• Been doing retreats for 30+ years (RISC, RAID, Network of Workstations, ParLab, ...)
• Held twice a year for 5 years of project
• 3-day offsite meeting All students, staff, and faculty from research project
- Plus visitors from sponsoring organizations
- As many visitors as people in the project
• Format
- Talks during the day
- Directed discussions over meals
- Poster sessions in the evenings
- Informal break afternoon of second day
• Last session is feedback from visitors
• Lots of guidance over time from outsiders (vs paper reviewers)
