Bizkaia Talent opens the doors to the international scientific community in the Basque Country through the meeting SCIENCE+, ERA Career Day Bilbao
The event will be held on 18, 19 and 20 September at Bizkaia Aretoa in Bilbao
The aim is to provide information about national and European funding opportunities, professional alternatives to academia and geographical mobility options within the research career
The scientific world comprises millions of highly-qualified professionals within international projects and research.
On this basis and so as to support and disseminate the professional and academic opportunities offered by this field of employment, Bizkaia Talent collaborates in the organization of the ERA Career Day Bilbao, which will take place on 18, 19 and 20 September at Bizkaia Aretoa in Bilbao, together with the Chair of Scientific Culture of the University of the Basque Country and FECYT (Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology). Collaborators also include the Society of Spanish Researchers in the Federal Republic of Germany (CERFA) and the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (CERU).
The event is framed within the project Euraxess Career Day – Euescada which aims at offering as much information as possible to last-year university students and to researchers in Spain who are currently facing career decisions.
Thus, during the SCIENCE+ ERA Career Day there will be information about national and European funding opportunities, professional alternatives to academia, geographical mobility options within the research career, skills and competencies of researchers and how to improve them, etc.
“It is a meeting of great interest to all those who are taking science degrees, are research staff members or are involved in other professional alternatives related to science and research so that they are better prepared and informed when planning their professional development”, the managing director of Bizkaia Talent, Ivan Jimenez, said.
In addition to the scheduled sessions, attendees will have the opportunity to visit and meet representatives from organizations interested in scientific professional profiles which will also participate in the Career Day.
PROGRAMME:
+ Monday, 18th September
08:15 Registration
09:00 Opening
09:30 Session #1. The R&D&I Ecosystem I: Research in academia
Itziar Alkorta, Director of Biofisika Institute – (Centro Mixto CSIC, UPV/EHU)
Virgina Arechavala Gomeza, Senior Researcher at BioCruces
Jakob Suckale, Lecturer at the University of Tübingen
Natalie Matosin, Researcher at MPI Munich
10:50 Coffee break
11:20 Session #2. The R&D&I Ecosystem II: Research in Industry &Technology
Julia Merino Fernández, Senior Researcher at Tecnalia
Lucas Sanchez, Co-founder of Scienseed
Shane Malo, Researcher at Tecnalia
David Sánchez, Managing Director of MIK
13:00 Lunch break
15:00 Session #3. The R&D&I Ecosystem II: Career opportunities for scientists
Carolina Pola, Director of International Affairs at CNIO
Pepa Limeres, Programme Coordinator, Botín Foundation
Michele Catanzaro, Science Journalist
Carlos García Aparicio, Training Manager at CSIC
16:20 Coffee break
16:45 Keynote speaker: Mark Rogers-Evans. Global Head of Sustainability Communications. F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG
18:00 Workshop: “From PhD to Industry” (How to create and adapt your CV)
+ Tuesday, 19th September
08:30 Registration
09:10 Session #4. The R&D&I Ecosystem III: Funding opportunities for research
Izaskun Lacunza, Head of the International Projects Unit at FECYT
David del Alamo, EMBO Long-term Fellowships Coordinator
Adolfo Morais, Vice-Minister for Universities and Research of the Basque Government
Laura Lechuga, Full Research Professor at CSIC, ICN2
Ignasi Sahun, CMO at Ze Clinics.
Ivan Jimenez, Director of Bizkaia Talent
13:00 “SRUK/Bizkaia Talent Young Basque Investigator Award”.
13:30 Lunch break
15:30 Session #6. Workshops on Transferable and Soft Skills:
“From PhD to Industry” (How to create and adapt your CV)
“Entrepreneurial science: talent, creativity and relate innovation”
17:30 Scientific posters (Science & beers)
+ Wednesday, 20th September
09:10 Session #7. Science Policy: Strategies for a brighter future I
Javier Sánchez Perona, Representative of Ciencia Con Futuro
Jaume Estruch, Secretary of COSCE
Nerea Irigoyen, Director of International Affairs at CERU
Pending
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Session #8. Science Policy: Strategies for a brighter future II
Marta Macho, Lecturer at UPV/EHU and Emakunde 2016 Award winner
Rosa María Santibáñez (Vicerrrectora de Investigación y Transferencia University of Deusto)
Pending (UPV/EHU Rector’s Office)
Carmen Mendez, Programme Director at Bizkaia Talent
12:20 Interview: Carmen Vela, Secretary of State for R&D&I
13:15 Lunch break
15:00 Session #9. Science communication
Pere Estupinya, Science communicator and Director of “El Cazador de Cerebros”
Angela Monasor, Coordinator of Somos Científicos
César Tomé, Editor of Mapping Ignorance
Angela Bernardo, Science journalist, Hipertextual
16:20 Closing and farewell
16:45 Networking & workshops “From PhD to Industry” (How to create and adapt your CV)
Registration to attend the conference is totally free of charge and can be done by filling out a simple registration form on this website: https://event.fecyt.es/era-career-day-bilbao
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