0300-0500 pm

Registration

0500-0545 pm

Opening of the Conference

0500-0515 pm

Zdravko Lackovic, Zagreb. President of ORPHEUS

0515-0530 pm

Wolfgang Schütz, Vienna. Rector of the Medical University of Vienna

0530-0545 pm

Hannes Stockinger, Vienna. Chairman of the Conference and Dean of the Doctoral School of the Medical University of Vienna

0545-0615 pm 

Introductory Session

Chair: Zdravko Lackovic, Wolfgang Schütz

0545-0605 pm

Michael J. Mulvany , Aarhus. Head Aarhus Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Title: The ORPHEUS 2009 position paper: what now?

0605-0615 pm

Corina Duncescu, Timisoara. PhD student. Emergency Hospital for Children “Louis Turcanu”, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania
Title: Why enrol in a PhD programme: A Romanian student's testimonial

0615-0715 pm

KeyNote Lectures on partnership academia and industry

Chair: Seppo Meri, Hannes Stockinger

0615-0645 pm

Anita Aperia, Stockholm. Karolinska Institute.
Title: The EMTRAIN PhD program; an intellectual liaison between industry and academia. 

0645-0715 pm

Hartmut J. Ehrlich, Vienna/Deerfield. Vice President, Global Research and Development, Baxter Bioscience
Title: Successful partnerships between industry and academia: The BioScience perspective

0715-0830 pm

Reception by invitation of the Rector of the Medical University of Vienna

0830-0930 am  

KeyNote Lectures on joint degrees

Chair: Andrea Olschewski, Michael John Mulvany

0830-0900 am

Jean Chambaz , Paris. Chair of the EUA-CDE Steering Committee, Vice-Chair of the Scientific Council, Director of the Institute of the Doctoral Training.
Title: Joint degrees, a driver for the European Research Area

0900-0930 am

Michael Wolzt , Vienna. University Department for Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna
Title: Models of joint PhD programmes to ensure flexibility, mobility and mutual benefit

0930-1000 am

Break

1000 am–1215 pm

1000-1015 am

ORPHEUS National Reports

Chair: Miroslav Cervinka, Jadwiga Mirecka
Zdravko Lackovic, Zagreb. President of ORPHEUS
Title: ORPHEUS General Report

1015-1030 am

Chris F.H. van Schravendijk , Brussels. Director Doctoral School in Life Sciences and Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Title: PhD education in Flanders, variations on a consensus model

1030-1045 am

Petr Hach and Miroslav Cervinka Hradec Kralove. 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Prague in Hradec Kralove
Title: Twenty years of experience with PhD study programmes in the Czech Republic

1045-1100 am

Helen Gallagher , Dublin. Lecturer, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin
Title: Doctoral-level education in the six Irish medical schools

1100-1115 am

Roland Jonsson , Bergen. The Broegelmann Chair in Immunology, Broegelmann Research Laboratory, The Gade Institute
Title: The Norwegian PhD training program 

1115-1130 am

Jadwiga Mirecka , Krakow. Jagiellonian University Medical College
Title: PhD Studies in Biomedicine and Health related Sciences in Poland

1130-1145 am

Luis Martinez Millan , Leioa (Bizkaia). University of the Basque Country
Title: Organization of the PhD titles in Spain

1145-1200 pm

Gül Güner-Akdogan , Hakan Örer and
 Sulhiye Yildiz , Director, Izmir. Dokuz Eylül University Health Sciences Institute, Hacettepe University Health Sciences Institute, Ankara University Health Sciences Institute
Title: PhD Education and Graduate Schools of Health Sciences in Turkey

1200-1215 pm

1215-1225 pm

Bajram Hysa, Genc Burazeri, Tirania, Chancellor & Head of the Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tirana
Title: “Brain Gain ” In Albania

 Photo shoot of conference participants

1225-0200 pm

Lunch and Poster presentation

0200-0330 pm 

KeyNote Lectures on brain drain/brain gain and joint PhD programmes

Chair: Irene Lang, Petr Hach 

0200-0230 pm

Vanessa Debiais-Sainton, Brussels. People Programme: Marie Curie Actions , European Commission
Title: The PhD degree in the context of EU policy

0230-0300 pm

0300-0330 pm

Thomas Ekman Jørgensen, Brussels. Senior Programme Manager, European University Association
Title: Certification and awareness of mobility-related skills
Ylva Huber, Vienna. Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Title: The 7th EU Framework Programme: "Healthy Perspectives" for PhD students 

0330-0400 pm

Break

0400-0530 pm

KeyNote Lectures on partnership academia and scientific societies

Chair: Karl Kuchler, Günther Gell 

0400-0430 pm

Catherine Sautes Fridman , Paris. President European Federation of Immunological Societies
Title: Scientific societies as partners for PhD education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences

0430-0500 pm

Daniela Corda , Santa Maria Imbaro. European Research Council Panel Member
Title: The PhD experience: the roots of a scientific career 

0500-0530 pm 

Eva Moilanen , Tampere. President Federation of European Pharmacological Societies
Title: PhD education and future challengers in drug development

0530-0630 pm 

0530-0545 pm

Short reports on networking in PhD programmes

Chair: Akos Heinemann, Chris F.H. van Schravendijk

Marija Geroldinger-Simic and Bernhard Knapp, Vienna. Young Scientist Association President and Event Manager
Title: Improvement of doctoral schools by intramural networking: The Young Scientist Association of the Medical University of Vienna as paradigm

0545-0600 pm

Erik Ingebrigtsen, Trondheim. Norwegian Research School in Medical Imaging, NTNU, Norway
Title: A new Norwegian network for research training in medical imaging

0600-0615 pm

María M. Tavío. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. University of Las Palmas G.C
Title: Network for international postgraduate degree: Managing PhD education in which different universities and countries participate

0615-0630 pm

Giuseppina Rota and Stephanie Clarke. Lausanne. Doctoral School, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Title: PhD programmes at the University of Lausanne: National and international networks at the interface of biology and medicine

0800-1200 pm

Social evening at Heurigen Fuhrgassl-Huber

0900-0930 am 

KeyNote Lecture on Global PhD Trafficking

Chair: Osman Sinanovic, Stefan Böhm

0900-0930 am

Reinhold E. Schmidt , Hannover, Director Clinical Department for Immunology and Rheumatology, Dean of the Hannover Biomedical Research School
Title: Where do bright brains go? – Determinants of PhD trafficking

0930-1130 am

Workshops on networking

WS1 Joint degrees
Chair: Andrea Olschweski, Michael John Mulvany
 

WS2 National and international joint PhD programmes
 Chair: Stefan Böhm, Michael Wolzt 

WS3 Partnership academia and industry
Chair: Akos Heinemann, Chris von Schravendijk 

WS4 Partnership academia and scientific societies
Chair: Catherine Sautes-Fridman, Karl Kuchler
 

WS5 Brain drain/brain gain
Chair: Irene Lang, Zdravko Lackovic 

WS6 Promotion of mobility of students from less developed European countries
Chair: Wilfried Ellmeier, Seppo Meri 

1130-1230 pm

Presentation of Workshop Paper and Closing

Chair: Zdravko Lackovic, Seppo Meri 

1230-0130 pm

ORPHEUS General Assembly