IMPRS Interdisciplinary Symposium 2010 “New Frontiers in Science”

In 2009 the IMPRS-PL (then IMPRS-OPTIM) students were invited to attend the IMPRS symposium “New Frontiers in Science” which consisted of a series of interdisciplinary talks aimed at the PhD students from several IMPRSs. In total about 20 IMPRS students from Erlangen attended this meeting in Munich and enjoyed an interesting and well-organized programme. During a visit of the IMPRS-APS to Erlangen at the end of 2009, our students were asked to participate not only in the IMPRS symposium itself but also to help with its organization. Several of our IMPRS students were enthusiastic about the idea and joined the planning group. With the help of PhD students from all the participating IMPRSs, a very successful symposium was held again in Munich in November 2010.