Preliminary Program
Job Fair
Thursday, 23 November 2017
​09:00 - 19:00 Company stands
​08:00 - 09:00 Registration for Job Fair attendees only
09:00 - 10:00 Job Fair Opening Session
Presidente of CCDR LVT- Engº João Manuel Pereira Teixeira
Commissioner of the European Capital of Youth Cascais 2018, Catarina Marques Vieira
CMO Councillor for Education, Pedro Patacho
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 10:40 Executive Director of CREATING HEALTH - Research and Innovation Funding, Joana Camilo
10:40 - 12:30 Pitch from the companies present at the Job Fair to present their company core business, areas of activity and the general profile of hired collaborators (Deck 1).
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch break
​14:00 - 14:50 In parallel: Workshop 1 (Deck 5) / Workshop 2 (Deck 2) / Career Discussion Tables 1 (Deck 1)
15:00 - 15:50 In parallel: Workshop 3 (Deck 2) / Workshop 4 (Deck 5) / Career Discussion Tables 2 (Deck 1)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
17:00 - 17:15 Intervention by João Sàágua, Rector Univ. Nova de Lisboa (Deck 1)
17:15 - 17:30 Intervention by João Baptista, DGEEC "Estatísticas sobre doutorados em Portugal" (Deck 1)
17:30 - 19:00 Debate : O papel dos doutorados na economia do futuro: Como promover a sua integração no sector privado
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Invited speakers: Manuel Heitor (Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education) Filipe Gaspar (Hovione)
Alberto Teixeira (ANJE)
Cristina S. Pereira (ITQB NOVA)
Ana Barbas (Bayer/iBET)
Moderator: Vera Novais (Observador)
Job Fair
Friday, 24 November 2017
​09:00 - 17:00 Company stands
9:00 - 9:15 Opening by the Minister of Economy, Manuel Caldeira Cabral (Deck 1)
9:15 - 10:45 Talks on the topic “Alternative Career Paths for PhDs" with Filipa Moraes (Ciência Clara), Joao Fonseca (Biosurfit), and Isabel Rocha (SilicoLife)
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00 Talks on the topic “Alternative Career Paths for PhDs" with Ricardo Perdigão Henriques (Portugal Ventures) and José Leal (HealthCare City)
12:00 - 13:00 Talks on the topic "Finding Opportunities" with Margarida Trindade (ITQB, RFO department) and Prof. Maria Beatriz da Silva Lima (Innovative Medicines Initiative)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 14:50 In parallel: Workshop 5 (Deck 5) / Workshop 6 (Deck 2) / Career Discussion Tables 3 (Deck 1)
15:00 - 15:50 In parallel: Workshop 7 (Deck 2) / Workshop 8 (Deck 5) / Career Discussion Tables 4 (Deck 1)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 - 17:30 Life Sciences Arena with HealthCare City : the finalists
17:30 - 18:00 Closing Session with Dr Bruno Wohlschlegel (Merck)