Scientific and soft skills training programs offering a unique opportunity to exchange ideas and learn from world-renowned speakers and network with peers

The scientific program (10-12 March) will consist of plenary lectures to be delivered by world-renowned scientists (see below) and oral and poster presentations selected from contributed abstracts submitted by participants in fields that include:

• bioinspired polymers;
• functional supramolecular self-assemblies;
• adaptive, dynamic, responsive and interactive soft materials and molecular systems;
• compartmentalized structures;
• life-like systems; and
• their use in nanomedicine, diagnostics, theranostics, biosensing, drug/therapeutics delivery, soft robotics, tissue engineering or regenerative medicine.

 

This event will also include a soft transferable skills’ training program (13-15 March) which aims to advance the professional development and widen the career perspectives of students and early-career researchers, irrespectively on their background and research domain.

The topics of the training sessions/workshops include:

• mental health and imposter phenomenon in academia;
• community building;
• diversity, equity and inclusion;
• career routes;
• scientific publishing and ethics;
• CV writing for academia and industry;
• open science;
• data management;
• project management;
• science innovation.

Deadlines Submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation until November 15th, 2023 (deadline).

The early-bird registration deadline is January 31st, 2024.

 

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