Erasmus staff training program in Liège In search of excellence in research Venue: University of Liège - Place du XX-août 7, 4000 Liège - Belgium Date: May 8-12, 2017 AGENDA Monday May 8th, 2017 8:45 Registration of Re@wbc Participants 9:00 Welcome speeches (speakers from the University of Liège) Albert Corhay, Rector Bernard Rentier, Pro-rector Rudi Cloots, Vice-rector for Research President of the HRS4R steering committee Patricia Petit, Director of the International office Isabelle Halleux, Director of the research office Paul Thirion, Director of the Library network 10:30 Icebreaker Raphaela Delahaye - BeIPD-Cofund Project manager, ULiège 12:30 13:30 Lunch break 13:30-14:30 OTM-R : Going further in the HR strategy for researchers Isabelle Halleux, Director of the Research Office (ULiège) 14:30 14:45 Coffee break 14:45 16:15 Valuing, recognising and rewarding researchers Janet Metcalfe, head of Vitae, UK 16:15-16:45 Participative session 1
Tuesday May 9th, 2017 «About merit assessment in the academic world» Evaluation of individual profiles and competitive projects 10:15-10:30 Registration of Re@WBC Participants 10:30 11:30 The European Research Council : 10 years o funding excellence in research 11:30 12:30 The scientific merit assessment in the Humanities Nadia El Mjiyad : scientific officer - European Research Council executive Agency Florence Caeymaex, FNRS research associate, Dpt of Philosophy. President of the Research Council in Humanities (ULiège) 12:30-13:30 Lunch break OTM-R Case studies : 13:30-17:00 Nurturing and leveraging excellence - ERC as a strategy The principles of OTM-R: from European policy to Ghent University practice Implementing OTM-R principles in BeIPD. Paving the way towards enhanced evaluation process. The merit based principle through the talent acquisition process at the LIH Stijn delauré University of Leuven, Belgium Karen Vandevelde, University of Ghent, Belgium Raphaela Delahaye, University of Liège, Belgium Virginie De Landsheer & Christelle Massaux, Luxembourg Institute of health, Luxembourg 2
Wednesday May 10th, 2017 «About recruitment of PhD graduates in the non academic world» 9:45 10:00 Registration of re@wbc 10:00-12:00 Young PhD holders on the labour market & scientific merit assessment Aina Astudillo Fernandez. Career coach and trainer for researchers - doctorat.be Laurent Masscheleyn, R2D Conseil, Headhunting office, france. 12:00 13:00 Lunch break 13:00-15:30 Re@wbc coordination meeting Place du XX-août, A2/4/9 room 15:45 Departure time for the guided tour in the city center of Liège. Meeting point : pedestrian footbridge «La Belle Liégeoise», quai de Rome, Liège. 3
Thursday May 11th, 2017 Salle Archimède, Interface Entreprises-Université de Liège 8:45-9:00 Registration of Re@WBC 9:00-10:30 Excellence in research development Workshop 1 : Selection and supervision of talented doctoral candidates. Gentiane Haesbroek, Professor - Dpt of Mathematics. Academic representative in the Doctoral Council, ULiège Benjamin Dewals, FNRS Research Associate, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, ULiège Frederic Nguyen, Professor - Dpt of Architecture, Geology, Environment and Constructions (ArGenCo), ULiège Sarah Garré, Professor Terra Research & Teaching Center, Gembloux Agro-Bio tech - ULiège. 10:30-12:30 Workshop 2 : Enhancing performance of women in research. Tine Brouckaert, Gender Policy Advisor, University of Ghent, Belgium Elodie Naveau, Technology Transfer Advisor, Interface Entreprises-Université de Liège, Liège Brigitte Ernst, Research Office ULiège & ULiège Euraxess Center. Annie Cornet, Professor Hec ULiège 12:30-13:30 Lunch time 13:30-16:00 Team work on HRS4R and OTM-R Coordination meeting Re@WBC 4
Friday May 12th, 2017 Registration of Re@WBC 9:00-11:30 Minutes of the week and conclusions 11:30 Farewell drink & picture 5