Second Complementary Skills Course: Ghent. 25-26 June 2012

The second complementary skills course of the MIBISOC training network will take place in the Convention Centre “Het Pand” at University of Ghent on June 25th and 26th, 2012.

After the first complementary skills course, which held in Granada at the end of February 2011, this new edition will be an ideal training for the PhD final stage and future careers of the ESRs. This training courses deal with transverse and generic skills which complement the specific technical one they are receiving in the network. This second course includes the following modules:

1. Intellectual and Industrial Property, Exploitation and Technology Transfer;

2. Ethical Issues in Research;

3. Team Building and Negotiation;

4. Knowledge of the Global Scientific Market;

5. Management Methods.

The lecturers who will teach the course are all outstanding professionals in their areas of expertise and they have an important link with the private sector or are involved in it.

Schedule of the Course and Lecturer Biographies 

MONDAY 25th, June 2012

• 8:30-10:00h Intellectual and Industrial Property, Exploitation and Technology Transfer-I. Lecturer: Roberto D’Erme (CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg)
• 10:00-10:30h Coffee Break
• 10:30-12:00h Intellectual and Industrial Property, Exploitation and Technology Transfer-II. Lecturer: Roberto D’Erme (CRP Henri Tudor, Luxembourg)
• 12:00-13:30h Ethical Issues in Research. Lecturer: Costis Kompis (Vodera Ltd., London, UK)
• 13:30-15:00h Lunch
• 15:00-16:30h Team Building and Negotiation-I. Lecturer: Carlos Borlado (Innovation and Business Growth Consultant, Madrid, Spain)
• 16:30-17:00h Coffee Break
• 17:00-18:30h Team Building and Negotiation-II. Lecturer: Carlos Borlado (Innovation and Business Growth Consultant, Madrid, Spain)

• 8:30-10:00h Knowledge of the Global Scientific Market. Lecturer: Monica Schofield (TuTech Innovation GmbH, Hamburg, Germany)
• 10:00-10:30h Coffee Break
• 10:30-12:30h Management Methods. Lecturer: Cristina Borrás Sardà (Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR), Barcelona, Spain)
• 12:30-14:00h Lunch

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