MCAA Italy Chapter Event | The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Alumni Association Italy Chapter and Italian Universities meet industrial and non-academic partners

by Vladislav Gavryusev
7 min read May 03, 2021
Three events for connecting people engaged in research and in business to foster innovation and new opportunities. The three online meetings will be focused on: 
  • Enterprises and research excellence - 10th May 2021, 15:00-17:30

How can companies speed-up innovation, growth and return on investment by leveraging the excellent skill set acquired by researchers during their career? Improving communication and networking between enterprises and the research excellence of the Italian Universities and MCAAIC to create jobs, business and innovation opportunities. Sharing best practices, success cases and challenges.

  • Life outside academia - 20th May 2021, 14:30-16:00

Personal insight and story from researchers who transitioned to a non-academic career with Eva Ratti, co-founder of FindYourDoctor, as host. 

  • Discovering new career paths - 3rd June 2021, 14:30-16:45

Learn how to identify the available job opportunities and future perspectives, evaluate the match between your profile and the work requirements and how to properly highlight your hard & soft skills towards a successful job application.

All meetings will be in English and freely accessible after registering on the event form. Check the up-to-date program here.

Event organized by the Italy Chapter MCAA in partnership with FindYourDoctor, the University of Florence, University of Pisa, University of Milan and University Ca' Foscari Venezia.

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Vladislav Gavryusev
May 19, 2021

Dear all,
I'm sending you a kind reminder that this Thursday 20th May at 14:30 CET there will be the second meeting of the MCAA Italy Chapter (MCAAIC) Event "The Marie Curie Alumni Association Italy Chapter and Italian Universities meet industrial and non-academic partners" .
 
The meeting entitled "Life outside academia" will be hosted by Eva Ratti, co-founder of Find Your Doctor, and will be focused on presenting the personal story, insight, motivation and challenges from researchers who transitioned to a non-academic career. We will meet six scientists who kindly volunteered to discuss their experience:
● Dr. Simona Guerrini, FoodMicro Team CEO, University of Florence spin-off
● Dr. Elisa Maria Alessi, CNR researcher and founding partner of SpaceDyS,
University of Pisa spin-off
● Prof. Sergio Saponara, IngeniArs, University of Pisa spin-off, MSCA-IF fellow
● Dr. Daniele Mazzei, Zerynth, University of Pisa spin-off
● Dr. Eugenio Realini, Geomatics Research & Development srl, Polytechnic
University of Milan spin-off
● Dr. Federica Bressan, Science Communicator, MSCA-IF fellow

To join the second online Zoom meeting (and also the third on 03/06), if you didn't register yet, please do so using this form and you will receive the link. Who already registered, should have received a reminder email with the link.

You can find the most up-to-date program here https://cutt.ly/Gbx9WOA . Please, check it before the meetings to learn about any further updates.

We remind you that the events are free and open to everyone with the main aim of connecting people engaged in research and in business to foster innovation and new opportunities. They have been organized by the Italy Chapter MCAA in partnership with FindYourDoctor, the University of Florence, University of Pisa, University of Milan and University Ca' Foscari Venezia.

We are looking forward to meeting you this Thursday.
Best regards

Vladislav Gavryusev,
MCAAIC vice-chair and Postdoc at University of Florence