skills underlying professional success for postdoctoral

EuroTech Postdoc WorkshopSuccess in academia

20 September - 22 September 2017, Technical University of Denmark

Intensive, highly interactive and fun crash course in the soft

researchers from EuroTech Universities

Personal development - exploring your personality type! Looking into the future and getting to know societal expectationsDevelop strong communication skills and personal insightakregistr- closes 24 June 2017

Free registration closes 30 July 2017

Send a motivation letter (0.5 page) and a short CV in a single pdf to:

http://www.tilmeld.dk/postdocworkshop

EuroTech Postdoc Workshop Success in academia?

Dates: 20 September – 22 September 2017, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Venue: DTU Meeting Center, Anker Engelunds Vej 1, Building 101A, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby

Practical informations:

Food

Lunch will be served every day at the workshop as well at snacks, tea and coffee. On the first day of the

workshop there will be a social dinner at “Brede Spisehus”. Please state it in the registration if you have any

allergies or conditions we need to be aware of.

Accomodation

Following hotels nearby DTU Lyngby Campus:

Zleep Ballerup** (10 km) - Information and reservation

Scandic Eremitage*** (2 km) - Information and reservation

SINATUR Hotel Frederiksdal*** (4 km) - Information and reservation

Schæffergaarden*** (7 km) - Information and reservation

Comwell Holte**** (7 km) Information and reservation

Kurhotel Skodsborg**** (8 km) Information and reservation

Purpose:

Learn to understand yourself, your future and how to optimize your operation skills. Organizations are continuously

changing – how does your particular type of profile fit into different kinds of organizations and contexts?

Output:

• Personal development, working with your motivation and preference profile (JTI)

• Preparation for your future career, get to know the new trends in both academia and industry

• Communication skills and awareness, learn to collaborate with colleagues that are different from yourself

• Awareness of bias (your own, cultural and organizational)

Tools to take home:

• JTI awareness of personal preferences

• How to communicate to optimize impact on your organization

• HEY-YOU-SEE-SO

Directions

http://www.dtu.dk/english/About/CAMPUSES/DTU-LYNGBY-Campus/Getting-there

Questions

For questions please contact Pia Lohse pilo@adm.dtu.dk

Day 1, Wedensday 20 September

Personal development JTI Knowing about your strength of preferences and description of your personality type, JTI gives you a tool to

discover and understand your communication and learning styles.

DTU Meeting Center, meeting room S01

9:00 Welcome

Introduction to JTI and how to understand the tool

JTI Group work

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Group work

Key findings about JTI preferences

15:00 Presentation: Reflection on JTI & Cultural Intelligence

18.00 Diner and Network – Brede Spisehus http://www.bredespisehus.dk/

Day 2, Thursday 21 September

Looking into the future

Why cross disciplinary research is important for innovation and academic development. Looking at future

trends and create reflections on needed competences. Presentations from experts.

DTU Meeting center, meeting room S01

9:00 Keynote speaker: Dean at DTU. Why cross disciplinary research is important for innovation

and academic development.

Sum up in smaller groups

10.30 Keynote speaker: Anders Hviid Understand the future Co-founder and CEO DARE DISRUPT,

talks about business development, disruption, networking and future trends.

12.00 Lunch

13.00 Keynote speaker: Engineer the future – what skills will be crucial in business and academia.

Group work – present in plenum

Bringing yesterdays learning about personal preferences into the discussion and how to

develop your personal profile and grow your skills to match future labour market demands.

16.30 See you tomorrow

Day 3, Friday 22 September

Communicating a pitch

Develop strong communication skills

9:00 Keynote speaker: Communications expert from Rhetorica

Hey You See So

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Group work

Key findings about JTI preferences

Wrap up on crucial learnings

17.00 Godbye

EuroTech W orkshop Success in academ ia? Do you want to understand yourself and the

future bet ter – and benefit from merging the

two perspect ives?

Danm arks Tekniske Universitet 2

Topic: Success in academ ia

Pract ical details: DTU, Lyngby Campus

20, 21, 22 September, 2017 (day 1, 9-21) (day 2, 9-17) (day 3, 9-15)

Lunch from 12-13 - all three days

Target group: Post .doc. and junior academ ic employees

Mot ivat ion: Apply by writ ing a personal mot ivat ion let ter about why you want to at tend

Output : • Personal development , working with your mot ivat ion and preference profile (JTI )

• Understanding the future by having new t rends and experiences from both academ ia and

indust ry presented

• I nspirat ion to benefit from collaborat ion

• Communicat ion skills and awareness – how to pitch your career and goals

• Awareness on bias (your own, cultural, organizat ional)

Tools to take hom e: • JTI awareness on personal preferences

• HEY-YOU-SEE-SO

Purpose: Understanding yourself, the future and why it is necessary to understand context for

collaborat ion. Organizat ions are cont inuously changing – how does your type of profile fit into

different kind of organizat ions and contexts?

Preparat ion: JTI (Personal preference test ) regist rat ion with your e-mail - Received by email

four weeks before the workshop

Danm arks Tekniske Universitet

Day 1

Keynote speaker: Dean at DTU

Why cross disciplinary research is im portant for innovat ion and academ ic developm ent .

Keynote speaker

Engineer the future – what skills are crucial.

Keynote speaker: Com m unicat ions Expert from Rhetor ica

The story of my life

Being aware of what is im portant

when com m unicat ing or pitching m y

career and goals.

Rhetorica is a research-based

com m unicat ion house.

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Day 3

Group work, based on JTI ( I )

Plenum : Key findings about JTI preference

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Day 2

Keynote speaker: Anders Hviid Understand the future

Co- founder and CEO DARE DI SRUPT, talks about business developm ent , disrupt ion, networking and future t rends.

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