At regular intervals, the members of the Research Training Group meet for several days for retreats in Dresden or the surrounding area. Away from the daily routine of teaching and research, the doctoral researchers, mentors and principal investigators have the opportunity to work on the individual projects of the doctoral researchers as well as collaborative projects within the Research Training Group. The following retreats have been successfully held so far:

December 6^th and 7^th, 2018
Bad Schandau

Contents and aims:
Teambuilding and starting point of the scientific work with poster presentations of the projects

March 25^th to 27^th, 2019
Bastei

Contents and aims:
Promotion of the cooperation between projects by beginning to work on a common scenario / use case.

May 26^th, June 19^th, and July 16^th, 2020
Online / Dresden

Contents and aims:
Interim status of the projects as well as thematic location within the research training group incl. possibilities for cooperation

October, 7th and 8th, 2021
Dresden

Contents and aims:
Interim status of the projects and open issues for further research

May 23rd to 25th, 2022
Dresden

Contents and aims:
Preparation of interim evaluation of the Research Training Group and clarification of final steps for the completion of the projects