2018 MCAA Conference General Assembly

2018 General Assembly

The 2018 MCAA Conference and General Assembly took place on Friday 2^nd and Saturday 3^rd of February 2017 in KU Leuven, Belgium. The University of Leuven was our host for this event. The MCAA Board would like to thank, on behalf of all members, all the local organisations, individuals and volunteers who contributed to the success of the event.

Schedule

The main areas of interest that have been covered during the two days, were about career development, innovation and societal challenges. Participants were encouraged to be active contributors in poster presentations, short pitches and plenary talks.

By following the sections below, you can be guided to the happenings of the 2018 MCAA Conference and General Assembly. There, you can find the streamed and recorded sessions of the two days, photo libraries, the presentations, and all other information related to our annual events.

See you all next year in Austria!

Agenda

08:00-09:00

Registration and reception of participants

09:00-09:30

Welcome and Introduction

09:30-10:15

Plenary talk

10:15-10:45

Coffee Break

10:45-12:00

Parallel Sessions:

Innovation in Europe

Carrer choices and career development

12:00-14:00

Lunch & Poster Session

14:00-15:30

Workshop Sessions

Getting invloved in Science Communication.

Writing a successful if application.

Writing a Successful erc application.

Future Leadership programs in industries: fast track career paths for PHD and post-docs / writing your CV.

Protecting intellectual property and setting up your own spinoff company.

The good, the bad and the ugly. Caerer paths, research funds and the role of host institutions in supporting humanities and social sciencies researchers.

Mentoring session.

Balancing Professional and personal life research career development.

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-17:00

“Open science”

Opportunities in industry & beyond: employer speed dating

19:00

Dinner with science slam and MCAA awards ceremony

Trudy Dehue Speech

Trudy Dehue Speech (You must be a member of MCAA to access this file)

Presentations

Welcome and Introduction

By Reine Meylaerts

Parallel Sessions

Career Choices and Career Development

Innovation in Europe

By Marco Masia

Workshop Sessions

Writing an IF application

Writing a successful ERC application

By Laurence Collin

Future Leadership

By Kiran Chereddy

Protecting Intellectual Property

The Good, The Bad

Mentoring Session

By Vikt oria Bodnarova

Balancing Professional and Personal Life

Open Science

By Gareth O'Neill

Social Dinner

A wards

Videos

MCAA 2018 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Innovation in Europe

MCAA 2018 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Writing a successful IF Application

Posters

Agenda

08:30 – 09:30

Registration and Reception of Members.

09:30 – 11:00

Administrative procedures

Opening Session / Plenary Talk

Session Description:

Approval of the minutes of the General Assembly 2017 and Report on 2017 Activities
Approval of the Election Process (members will be briefed on the electronic voting procedures)
Approval of Annual Accounts 2017
Appointment of the Chairs of Working Groups and Chapters

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee-break and networking

11:30 - 12:30

Election of the MCAA board

12:30 - 14:00

Lunch break and networking

14:00 - 15:00

Parallel sessions for Working Groups:

Communication

Career Development

Gender equality for mobile researchers in science

Bridging science and business