Pre-event

SUNDAY 11 July PRE-EVENT 16:00 – 17:30 (CET time)

How to pursue successfully your academic career?

Participants: Damien Lacroix (Chair), Ilse Jonkers, Aurélie Carlier, Industry speaker (Giuliano Lamberto)

Are you interested to know more about the ups and downs of an academic career? Do you want to know what are the challenges and how to succeed in becoming an independent scientist? Then, this special session is for you! 

During this session we will discuss topics such as how to transition from post-doc to an independent academic, how to reach a good work/life balance, and we will give you tips on supervising students and leading successfully your own group. We will also discuss the differences between academia and industry so that you can see what fits best for you.

The topics will be introduced by a panel of academics (Aurelie Carlier, Ilse Jonkers and Damien Lacroix) and a researcher who decided to work in a medical device company (Giuliano Lamberto). We will give ample time for live questions and give you the chance to interact with each other’s to share your views and concerns.

Join us in this special session by registering at this link.

Additional instruction to attend this online session will follow for registered people.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Aurélie Carlier, Ilse Jonkers and Damien Lacroix