NORDOC PHD SUMMIT
Aarhus University, August 29-30, 2019
From PhD programme to job market: Identify your real world skills
Contributing institutions: Aarhus University (AU), Aalborg University (AAU), University of Southern Denmark (SDU), University of Copenhagen (KU) and University of Helsinki (UH).
Day 1: August 29
08.00-08.30 Registration Stakladen
Plenary Session I
Chairs: Anja Einholm, AU, Niels Glæsner, Dansk Magisterforening 08.30-08.45 Welcome and opening of the meeting
Speaker: Helene Nørrelund, AU
Stakladen 08.45-09.15 What does the future hold for PhD graduates? Insights
from recent studies
Speaker: Maria Theresa Norn, DEA
Stakladen
09.15-09.45 Career management Speaker: Vibeke Broe, AU
Stakladen 9.45-10.00 Coffee Break
Plenary Session II
Chairs: Kamille Smidt Rasmussen, AU, Niels Glæsner
10.00-10.30 What kind of skills are required in a company?
Speaker: Anne Staudt Kvistgaard, Arla
Stakladen 10.30-11.00 What are employers looking for in the health sector?
Speaker: Lars Østergaard, Aarhus University Hospital
Stakladen 11.00-11.30 The way into a post-doc position
Speaker: Hannu Sariola, UH
Stakladen 11.30-12.15 Lunch
Breakout Sessions I – Identify and present your own skill set: CVs and how to present your research
12.15-12.45 Introduction to break-out sessions Speaker: Vibeke Broe
Stakladen
12.45-14.15 Industry Bodil Øster, Qiagen
Mandana Ghisari, Arla PH Public health sector Morten Sodemann, SDU RM
Academia Hannu Sariola
Helle Prætorius, AU Niels Glæsner
M2
Entrepreneurship 1.0 (part 1) Martin Vesterby, AU M1 Entrepreneurship 2.0
(part 1)
Mithula Sivasaravanaparan, AAU
M2.3 14.15-14.30 Coffee Break
14.30-16.00 Industry Bodil Øster
Mandana Ghisari PH
Public health sector Morten Sodemann RM
Academia Hannu Sariola
Helle Prætorius Niels Glæsner
M2
Entrepreneurship 1.0 (part 2)
Martin Vesterby M1
Entrepreneurship 2.0 (part 2)
Mithula Sivasaravanaparan, M2.3
16.00-16.15 Introduction to pitches Speaker: Vibeke Broe
Stakladen
16.15-17.45 Training and feedback PH
RM M2 M1 17.45-18.00 Summing-up
Speaker: Vibeke Broe
Stakladen
19.00 -> Party Centralværkstedet
Day 2: August 30
Plenary Session III
Chairs: Carsten Dahl Mørch, Kristian Østergaard Sørensen, AAU 09.00-09.45 Your research’s value for society
Speaker: Omar do Nascimento, Science for Society, AAU
Stakladen 09.45-10.00 Coffee Break
10.00-10.30 Bring science into society
Speaker: Kenneth Kastaniegaard, Biogenity
Stakladen 10.30-11.00 Alumni presentation
Speaker: Nazarena Mazzaro, Coloplast
Stakladen
11.00-11.30 Panel discussion Stakladen
11.30-12.15 Lunch
Break-out session II – poster sessions 12.15-12.45 Introduction to job market
Speaker: Vibeke Broe
Stakladen 12.45-14.55
Incl. coffee break
Industry Mogens Kruhøffer, BioXpedia
Thomas Holm Pedersen, NMD Pharma
PH
Public health sector Mette Christiansen, AU Henriette Nørmølle Buttenschøn, NIDO
RM
Academia Hannu Sariola
Helle Prætorius M1
Entrepreneurship Mads Skipper, VUS Lars Dahl Pedersen, DSS Tenna Korsbek Andreasen, MTIC
M2
Closing plenary session IV
Chairs: Torben Sigsgaard, Thomas Vorup-Jensen, AU 15.00-15.45 Why it’s okay to know something
Speaker: Eske Willerslev, KU
Stakladen 15.45-16.00 Closing perspectives
Speaker: Helene Nørrelund
Stakladen
NorDoc Network Meeting for appointed network members (held in parallel)
13.00-14.30 NorDoc Meeting Frandsensalen
