15:30 Coffee break
• 15:30-18:00 Talks with feedback - PhD students
• 18:00-18:30 Check in to rooms
• 18:30-20:00 Dinner
• 20:00- Poster session and mingle

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

• 07:30-8:30 Breakfast
• 08:30-10.30 4 minutes speed talks - PhD students in groups
• 10:30-11:00 Coffee break
• 11:00-12:00 Group exercise - PhD students and supervisors
• 12:00-12:15 Concluding remarks - Anders Sigrell
• 12:15-12:30 Closing words with poster prize - COMPUTE study directors
• 12:30-13:30 Lunch
• 13:30 Bus returns to Lund