PhD bootcamp @Geilo, Norway

When:
January 30, 2017 – February 3, 2017 all-day
2017-01-30T00:00:00+01:00
2017-02-04T00:00:00+01:00

The Ice2Ice PhD bootcamp is held in Geilo, Norway, from Monday January 30th to Friday February 3rd, and we will stay in a large cozy lodge that is owned by the local hostel. The bootcamp week gives each of the three groups the opportunity to work intensively on their self-defined project together with their mentor(s). The groups are

Group 1:
Evangeline
Henrik
Niccolo
Lisa

Group 2:
Ida
Mads
Martin
Søren
Jonathan

Group 3:
Nicholas
benjamin
Iben
Silje
Andreas

Rasmus Anker Pedersen and Lars Henrik Smedsrud will join the bootcamp as group mentors. Additional group mentors will join on a skype connection.

The program for the week can be found here (pdf). The program includes project introduction presentations on the Monday, several group work sessions, cross-group discussion, student-organised seminars, mentor presentations by Lars Henrik and Rasmus, a social activity on the Thursday and a few social events in the evenings.

We will get to Geilo on the Monday by train that departures from Bergen central station 07.57. We will meet 07.45 in the entrance hall and walk to the train together as we have specific seats. The train ride takes approximately 3 hours. The trip back to Bergen on the Friday is also by train and leaves Geilo station 15.41. Train tickets for the bootcamp participants have been bought by the organisers and will be handed out upon departure. Please show up at Bergen station in due time as the next train for Geilo does not leave in another couple of hours. As the train leaves early Monday morning we ask the Copenhagen-based participants to arrive no later than the day before. For those who have to fly back to Copenhagen by the end of bootcamp we recommend the SAS flight 10am Saturday morning.

The hostel provides bed linen and towels, but please remember to bring warm clothes as the social activity is taking place outdoors.

You may bring skis to the lodge but skiing will only be allowed during unscheduled periods, or free time (In most cases this will be early morning before starting around 9am, or after finish in the evening. Be sure to bring a headlamp too!). Only cross-country skiing is an option as the ski slopes are closed in the early morning and in the evening.

We look forward to a productive bootcamp!

best wishes,
Evangeline, Nicholas and Mads