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Programme

Day 1: Monday 17 September 2018

09:00	Conference registration opens
09:30	Pre-conference workshop and networking opportunity
10:45	Welcome and introduction Indi Seehra, CRAC Chairman of Trustees, and Director of Human Resources, London School of Economics and Political Science
11:00	Opening plenary: Global strategic and policy context for developing researchers Chair: Dr Janet Metcalfe, Head of Vitae Open Science: what is there for researchers? Dr Michela Bertero, Head of International and Scientific Affairs, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) Presentation UKRI - supporting the researcher talent pipeline Rebecca Endean, Strategy Director, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Presentation Review of the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers Professor David Bogle, Chair of Independent Review, and Pro-Vice-Provost of Doctoral School, University College London Presentation Concordat - the next 10 years Professor Julia Buckingham, CBE, Chair of Concordat Strategy Group, and Vice-Chancellor and President, Brunel University London Presentation
12:20	Lunch, networking and exhibition
13:45	Half plenary session 1: PGR: Diversity in programmes, provision and researchers Chair: Sue Fleet, CRAC Trustee What do researchers do? Diverse doctoral destinations, common outcomes Dr Robin Mellors-Bourne, Director of Research and Intelligence, CRAC/Vitae Presentation Doctoral education: why it matters for Europe Dr Alexander Hasgall, Head of the EUA Council for Doctoral Education, European University Association (EUA) Presentation Keep the Engine Running; building and supporting a PGR community Dr Nick Watmough, Academic Director of Research Degree Programmes and Reader in Biochemistry, University of East Anglia Presentation Delivering on the diversity promise: developing evidence-led approaches to support all our researchers Dr Sara Shinton, Head of Researcher Development, The University of Edinburgh Presentation
13:45	Half plenary session 2: Research staff: Developing and sustaining a healthy research environment Chair: Drs Astrid Wissenburg, CRAC Trustee, and Director of Research, University of Exeter Developing Research Leaders Samuel Krahl, Project Coordinator, GFLW Heidelberg/EMBO Lab Leadership Presentation Transitions: how to support early career academics Dr Rebekah Willson, Lecturer in Information Science, University of Strathclyde Presentation Career Mentoring for international researchers Katrin Pieper, Head of Gender Mentoring Agency & International Female Scholars Mentoring, University of Cologne Presentation Career development from an early career researchers perspective Dr Maria-Antonietta Buccheri, Career Development Working Group Vice-Chair, Marie Curie Alumni Association Presentation
15:00	Coffee, networking and exhibition
15:30	Workshop session A
16:30	Break
16:40	Workshop session B
17:40	Special interest session A
18:00	Special interest session B
18:20	Special interest sessions end
19:00	Wine reception, networking and poster presentations
19:45	The final of the Vitae 3 Minute Thesis 2018 Competition

20:20	Dinner

Day 2: Tuesday 18 September 2018

09:00	Plenary: Healthy research environment Chair: Dr Katie Wheat, Head of Higher Education Engagement, Vitae Taking a whole university approach to mental health John de Pury, Assistant Director of Policy, Universities UK Slides not available. Creating environments for researchers to flourish Dr Janet Metcalfe, Head of Vitae Presentation Sources of stress and their relationships with wellbeing in university research staff Siobhan Wray, Senior Lecturer in Research Methods, York St John University Presentation Raising awareness of researchers’ wellbeing and mental health Mathias Schroijen, Secretary, European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers Presentation
10:40	Coffee, networking and exhibition
11:10	Workshop session C
12:30	Lunch, networking and exhibition
13:40	Workshop session D
15:10	Closing plenary: What next for Researcher Development? Chair: Alison Mitchell, Director of Development, Vitae Working together to help higher education shape its future Alison Johns, Chief Executive, Advance HE Presentation The academic researcher of the future Professor Pat Thomson, Professor of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Presentation
16:00	End of conference with refreshments

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