We will once again host the VBC Career days, specially targeted for PhD Students and Postdocs from IMP/IMBA/GMI*.
This year there will be two main events:
Oct 20-21 | Workshop on "Applying for a non-academic position"
Nov 24 | Career Symposium
Consultants: Mediatum (http://www.mediatum.com/)#
Date: October 20-21, 2015
Time: 9:00 am – 18:00 pm
Target audience: PhD students (in their 3rd or 4th year) and Postdocs who need support with career management and career development
Number of participants: 30
Objectives:
#The concept for this workshop was put together by the four Research Institutes, together with Mediatum.
During this day you will have the opportunity to listen, and ask questions, to a variety of speakers (many of them VBC alumni) following different non-academic (but research- or science-related) career paths. No registration required.
Updated on November 19, 2015
November 24 | 10h15 - 16h45
GMI/IMBA Lecture Hall
10:15-10:30 Opening: Welcome & Introduction
Ines Crisostomo & Markus Kiess
PART I
10:30-11:00 Novartis GmbH, Germany
Speaker: Lothar Färber, Medical Director
**Cancelled** Bayer AG, Germany
Speaker: Michael Metzlaff, Head of Innovation Relations
11:00 -11:30 Nestlé S.A., Switzerland
Speaker: Stefan Catsicas, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Board Member
11:30-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-12:15 Syngenta AG, Switzerland
Speaker: Sarah Perfect, Global Collaboration & Licensing Manager R&D
12:15-12:45 BioLamina AB, Sweden
Speaker: Kristian Tryggvason , Founder & CEO of BioLamina AB
12:45-14:45 Buffet Lunch & informal talks
PART II
14:45-15:15 Open Science, Vienna
Speaker: Alexandra Schebesta, Project Manager
15:15-15:45 St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung, St. Anna Kinderspital Vienna (Children’s Cancer Research Institute), Vienna
Speaker: Nuno Andrade, International Grants Manager
15:45-16:15 Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission DG Joint Research Centre, Italy
Speaker: Sandra Caldeira, Project Manager, Public Health Policy Support
16:15-16:45 Baxalta, Inc., Baxter AG and Baxter Innovations GmbH
Speaker: Olga Bannikova , Medical Operations Specialist, Department of Medical Affairs
16:45 – open end Wine & Cheese
Organising committee:
Monika Abramczuk (PhD Student, IMBA); Ingrid Hums (PhD Student, IMP); Sabine Jurado (Postdoc, IMP); Magdalena Renner (PhD Student, IMBA); Jan Suhren (PhD Student, IMBA); Divya Vashisht (Postdoc, GMI) with Carmen Ilic (Human Resources, GMI) and Inês Crisóstomo (Scientific Training Coordinator, IMP/IMBA/GMI)
For further inquiries please contact Ines Crisostomo ines.crisostomo(at)gmi.oeaw.ac.at
* The MFPL will organize a career day with workshops in October.