PhD DAY: HEALTH RESEARCH INSIGHTS 1:1

Date:
Fri, Jan. 19 '24
Time:
08:15 - 15:00
Location:
Bartholins Allé 3, 8000 Aarhus

Step into the world of health research, and learn directly from the source. Are you interested in health research and health innovation? Then join the yearly PhD day at Aarhus University Campus on January 19th 2024. If you represent a company or an investor, you also use this opportunity to scout for PhD-candidates with potential for working with your company. Sign up no later than 30th of November 2023!

People & Activites:
This exceptional initiative is not your regular matchmaking event. But it is a great point of departure for companies looking to recruit PhD-students, or with other interests in university candidates.

You will meet:
- 700 PhD-students
- A wide range of senior researchers

You can listen & learn:
Two key note speakers on the day, who have interesting and diverse insights from the health system:
1) Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Dean School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland and scientist in the field of human genetics at deCODE genetics, Iceland. 2) Jonas Egebart, director of the Danish Health and Medicines Authority (Sundhedsstyrelsen).

Activies include:
- pitches from phd-students with commercial solutions for present day health challenges.
- 1:1 conversations with students, researchers or companies

Programme
8:15 Welcome by the Chair of the Organizing Committee, Anders Etzerodt, and by the Chair of the PhD Association, Sofie Abildgaard Jacobsen
(Per Kirkeby Auditorium)

8:25 Keynote speaker 1 (TBA): Introduced by Organizing Committee Chair

9:10 Short break with coffee/tea and fruit

9:25 Fogh-Nielsen Prize Competition (60 min)
Per Kirkeby, The Lakeside Lecture Theatres

10:35 First round of sessions

11:55 Break with lunch and networking

12:40 Keynote speaker 2: Introduced by Organizing Committee Chair

13:35 Second round of sessions

14:55 Coffee, cake and see you later

Get a sneakpeek into the PhD day here here