[PWC-MEDIA] Invitation: Crafting Your Career

From: Marlies Hanifer <m.hanifer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "pwc-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pwc-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:13:12 +0200
Crafting your career - Invitation


On Wednesday October 30, the Rathenau Instituut and the Centre for Science and 
Technology Studies (CWTS) are jointly organizing an event for scientific 
researchers, Crafting your Career. We would like to invite you for this 
interactive afternoon, that will deal with opportunities and barriers for 
researchers in the first stages of their scientific career.

There is a growing demand on researchers to perform, by publishing papers in 
prestigious journals and acquiring funding from scarce resources. This focus on 
output performance, often termed a 'rat race', seems to distract from other 
competencies needed or desired to be a good scientist.

How do you deal with this focus, and how can you make productive use of other 
skills and qualities? The event aims at young researchers (PhD students, 
post-docs, assistant professors) from different scientific and scholarly 
fields, that will likely benefit from a balanced discussion about the pros and 
cons of recent trends in research evaluation.

Crafting Your Career is an opportunity to discover the many ways to excel in 
science and beyond. What are your ambitions, what are your opportunities in 
science or elsewhere, and how can you craft your career beyond the rat race? 
Learn from experts, be inspired by role models, discuss your experiences, and 
get practical tips and insights.

Program
The event will be held in English.

from     12:30h Reception and lunch
13.30h Opening address by prof. dr. Hans Clevers, president of the Royal 
Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
13.45h   Research evaluation and career motivation: An Introduction
14.00h  Duo interviews with Spinoza-laureate prof. dr. Jan Zaanen and dr. Ruth 
Müller, expert on scientific careers
14.45h   Career Fair, including coffee and tea
15.45h  Panel debate featuring prof. dr. Franciska de Jong (i.a. board member 
NWO), dr. Bart Penders (postdoc researcher), prof. dr. Jaap Goudsmit (director 
and chief scientist of the Crucell Vaccine Institute), prof. dr. Richard Rogers 
(University Professor University of Amsterdam)
16.45h   Closing address by dr. Barend van der Meulen (Rathenau Instituut)
17.00h   Drinks

Participation is free of charge, and includes lunch and closing drinks. The 
event will take place in Utrecht, at walking distance from Central Station.
Please register for this event at 
www.cwts.nl/craftingyourcareer<http://www.cwts.nl/craftingyourcareer>

Best regards,

Rathenau Instituut and CWTS

NB. Test yourself
Some people like to work on their own, others draw inspiration from people in 
their environment. Some have a clear picture in mind of the position they want 
to achieve in ten years' time, others are mainly driven by a complex puzzle 
they want to solve. Test 
yourself<https://uleidenss.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_aaQLwicSsbOjuPH> and 
find your role in science!

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