Career Development Seminar at EMBL Heidelberg on 2nd May 2016

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The Marie Curie Alumni Association invites you to attend our Career Development Seminar on the 2nd May at the European Molecular Biology Lab in Heidelberg. The focus of the Seminar is dealing with the choices you face after finishing your PhD or Postdoc. The program is:

09:00 – 10:00

Registration

10:00 – 10:15

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

 
A small participation fee of 25€ is necessary to cover our costs. The Seminar is open for registration. Just fill out the following Google Form.

EMBL have asked us to close registration on APRIL 15th. To avoid disappointment, please register as soon as possible!
 
The seminar will take place at Klaus Tschira Auditorium of the EMBL Advanced Training Centre. Details of travelling to EMBL Heidelberg can be found here: http://www.embl.de/aboutus/contact/travel/