DAY 1: Trailblazing your own path: Industry/academic partnerships as a means to furthering research and innovation

3:30pm

 

3:30 – 4:30pm

 

4:30pm

 

4:30  – 5:00pm

 
 

Registration Begins

 

Poster Set Up

 

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jonathan Yen, PhD, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research

 

How to Network for Success in Science
Dan Jay, PhD
Professor of Developmental, Molecular & Chemical Biology, Tufts University

Day 2: Interdisciplinary skill building: developing the skills needed for success

 

9:00am                     Welcome and Opening Remarks
                                  Sarah Dykstra, PhD, Tufts University


9:00 – 9:55am         Plenary Talk:  Promoting Scientific Advancement
                                  through Academic/Industry Collaboration
                                  Phillip Sharp, PhD
                                  Institute Professor, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer
                                  Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:55  – 10:15am        Coffee Break

10:15 – 12:00pm       Concurrent Workshops and Panels I

10:15  – 11:00pm       Writing your Research Statement                                                                                 Workshop

10:15  – 12:00pm       Drug Discovery
                                   Boot camp                        

11:00  – 12:00pm       Model for Successful Academic/Industry Collaborations
                                   Panel discussion

11:00  – 12:00pm       Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
                                   Panel discussion

12:00 – 1:00pm         Networking Lunch with Industry Scientists and Academic
                                   Faculty

1:00 – 2:00pm           Concurrent Workshop and Panels II

1:00 – 2:00pm           Grant Writing
                                    Workshop

1:00 – 2:00pm           Meet the Scientists
                                    Company sponsored talks

1:00 – 2:00pm           Drug Development
                                    Panel discussions

2:00 – 2:15pm            Networking Break

2:15 – 3:15pm             Trainee/Postdoc Scientific Talks

3:15 – 4:15pm             Poster Session
                                   3:15 - 3:45pm (odd numbered posters)                                                                          4:15 - 4:45pm (even numbered posters)

4:15 – 5:15pm           Concurrent Workshop and Panels III

4:15 – 5:15pm             Life Science Recruiters 101

  Panel discussion

4:15 – 5:15pm             Leadership skills for scientists

 Panel discussion

4:15 – 5:15pm             Surviving the academic interview

   Panel discussion

5:15 – 5:30pm            Networking Break

5:15 – 5:30pm            Concurrent Workshop and Panels II

5:30 – 6:30pm           Communicating Your Science
                                     Panel discussion

5:30 – 6:30pm            Setting Up Your First Laboratory
                                     Panel discussion

5:30 – 6:30pm            Technology Transfer
                                     Panel discussion

6:30 – 7:30pm            Reception and Closing Remarks
                                     Awarding of speaker and poster prizes