Cadarache Event

You will be given an email about paperwork several months before the actual event starts. Make sure to fill out the paperwork and submit it in a timely manner, email the people at Cadarache if you need an extra week for some reason. Once in Cadarache you will have two weeks doing two different projects. The first one is graded off a written report, the second one is graded off a presentation. While Cadarache itself is interesting and should be appreciated, the weeks themselves will be much more relaxed then Prague, and possibly more disappointing from a scientific standpoint.

It is also important to know that you will not receive a stipend for food. You will be responsible for cooking or buying all of your meals (both options are expensive). Additionally, the apartments are mostly equipped with things one needs to live, except for a few necessities: no toilet paper, soap, sponges, or hair dryer. Prepare to bring these things with you or purchase upon arrival.

Lastly, starting in 2016, the M1 students were invited to arrive on the last day of the event to see the presentations and meet everyone. Furthermore, 'Fusion Bonding activities' were introduced. After the general presentations are finished, groups of 5 will be created and assigned topics. Some of these topics are 'Explain Fusion to your grandmother', 'Explain Fusion to a 5 yr old', 'Why is Fusion relevant?', 'What are Renewables?', etc. Each group must give a presentation about their topic during the final dinner event. The presentations are in PechaKucha style i.e 20 seconds/slide and 20 slides total. By the time you get to the apartments and pull your group together, you will have less than two hours to put together a 20 slide presentation. There will be a lot of cursing and anger as you rush the presentation, especially from the M2 students. However, watching the presentations during dinner are surprisingly enjoyable. Have fun and be silly.