
Education
Day

Education
Day

Education
Day
Schedule
12:30 14:00 Coordinators' Lunch
14:00 14:05 Eucor Director - Janosch Nieden (http://www.eucor-uni.org/en): Welcome words
14:05 15:35 Grad School Pitches - PhD in the Past
14:05 14:20 Uni Freiburg SGBM - Prof. Christoph Borner (www.sgbm.uni-freiburg.de): "Graduate schools today - How much structure
is needed?"
14:20 14:35 Uni Freiburg IMPRS - Dr. Kyle Austin (www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Program): “Beyond the Basics: Building
Professional Experience while at the Bench”
14:35 14:50 Virginia Tech - Vice-President Prof. Karen DePauw (graduateschool.vt.edu): "Evolving graduate education in the US
context."
14:50 15:05 Novartis – Akiko Keller, M.Sc. (www.novartis.com/news/nurturing-next-generation-scientists) "Industry-academia
collaborations for scientific skills training in the Global North and the Global South "
15:05 15:20 Uni Basel - PD Dr. Christian Imdorf (www.unibas.ch/gpp) "Transferable skills and PhD education in Switzerland. A view
from the Global Perspectives Programme"
15:20 15:35 Uni Strasbourg - Vice-Présidente Prof. Véronique Bulach (www.unistra.fr/index.php?id=18135): "The Doctoral Training at
the University of Strasbourg"
15:35 16:00 Booth Set-up and Coffee
16:00 17:00 Ask the Coordinators - PhD in the Present - Individual Booths
17:00 18:00 The PhD of the Future - Panel Discussion
18:00 19:30 Coordinators' Dinner