Subject: Career workshop for PhD students in hearing research at IHR, 2-3 April 2009 From: Bernhard Seeber <bernhard.seeber@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:40:58 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Invitation to the 2nd European career workshop for PhD students in hearing research, "Professional Opportunities for Hearing Scientists" Presented by the MRC Institute of Hearing Research in collaboration with the European Acoustics Association (EAA) to be held 2-3 April 2009 at the MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, UK. This workshop exclusively targets young professionals working towards a PhD in hearing science and acoustics. The aim is to present pathways for a career in industry, academia or the public sector and help to develop an understanding of the skills needed to pursue a career. It will provide an opportunity to meet representatives from key industries in the field who will share their individual experiences covering a broad range of related career options. The workshop will further present how to obtain research funding and where from. The event will encourage networking with young colleagues from across Europe by meeting at poster presentations in a friendly, open atmosphere and over dinner. The workshop will be free to participants, allowing attendance irrespective of funding. The workshop will be held at MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Nottingham, UK (www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk) on 2nd and 3rd April 2009. There are NO attendance fees for participants; the workshop is financed through sponsorship. Student attendees will be expected to fund their own travel. Students are asked to contribute by giving a talk introducing their work, lasting just one minute and by presenting a poster. Registration opens on 02 February 2009 and spaces are limited to 40 participants. Please register as early as possible by filling out the electronic registration form on the workshop’s webpage: www.ihr.mrc.ac.uk/phdworkshop We will be contacting you by email to confirm your place latest by the End of February. In case of overbooking a reserve list will be used. For questions please contact: Ms Angela Killoran, phone: +44 115 951 8508 extension 321, email: angie@xxxxxxxx We would like to thank the following companies and organisations for supporting this workshop: * Philips * Oticon Foundation * MRC Institute of Hearing Research * Phonak * Starkey Please excuse duplicate postings. Sincerely, Bernhard Seeber on behalf of the organising committee. The organising committee: Bernhard Seeber Jane Paulson Katrin Krumbholz Angie Killoran -- Dr.-Ing. Bernhard U. Seeber office: +44 115 951 8508 ext. 205 MRC Institute of Hearing Research switch: +44 115 922 3431 Science Rd., University Park fax: +44 115 951 8503 Nottingham mobile: +44 786 763 5680 NG7 2RD, United Kingdom web: http://www.bseeber.de This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.