Researchers’ Careers Support and Development
Preliminary Programme as of 09 March 2010
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 10:30 Welcome address and Keynote speech
Welcome Adress
- Ignace Lemahieu, Director of Research Affairs, Ghent University, Belgium
- Karen Vandevelde, Senior Researcher ECOOM & Research Policy Advisor, Ghent University, Belgium
Keynote speech
- Eero Ilkka Vuorio, Chancellor, University of Turku, Finland
Chair: Mary Ritter, Pro Rector, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
10:30– 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 13:30 Working Group Session I
WG 1: Internal structures
- Elena Rybalkina, Expert,Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia
- Emer Cunningham, Project Manager, University College Dublin, Ireland
Chair: Berit Rokne, Deputy Rector, University of Bergen, Norway
WG 2: Motivating the candidates
- Alison O’Connell, Human Resources Research Support Advisor, University College Cork, Ireland
- Maria Yudkevich, Head of Research Centre for Institutional Analysis of Economic Reforms, Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia
Chair: Melita Kovacevic , Vice-Rector, University of Zagreb, Croatia
13:30– 14:30 Lunch
14:30– 17:00 Working Group Session II
WG 3: External co-operation
- Petter Gustafsson, Director, Umeå University, Sweden
- Tessa Payne, Head of Graduate School, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Chair: María Morrás Ruiz-Falcó, Vice-Rector, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
WG 4: Catering for special groups
- Martina van de Sand, Managing Director, Free University Berlin, Germany
Chair: Thomas Jørgensen, Head of Unit, Council for Doctoral Education, European University Association (EUA), Belgium
19:00 Dinner
Brewery "Gruut", Grote Huidevettershoek 10
9:00 - 10:30 Working Group reports and conclusions
Chair: Giuseppe Silvestri, Rector, University of Palermo, Italy
10:30- 11:00 Coffee break
11:00– 12:30 Closing and Keynote speech
- Maria Pedicchio, President of the Consorzio per il centro di biomedicina molecolare (CBM), University of Trieste, Italy
- Ellen Pearce, Director, VITAE, United Kingdom
Chair: Jean Chambaz, Vice-President, Pierre and Marie Curie University, France
12:30 Closure and lunch