MDC CareerDay | April 16, 2015 | PROGRAM

 FOYER, MDC.C 8:30 – 9:00 AXON 1 9:00 – 9:15 9:15 – 10:00 10:00 – 10:45 REGISTRATION 1 OPENING AND WELCOME Prof. Dr. Gary Lewin Chairman of the Scientific Council, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) KEYNOTE TALK I: JOB-­‐HUNTING AND TALENT RECRUITING – A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE Dr. Nina Tölle Research Laboratory Head, Boehringer Ingelheim, Department of Medical Chemistry (Vienna, Austria) KEYNOTE TALK II: SELF-­‐BRANDING AND SOCIAL MEDIA USE Dr. Barbara Janssens PhD Career Manager, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), (Heidelberg, Germany) 10:45 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
MDC CareerDay | April 16, 2015 | PROGRAM AXON 1 11:00 – 11:30 AXON 1 12:00 – 12:40 TALK: ALTERNATIVE CAREER PATHWAYS IN LIFE SCIENCES Thorsten Abs Managing Director academics.de (Hamburg, Germany), Career Day Media Partner CV CLINIC Session 1 13:20 – 14:00 CV CLINIC Session 2 Advisors will be available on a first-­‐come, first-­‐served basis for a brief (15 min. max) individual discussion of your CV (please do not forget to bring a printed copy!). Dr. Kristin Breitschopf Research Group Leader, Sanofi-­‐Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) Dr. Inka Gotthardt MDC Graduate Office (Berlin, Germany) Dr. Barbara Janssens PhD Career Manager, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), (Heidelberg, Germany) Dr. Jeannette Libera-­‐Koerner BIH/MDC Technology Transfer Office (Berlin, Germany) Dr. Sabine Loewer MDC Graduate Office (Berlin, Germany) MDC CareerDay | April 16, 2015 | PROGRAM 2 FOYER 11:00 – 16:00 CAREER FAIR / BOOTHS Booth Number / Organizations and Companies 1. Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Berlin, Germany) 2. PhD/Postdoc programs at the MDC and FMP (Campus Berlin-­‐Buch, Germany) 3. Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) (Berlin, Germany) 4. EU-­‐LIFE (with representatives from the CRG, Spain; MDC, Germany) 5. EMBO (Heidelberg, Germany) 6. marktreif.berlin – BBB Management GmbH (Berlin, Germany) 7. ABG-­‐DHF (Saarbrücken, Germany) 3 8. VBio (Berlin, Germany) 9. PAREXEL International GmbH (Berlin, Germany) 10. Teaching opportunities (“Labor trifft Lehrer”, MDC; Gläsernes Labor, Campus Berlin-­‐Buch) 11. DKFZ – The German Cancer Research Center (Heidelberg, Germany) 12. McKinsey & Company (Berlin, Germany) 13. Contact Singapore (Frankfurt office, Germany) 14. Sanofi-­‐Aventis Deutschland GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany) 15. academics.de (Hamburg, Germany) 16. Bayer Business Consulting (Leverkusen, Germany) MDC CareerDay | April 16, 2015 | PROGRAM DENDRIT 2/3 11:15 – 14:00 COMPANY PRESENTATIONS 11:15 – 12:00 marktreif.berlin mit BBB Management GmbH und Bucher Kooperationen 12:00 – 12:15 McKinsey & Company 12:15 – 12:45 PAREXEL International GmbH 12:45 – 13:15 Sanofi Aventis 13:15 – 13:45 Bayer Business Consulting AXON 2 11:00 -­‐ 11:40 CAREER NETWORKING ROUND TABLES* | EXTRA ROUND *NEW* Only selected speakers! See below. 12:00 -­‐ 12:40 CAREER NETWORKING ROUND TABLES* | ROUND 1 13:20 -­‐ 14:00 CAREER NETWORKING ROUND TABLES* | ROUND 2 Scientists and professionals with a range of different career paths will tell you about their current role and give some tips on getting a job in a similar setting. These sessions will be organized as round-­‐table discussions with one speaker leading discussion at each table. *Registration for these round-­‐tables is mandatory. Each participant can register for one or two sessions (with different speakers), whose career roles/pathways are of most interest. SPEAKERS AND TOPICS 1.
Working for Government Dr. Peter Wend (MDC Alumnus), Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, (Berlin, Germany) 2. Research in Industry | EXTRA ROUND at 11.00 am Dr. Maliha Shah (MDC Alumna), Researcher, Piramal Imaging GmbH (Berlin, Germany) MDC CareerDay | April 16, 2015 | PROGRAM 4 3.
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Research Management | EXTRA ROUND at 11.00 am Dr. Michela Bertero, Head of International and Scientific Affairs, Center for Genomic Regulation, EU-­‐Life alliance (Barcelona, Spain) Clinical Research Organizations/Clinical Trials Management | EXTRA ROUND at 11.00 am Dr. Katja Welsch, (MDC Alumna), Clinical Logistics Leader, PAREXEL International GmbH (Berlin, Germany) Technology Transfer & Commercialization of Research/Senior Management in Biotech Dr. Karen Uhlmann, (MDC Alumna), CEO Omeicos Therapeutics GmbH, MDC spin-­‐off (Berlin, Germany) Science Publishing Dr. Phoebe Markovic, Editor of the Journal of Molecular Medicine (Berlin, Germany) Research in Industry | EXTRA ROUND at 11.00 am Dr. Nina Tölle Research Laboratory Head at Boehringer Ingelheim, Department of Medical Chemistry (Vienna, Austria) AXON 1 14:00 -­‐ 16:00 14:00 – 14:10 14:10 – 14:30 EMBO, Dr. Andrea Hutterer, Fellowship Programme Manager, (Heidelberg, Germany) 14:30 – 14:50 DAAD, Daniel Zimmermann, (Berlin Office, Germany) 14:50 – 15:10 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Matthias Hergenhan (Berlin Office, Germany) 15:10 – 15:30 BIH Academy, Dr. Iwan Meij, MDC Alumnus (Berlin, Germany) FELLOWSHIP FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES OPENING REMARKS MDC CareerDay | April 16, 2015 | PROGRAM 5 15:30 – 15:50 Loréal foundation “WOMEN FOR SCIENCE” and the Christiane Nüsslein-­‐Volhard-­‐Foundation, Katja Herzog (MDC), fellowship-­‐holder (Berlin, Germany) 16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK AXON 1 16:30 – 18:00 EVENING PANEL DISCUSSION EARLY-­‐CAREER RESEARCHERS: TRENDS & CHALLENGES OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT MODERATOR: Jan-­‐Martin Wiarda Head of Communications, Helmholtz Association (Berlin, Germany), long-­‐time Editor of the “Chances” Section DIE ZEIT Dr. Katrina Binger Postdoc Representative, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin Dr. Tobias Jürgen Erb Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg PANELISTS: Dr. Janine Kirstein-­‐Miles Junior Group Leader, Leibniz-­‐Institut for Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Berlin Dr. Janet Metcalfe Chair and Head of Vitae, London (UK) Anja Schillhaneck (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Vice President of the Berlin House of Representatives, Spokeswoman for Science, Research, Technology and European Affairs 18:00 9
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