Program

 

Careers after PhD: the day after tomorrow

IGBMC, Auditorium

 

 

FRIDAY 28th October

 
9:00 - 9:50: Registration
9:50 - 10:00: opening session and welcome remarks

SESSION 1: The day after graduation: career planning and current data on PhD employment

 
10:00 - 11:00: Where PhDs are going? Ms. Julia Boman and Dr. Jean-Claude Worms, ESF
11.00 - 12.00: Career planning Ms. Sarah Blackford, career consultant, SEB
12.00 - 13:30: Buffet lunch

SESSION 2: PhD in academia and beyond: a variety of careers

13:30 -14:10: Academia: Dr. Albert Weixlbaumer, Group leader, IGBMC, Illkirch
14:10 - 14:50: Science communication: Dr. Hillary Sanctuary, Science journalist, EPFL, Lausanne
14:50 -15:30: Science policy: Dr. Jean-Christophe Dantonel, Health and Biotechnology Director, Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, Paris
15:30 - 16:00: coffee break
16:00 - 16:40: Sales: Dr. Franck Di Scala, Account manager, Bio-rad, Paris
16:40 - 17:20: Intellectual property: Dr. Thierry Seroz, Patent examiner, European Patent Office, Munich
17:30 - 18:30: Panel session
19:00: Dinner

 
SATURDAY 29th October           

SESSION 3: PhD in a company, from project management to entrepreneurship

8:30 -9:10: Start-up entrepreneurship: Dr. Fay Christodoulou, Chief Scientific Officer, Miroculus, San Francisco
9:10 - 9:50: Business development: Dr. Sarah Rodrigues, Business developer in AgileBio and consultant  for Cheeky Scientist Association, Paris
9:50 - 10:20: Coffee break
10:20-11:00: Research in industry: Dr. Audrey Kauffmann, Group leader, Novartis, Basel
11:00 - 11:40: Project management: Dr. Maria Manuela Nogueira, Scientific officer, European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine
11:40 - 12:40: Panel session
12:40 - 12:50: Closing remarks
13:00 - 14:00: Buffet lunch

 

 

       

 

 

 
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