Programme

Turn your talent into a career

Where : Kapellerput, Heeze
When  : 25 - 27 March 2015

A 3-day course for postdocs and final year PhD students in Life Sciences to learn about your opportunities and how to get the most out of your career.

• Get inspired by the speakers to discover what is important in pursuing your ambitions and how to set and achieve goals.
• Get in-depth knowledge and discuss with our forum panel on the big playing field of science: the link to society, role of industry, multidisciplinary collaborations, science as the basis of our knowledge-based economy and your role in this playfield.
• Follow a total of 3 workshop sessions to identify and improve your skills to use them to the best. For those aiming for a career in academia, hear what else you can do to succeed next to building a strong publication record.

Welcome and introduction

• Lilian Menu
  Director Postdoc Career Development Initiative

Shaping your career in academia

• Prof. Vinod Subramaniam
  Director at FOM Institute AMOLF; group leader nanoscale biophysics at AMOLF
• Prof. Rosalie Luiten 
  Head Experimental Dermatology at AMC 

• From core qualities to careers
• The career walker
• Develop your strength
• Reaching your goals

Parallel Workshop session II: Present yourself!

• Present yourself: (S)he's got style
• How to apply for a job in Chemistry and the Life Sciences Industry
• From experiencing your core energy to achieving your goals

Introduction of the day

• Wendy Mackus, PhD
  Senior Director at Philips Research
• Angelique Nielen, PhD
  Programme Manager at Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
• Stefan Braam, PhD
  Chief Scientific Officer at Pluriomics

Parallel Workshop session III: Increase your skills

• Strategic behaviour: The influence and effects of non-verbal behaviour
• Communicating effectively: How to connect to people?
• European individual grant proposals (Horizon 2020) - writing for an evaluator
• Negotiation

Introduction of the day

10:15 - 12:00

Forum discussion Your role as a science professional in society
Interact with key persons in science and develop a vision on your position in society

• Prof. Gerrit van Meer
  Dean of UU - faculty of Science
  
  
• Mirjam Leloux, PhD
  Director Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (IXA) - UvA
  
  
• Prof. Carlie de Vries
  Professor in Medical Cell Biochemistry - AMC
  
  
• Jos de Jonge
  Coordinator in Science System Assessment - Rathenau Instituut

Lunch

Parallel networking programme:
speeddate sessions and company presentations.
Meet role models, get inspired by presentations on opportunities for PhD holders. Invited guests include PhDs in academia (non-research), large industry, small & medium-sized entreprises, policy, non-profit organisations, government and other career paths.