National PhD Welcome Day

Are you one of the roughly 150 first-year PhD candidates doing research in Luxembourg? We would like to welcome you all and have you gathered!

What goes on in doctoral training and research in the country? What's life like in the Greater Region of Luxembourg? The second edition of the National PhD Welcome Day will help you find out and bring you in contact with peers from different disciplines!

The event will encompass the recently announced National OpenAIRE conference on Open Science and will be followed by a standing dinner.

Register here: phdwelcomeday.uni.lu

PROGRAMME

PART 1 - National PhD Welcome Day

12:00-13:00: Registration and welcome lunch
13:00-13:15: Welcome and overview of the Luxembourg research landscape - Prof. Tonie van Dam (Vice-President for Doctoral Education and Training, Gender, and International Relations & Professor in Physical Geodesy)
13:15-13:45 "Open Science for Early-Career Researchers", Gareth O'Neill (PhD candidate; president of Eurodoc)
13h45-13:50: Group photo
13:50-14:30: Breakout group discussions with senior PhD candidates
14:30-15:00: Coffee break

PART 2 - Open Science conference

15:00-15:45: "Do you speak Open Science? Discover why you should!", Lennart Martens
15:45-16:30: "Open in order to... fight inequality.", Conchita D'Ambrosio
16:30-17:00: Questions & Answers
17:00-19:00: Networking around a complimentary standing buffet
19:00-…: Pub quizz