Career Programme

Opportunities in Science

The ESOF2010 Career Programme, hosted at the Lingotto Conference Centre, is specifically addressed to PhDs, Postdocs and young researchers who will be offered the possibility to discuss the future of European research in terms of policies, mobility, science publishing and communication. Other initiatives will concern the development of specific skills for scientific careers (communication, writing, interviews). The Career Programme gets an added value by the nomination of Torino as European Youth Capital 2010 by the European Youth Forum.

The Career Programme was built bottom-up thanks to an open Call for Proposals that closed on 30 September 2009. We received 51 proposals from 16 countries.

Discussion in the Career Programme will focus on eight themes:

  1. Developing your scientific career: practical aspects (CV, scientific writing, grant applications, networking strategies, start-up)
  2. Training and research conditions of doctoral and post-doctoral researchers around Europe (mentoring, lab managing, etc.)
  3. Comparison of European policies for young researchers - Lisbon agenda
  4. Academic and non academic careers
  5. Researchers mobility (Bologna process, European job market, end of career)
  6. Science publishing and new media (open access, research evaluation)
  7. Diversity in scientific careers (gender, ethnic, cultural)
  8. Science Communication skills
  9. Entrepreneurial skills

Building on the success of Tapas with the prof in ESOF2008 in Barcelona, we will organize the Pizza with the prof event, allowing future and young researchers to meet important figures from the world of research and chat about science and scientific careers in a pleasant and informal environment.

ESOF2010 encourages the participation of groups of young researchers, PhD candidates, university students, high school pupils and science teachers, to be possibly sponsored by companies or other private institutions. The groups will reach Torino by bus (ideally a low emission vehicle) or some other low cost transportation. You can download the Science Bus Template describing the experience of the Torino-Barcelona Science bus for ESOF2008 in the dedicated section.