Organiser: Prof. Ted Turlings, University of Neuchâtel

Symposium together with the master students in biology of the University of Neuchâtel.

The objective of this short symposium is to give you an impression of what skills and competences would be important for you to have if you wish to work for industry or a research institution. There will be presentations by qualified representatives of companies and non-academic institutions. The invited speakers were all students or postdocs at the University of Neuchâtel and therefore are perfect real examples of what it takes to have a successful career within or outside of academia!

The invited speakers will each give a 15-minute presentation in which they introduce themselves and their company (or institution), with an emphasis on what skills they would be looking for in future employees. After each presentation we have reserved 10 minutes for questions and at the end of the presentations we will still have a general discussion.

All that is expected from you is that you actively participate by asking appropriate questions :)

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• Jacques Bouvier, President of Advisory Board – INVENesis, Neuchâtel
• Ivan Hiltpold, Scientific Collaborator – Entomology Group – Agroscope, Nyon
• Vincent Harraca, Associate Research Director – Firmenich International, Geneva
• Christelle Robert, Assistant Professor – Chemical Ecology Group – University of Bern
• Cristina Tamò, Project Coordinator –  Environmental Impact Assessment at the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Bern
• Lamine Mbow, Chief Scientific Officer – Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Zug

Date: 2 December 202

Schedule: 2:15pm - 5:45pm

Venue: 

• with COVID certificate: at the University of Neuchâtel, Faculty of Science, Emile-Argand 11, UniMail, building F, Auditorium Louis-Guillaume (ALG, 2nd floor)
• without certificate: we will be live streaming the symposium

ECTS: 0.25 ECTS for PhD students

Information: Please contact the doctoral program coordinator Dr Pauline Fritsch

Registration fee: free

This activity is free and open to all DPOB PhD students, however, for organisational purposes, in particular for the apéro, registration is mandatory.

Registration: closed.

Please register before: 21 November 2021

Cancellation deadline: cancellation policy (CHF 30) if you cancel your registration after 21 November 2021.