18 January 2023
Afternoon of Science and Careers Scotland
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University of Aberdeen, UK
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Synopsis
SCI's Afternoon of Science and Careers Scotland is a career event designed to showcase the wide-range of careers covered within the chemical and life sciences sectors. Speakers from industry and academia will present their career journeys, give insight into what a typical day in the life looks like within their current career position and offer advice when choosing your next career move.
Attendees
This event will be of interest to final year undergraduates, post-graduate students (PhD and Masters) and early career researchers.
Programme
Wednesday 18 January 2023
- 14:00
- Registration and Lunch
- 14:30
- Welcome and Introduction
Welcome – Martina Chuckwuma-Ezike, University of Aberdeen Rector and Jessica Gomez-Banderas, SCI Scotland Group
Session 1: Careers in the Energy Sector - Chaired by Jessica Gomez-Banderas, SCI Scotland Group
- 14:40
- Innovation Through Partnership - Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Industry
Dr Karen McArdle, The National Decommissioning Centre - 15:00
- Working As A Director of Environmental Programs
Shane Jakeman, Helix Robotics Solutions
Session 2: Sustainable Medical Devices - Chaired by Alisdair Mckibben, Careers Services, UoA
- 15:20
- Searching For Sustainable Medical Devices
Prof Maiwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas, Heriot-Watt University - 16:00
- Comfort Break
Session 3: Early Career Journeys Post-PhD - Chaired by Dr Alan McCue, School of Natural and Computing Science, UoA
- 16:10
- From PhD to Post-Doc to Lecturer
Dr Rebecca Walker, Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen - 16:30
- Skills I Didn’t Realise I’d Developed During My PhD
Dr Alison Hughes, SULSA
Session 4: How to Start a Business - Chaired by Prof Jenny Mordue, SCI Scotland Group
- 16:50
- The Creation of Sirakoss
Prof Iain Gibson, University of Aberdeen - 17:10
- Summing Up
Prof Andy Porter - 17:20
- Drinks and Nibbles Networking Reception
- NOTE:
- Short Q&A sessions will take place after each speaker’s talk
Sponsorship Information
For further information and prices, please email conferences@soci.org.
Venue and Contact
University of Aberdeen
Science Teaching Hub
University of Aberdeen
Scotland
UK
Conference Team
Tel: +44 (0)20 7598 1561
Email: conferences@soci.org
Fees
This event is free to attend.
To enable us to control the number of visitors into the building, we are asking all delegates to pre-register in advance.
For this reason, registration will close 24 hours prior to the event and only registered guests will be admitted.
All registrations will automatically receive a confirmation within 24 hours of registering for the event. Should you not receive written confirmation of your booking, please email conferences@soci.org.
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CPD Info
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Organising Committee
Jessica Gomez-Banderas, SCI Scotland committee
