KRECon 2022, National Library of Technology, Prague, 10-11. 11. 2022

10 Nov 2022, 09:00 → 11 Nov 2022, 14:45 Europe/Prague

Balling Hall (NTK)

Thursday, 10 November

09:00 → 09:30 Registration for Pre-Conference Workshops and Eurodoc meeting

09:30 → 12:00 Eurodoc meeting with Student Chamber of the Council of HEIs and Czech Association of Doctoral Researchers

Representatives of Eurodoc, SK RVŠ and ČAD

09:30 → 10:30 Pre-Conference Workshops

10:30 → 11:00 Break with Coffee/Tea

11:00 → 12:00 Pre-Conference Workshops

12:00 → 13:00 Light Lunch for morning programme participants

12:00 → 13:00 Registration for Conference

13:15 → 13:30 Conference Opening and Welcome

Martin Svoboda (Director of NTK)
Radka Wildova (Czech Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Science and Research)

Moderator:
Gareth O'Neill (Principal Consultant on Open Science at Technopolis Group)

13:30 → 15:00 Session #1: Effective Doctoral Schools

13:30 Doctoral Education today: What challenges are we still facing?

Speaker: Melita Kovačević (Vice-Chair of PRIDE Network)

13:50 Early-Career Researcher’s Strategy and Implementation at UCL and Beyond

Speaker: David Bogle (Pro-Vice-Provost of Doctoral School at University College London)

14:10 Czech Research-Intensive Universities and their Perspective on Doctoral Schools

Speaker: Pavel Doleček (Vice-Rector for Strategic Cooperation and Development at Charles University)

14:30 Open Discussion

with speakers and audience

15:00 → 15:30 Break with Coffee/Tea

15:30 → 17:00 Session #2: Research Careers in and Beyond Academia

15:30 Towards a European framework for research careers

Speaker: Dario Capezzuto (Policy officer at European Commission DG RTD, R&I Actors and Research Careers)

15:50 Research mobility and career perspectives for early-career researchers

Speaker: Giulia Malaguarnera (Secretary of Marie Curie Alumni Association)

16:10 Results of DocEnhance career tracking survey of PhD graduates

Speaker: Pavel Matějka (Rector of UCT Prague)

16:30 Open Discussion

with speakers and audience

17:00 → 21:00 Conference Reception with Drinks

Including Optional Visit in the Library

Friday, 11 November

09:00 → 10:00 Registration for Conference: Registration with Coffee/Tea and Snacks

10:00 → 11:30 Session #3: Good Practices for Doctoral Training

10:00 Why Doctoral Schools lead to better outcomes for PhD graduates

Speaker: Conor O'Carroll (Founder and Director of SciPol Services Ltd)

10:20 Contributing to a culture of effective doctoral supervision

Speaker: Lucas Zinner (Chair of PRIDE Network)

10:40 Towards systematic skills development for Czech doctoral candidates

Speaker: Stephanie Krueger (Senior Consultant for academic services at NTK)

11:00 Open Discussion

with speakers and audience

11:30 → 12:00 Break with Coffee/Tea

12:00 → 13:00 Panel Discussion: The Future of Doctoral Training

Maresi Nerad (Founding Director of CIRGE)
Alexander Hasgall (Head of EUA-CDE)
Nicola Dengo (General Board Member at Eurodoc)
Allen Weeks (Director General of ELI ERIC)
Jan Konvalinka (Director of IOCB Prague)
Karolina Mahlerová (Chair of Committee for Doctoral Education at SK RVŠ)
Eva Hnátková (Open Science Coordinator at NTK and UCT Prague)

13:00 → 13:15 Closing remarks

13:15 → 14:00 Light Lunch with Drinks