09:00 – 10:00

Registration

Welcome Speech
Dr. Helke Hillebrand, Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies at EMBL
Dr. Brian Cahill, Chair of MCAA, Chair of the MCAA German Chapter

10:15 – 11:00

EMBO’s programs for Young Investigators and Gender Equality
Dr. Gerlind Wallon, Deputy Director of EMBO.

11:00 – 11:30

Tea break

11:30 – 12:15

Career development patterns: from Erasmus to ERC
Dario Pellizzon, ‎Head of the Research Office at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice

12:15– 12:45

Responsible conduct of research
Dr. Michele Garfinkel, Science Policy Programme Manager at EMBO

12:45 – 13:45

Lunch

13:45 – 14:00

Activities of MCAA Bridging Science and Business Working Group
Dr. Claudia Delgado Simao: Chair of the MCAA Bridging Science and Business Working Group.

14:00 – 14:15

Career Progression: Academia to Industry
Dr. Danilo Maddalo, Laboratory Head at Novartis in Basel.

14:15 – 14:30

Tailoring your research skills for a career in industry
Dr Michelle Yegres, Marie Curie Postdoc Fellow at Roche Diagnostics.

14:30 – 14:45

Management of industry-academia partnerships
Dr. Vitor Vieira: CEO of inova DE.

14:45 – 15:00

Starting a business using the EXIST program
Dr. Dennis Fink: CEO and founder of the Science Communication startup mediomix.

15:00 –15:15

Panel Discussion

15:15 – 15:45

Tea break

15:45 – 16:15

Engaging with non-government organizations: Chemists without Borders
Dr. Marco Masia: Vice Chair of MCAA, Chair of the MCAA Policy Working Group

16:15 – 17:00

Pension Information for Mobile Researchers,
Claudia Wegner-Wahnschaffe, Project Manager at findyourpension.eu