Programme
Programme
N.B. Preliminary programme, subject to change.
19 September 2017 | |
11.00 | Registrations open |
12.00-13.00 | Lunch |
13.00-14.30 | Session 1 |
Chair: Dr Adina Feldman, chair of the National Postdoc Meeting organising committee | |
Welcome from the Postdocs of Cambridge (PdOC) Society | |
Welcome from Prof Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge | |
Welcome from Dr Rob Wallach, Director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPdA), University of Cambridge | |
Talk: The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers - Dr Katie Wheat, Professional Development Manager, Vitae | |
Talk: The Bratislava Declaration of Young Researchers - Dr Miguel Jorge, Lecturer, University of Strathclyde and co-author, the Bratislava Declaration. | |
14.30-15.00 | Coffee break |
15.00-16.30 | Session 2 |
Workshop I: Input into the review of the Concordat | |
16.30-16.45 | Group photo |
19.00 | Drinks and dinner at Peterhouse |
20 September 2017 | |
8.30-9.00 | Early morning coffee |
9.00-10.30 | Session 3 - In collaboration with the UKRSA |
Talk and Workshop II: The impact of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) on postdocs - Dr Louise Stephen, UKRSA | |
10.30-11.00 | Coffee break |
11.00-12.30 | Session 4 |
Chairs: Dr Adina Feldman and Dr Louise Stephen | |
Discussion about outcomes from workshop on the Concordat | |
Talk: Reflections and wrap-up | |
12.30-13.30 | Lunch |
14.00-16.00 | Panel discussion: Institutional Perspectives |
Chair: Prof Eilís Ferran, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional Affairs, University of Cambridge | |
Candace Hassall, Head of Researcher Affairs, the Wellcome Trust | |
Liz Elvidge, Head of Postdoc Development, Imperial College London | |
| Linda Holliday, Director of Capacity and Skills Development, MRC | |
| David McAllister, Head of Skills and Careers, BBSRC | |
| Jo Dally, Head of Research Landscape Policy, the Royal Society | |