Postdoc Day 2024 | Careers in Academia (and beyond)

What?	Networking and exchange on "Careers in Academia (and beyond)"
When?	Thursday, 29th February 2024, 1:30 – 6:00 pm
Where?	Graduate Academy, Mommsenstr. 7, 01069 Dresden
Who?	Postdocs from all disciplines and of all career stages from TUD and HZDR
How?	in English

Have you just become a postdoc and are still finding your way around? Or have you been at it for a while and would like to network with other postdocs beyond the boundaries of your discipline?

The second Postdoc Day organized by the Postdoc Center HZDR-TUD offers you the opportunity to network and share your postdoc experiences. Advanced postdocs from different disciplines will answer your questions, give tips, and talk about their careers in science. Experts from the Postdoc Center and research promotion services of TU Dresden give input on core topics of the postdoc phase. University of Applied Sciences professors give an insight into their career path beyond academia.

Interested?
Please register via email to

1:30	Registration
2:00	Welcome Dr. Katrin Jordan, Head of Directorate 5 - Research, TU Dresden Prof. Dr. Dr. hc. mult. Sebastian M. Schmidt, Scientific Director, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) The Postdoc Center HZDR-TUD: Services & Support for Postdocs Dr. Barbara Könczöl, Managing Director of the Graduate Academy: The Postdoc Council of the Postdoc Center HZDR–TUD Who we are, what we do and how you can connect with us
2:45	Keynote: The German scientific system – what do I need to know and how can I plan? Dr. Anne Schreiter \| German Scholars Organization e.V.
3:30	Coffee break
3:45	Pathways in Academia - Panel Discussion with Advanced Postdocs Dr. Mareike Albert, Emmy Noether Research Group Leader & TUD Young Investigator, Center for Regenerative Therapies TU Dresden (CRTD) Dr. Tian Ma, Junior Group Leader, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf Jun.-Prof. Dr. Markus Schmidtchen, Institute of Scientific Computing, TUD Dr. Rico Friedrich, Dresden-concept Research Group Leader, TUD Young Investigator, HZDR & TUD
4:30	Coffee Break
5:00	Careers in Science and Beyond - Short Workshops Building your Career Strategy for Academia Dr. Anne Schreiter, German Scholars Organization e.V. Financing your Postdoc Rick Glöckner, European Project Center, TU Dresden Dr. Sebastian Schneider, Project Scout, TU Dresden Alternative Karrierewege: Die HAW-Professur (in German) Prof. Dr. Silke Geithner Rektorin \| Evangelischen Hochschule Dresden Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Böhm Professur Leichtbau mit Verbundwerkstoffen Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig (HTWK Leipzig) Prof. Dr. Marius Brade Prorektor für Forschung, Entwicklung und Transfer und Professur Medieninformatik \| Fachhochschule Dresden Angela Böhm Referentin Karriereentwicklung \| Graduiertenakademie & Postdoc Center
6:00	Get-together with finger food & drinks
7:30	Pub Crawl at Müller's with the Postdoc Council

Postdoc Day 2024 | Careers in Academia (and beyond)

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