The 2024 COMPUTE Autumn Meeting will take place on November 28th, as a fika-to-pizza event.  This event is made possible through the support of the LU eScience Hub, which is part of the eSSENCE Strategic Research Area.  All PhD students and staff affiliated with Lund University are invited to attend the meeting.

Time: 9:00 - 19:00, November 28th

Venue: Aula-Övre, LUX, Helgonavägen 3, Lund

Workshop on professional communication

Effective communication is essential for PhD students and researchers, both when transitioning from academia to industry and when advancing within academic careers. The workshop will focus on key skills like mastering rhetoric for persuasive presentations, pitching your research and yourself to non-expert audiences, and communicating effectively with recruiters and during job interviews. This training will empower you to articulate your ideas clearly, stand out in competitive job markets, and confidently navigate professional communication and networking.

Poster session and networking

There will be ample time for networking and a poster session in the evening.  To facilitate the discussion we strongly encourage attendents to present a  poster about their research.  Poster should be aimed at the other COMPUTE members.  You should bring posters that are understandable to students and scientists from completely different fields or even members of the general public.  You can use scientific terms if it is necessary but make sure to introduce them well.  A popular science poster would also work well.  If you do not have time to prepare a poster for a general scientific audience, you can bring a regular scientific poster.

Poster should preferably be in vertical format.  It is not necessary to use the Lund University templates for the poster. If you did not register for a poster but want to bring one anyway, you can do that.

Programme

9:00: Welcome

9:15: "Rhetoric for professionals"
     Sara Santesson, Department of Communication and Media, Lund University

10:45: Fika

11:15: "Rhetoric for professionals, part 2"
     Sara Santesson, Department of Communication and Media, Lund University

12:00: Lunch

13:00: "Communication with recruiters and during job interviews"
     Pernilla Agardh, Founder & Consultant, Agardh Recruitment & Consulting AB

15:00: Fika

15:30: "Best practices for professional pitching"
     Niclas Nilsson, LU inovation, Lund University

17:00: Poster session setup

17:30: Pizza + Poster session

Presenter Biographies

Sara Santesson

Director of studies for Journalism, Media History and Rhetoric.

Sara is a graduate in Language Consultancy and Bachelor of Arts, teaching rhetoric, text analysis and language proficiency.  She is interested in students' development of writing skills.  Other interests are the art of teaching rhetoric, i.e. how to create inspiring conditions for students developing their rhetorical skills, and popularized science, particularly the ability of science students to communicate their research to the general public.

Pernilla Agardh

Pernilla Agardh is an experienced senior consultant specializing in recruitment, HR, and marketing within the Medtech, Life Sciences, and IT sectors. Since founding Agardh Recruitment & Consulting AB in 2017, she has successfully supported organizations with recruitment projects across various levels, including quality, regulatory, sales, marketing, and managerial positions. With over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Pernilla brings deep industry insight, having worked in marketing, management, sales, and business development roles.

Her previous experience includes serving as Marketing Manager at Nordic Drugs, where she was responsible for the sales and marketing of OTC products in the Nordic region, as well as holding positions at Ratiopharm (today Teva), where she managed portfolios, logistics, and business development. Pernilla also provides HR consultancy services at NetExpat, coaching mobile employees and their partners in career transitions.

Pernilla holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s in media and communication, both from Lund University. She is a certified recruiter, board member, and mentor, bringing a holistic approach to recruitment, talent development, and organizational strategies.

Niclas Nilsson

Niclas Nilsson is the director of LU Innovation. He has a doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine in Lund and worked as researcher, line manager and Head of R&D Open Innovation at LEO Pharma. He is also a board member at Medicon Village, Smile Incubator and Cell Invent AB. He will share his broad experience from research and development in the pharmaceutical industry as well as from innovation collaborations at the intersection between industry and academia. 

Registration

To register for the event, please fill in the registraion form below.  Registration is to close on November 8th.

Access to the registration form

COMPUTE looks forward to welcoming you on November 28th, 2024.