[time-nuts] Educational Opportunities?

[Bernd Neubig]

Hi,
in Europe there is teh European Time & Frequency Seminar EFTS (not to mix
with EFTF, the European Time & Frequency Forum), see
http://efts.eu/
In 2019 it took plaece beginning of July in Besancon.
For German (or German speaking) members of the lit I can recommend the
Crystal and Oscillator Workshop held by me at the technical Academy
Esslingen (TAE), see 
https://www.tae.de/seminar/seminar-schwingquarze-quarzoszillatoren-und-filte
r-33378/
The next one taking place on June 17, 2020. This has a more practically
oriented focus.

Best regards
Bernd

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I think I've mentioned this before but I attended the NIST T&F metrology
seminar in June.  Although a good chunk of of it was at least somewhat over
my head, I definitely learned a lot and feel like I have a lot better
handle on some of the questions I had.   I may even consider going back for
a second round in a year or two to try to move on to the next level.
 Definitely worth the admission fee.

The other thing that re-learned (from my youth) is how well I absorbed
advanced technical information in this type of format - that is, being
immersed in data which has large chunks beyond my skill level.  Sort of the
"sink or swim" training method.   A lot of the training I've ended up at
recently is quite frankly a waste of time due to the classes trying to cater
to everyone so the material is so watered down as to be largely
useless.   After walking out of a week of high-level training and realizing
how much more I understand now I really think this is the type of
educational opportunities I should be looking for.

So, the question for the list:  What other high quality seminars/workshops
are out there?  Is there anything else I should be considering along these
lines (I.E. IEEE Membership, etc) in order to have other educational
opportunities?