MCFA-DE local meeting in Potsdam
The National Group for Germany of the Marie Curie Fellows Association (www.mcfa.eu) would like to organise a local meeting in the North-East bringing together current and past MC fellows from the "new countries" or even the rest of Germany.
In this website we will provide up-to-date information on the meeting's programme and list of participants. Please bookmark it and visit it regularly to learn the latest changes.
The meeting will take place in Potsdam on Friday August 10th, 2007.
The meeting will take place at the Neues Palais campus of Potsdam University and in particular building (Haus) 8, room no. 064 (see map for the location of the building in the campus).
Take a train to Park Sanssouci station (Bhf). It is about 5 minutes' walk to the campus and the building of the meeting in particular (see campus map -- the direction of the station is indicated at the bottom-right hand corner of the map -- and local transport map).
If you travel from outside Berlin/Potsdam get a ticket to this station (Park Sanssouci Bhf) to avoid having to buy a local transport ticket: if you come from Potsdam you'll need a Potsdam AB ticket (single or day ticket will do); if you come from Berlin you'll need a Berlin ABC ticket (single or day ticket will do). There is a Regional Express train (RE1) every half an hour from Berlin (Hbf, Zoo etc.) going to Magdeburg or Brandenburg that stops at Park Sanssouci Bhf. Not all trains of this line stop there though, so you better find this out in advance. If they don't, change at Potsdam Hbf (all RE1 trains stop there as well as the S7 line of Berlin's S-Bahn network) and take any regional trains calling at Park Sanssouci Bhf. Buses to this station (in fact continuing to the bus stop just outside the building of the meeting) can be also taken from Potsdam Hbf. Info on local buses can be found here.
A few suggestions for accommodation in case you want/need to stay in Berlin/Potsdam over the weekend.
Pension Babelsberg, Potsdam
Pension UNICAT, Potsdam
A&O Hostel am Zoo, Berlin
Provisional Programme
List of Registered Participants
The language of the meeting is English.
We may have to introduce a small participation fee to cover the costs for coffee and refreshments. This will be maximum 5 euros per MCFA participant payable on the day of the meeting.
| Start Time |
Duration (mins) |
Topic |
Notes |
| 11:00 |
30 |
Welcome |
coffee and refreshments |
| 11:30 |
60 (30+30) |
Presentation and Q&A session on |
Joanna Mastalerek, Kowi (Bruxelles) |
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"FP7 funding schemes" |
(session open to all; focus on young researchers) |
| 12:30 |
60 |
Lunch break |
Visit the local Cantine (Mensa) |
| 13:30 |
60 |
Networking session |
Introduction on funding schemes in Germany |
| |
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Introduce each other's background and personal journeys |
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Q&A session on the implementation of MC contracts |
| |
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|
(MCFA participants) |
| 14:30 |
60 |
The MCFA-DE Welcome Pack |
Discussion on the document's draft |
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(MCFA participants) |
| 15:30 |
60 |
Meeting a Tax Advisor |
Q&A session on taxation in Germany |
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(Steuerberater; TBC*) |
(MCFA participants) |
| 16:30 |
30 |
Closing |
coffee and refreshments |
| 17:00 |
90 |
Walk through Park Sanssouci and |
Guided Tour possible (depending on interest by |
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the City towards Potsdam Hbf |
participants; an additional fee may be required; TBC*) |
*TBC: to be confirmed.
Local organising committee:
Spyros Kitsionas (skitsionas -at- aip.de), MCFA-DE National Coordinator Assistant
Guggi Kofod, MCFA Board Member
Supported by the International Research Co-operation Office of the University of Potsdam (Department 1) |
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