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will be organized on Saturday August 28th and Sunday 29th, 2010, in the Academiegebouw of the University of Groningen, Broerstraat 5, 9712CP Groningen, on the following themes:
Each workshop runs from Saturday August 28th, 2010 09:30-17:00 to Sunday August 29th, 2010 09:30-16:00 and includes lunch and coffee breaks.
Workshop participation costs 270 €.
A given workshop will be organized only if at least 10 participants register for it.
Registration is done together with that for the ECOSS 27 conference and effective once payment has been received. Registration costs are reimbursed only if participation is cancelled before 01/08/2010.
All attendees will receive an attendance certificate attesting to their participation in the workshop. PhD students who require it, may receive 1 ECTS points for the workshop they followed (certificate issued by the Groningen Graduate School of Science which is part of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Groningen).
This workshop will provide coaching and guidance to design, develop and successfully deliver conference lectures. Topics will include design of a powerpoint presentation, identifying and adressing the audience's needs, efficiency and effectiveness of information delivery, timing of a talk, catching the audience's attention, liveliness and body language, practicing a talk. Breathing and speaking exercises will complete the training. Tips on how to overcome nervousness and anxiety before and during the presentation will be given. Strategies for responding with confidence and clarity to questions and objections from the audience will be developed. Attendees will create two 10 minute presentations ahead of the workshop, one on a general subject and one on their science and deliver them in video recorded excercises to their peers.
This workshop will be given by a physics editor of Springer-Verlag, one of the worldwide leading international publishing companies. A careful introduction to scientific publishing is given together with detailed advice for researchers and advanced students on how to prepare good scientific papers. The topics discussed will include: types and contents of scientific publications; steps to plan a scientific publication; writing style of scientific publications (short notes, original papers, review papers, books); the importance of proper references; structure of a scientific paper; survey of most appropriate scientific journals; problems of submission and acceptance of scientific papers; public and political influence on scientific publications (including an introduction electronic publishing and to the Science citation Index). After having discussed these general aspects, the technical details of preparing scientific publications will be taught. There will be the opportunity to analyse and discuss publications of the attendees of the workshop and give detailed advice on improving the style. Every attendee should submit 1 publications or manuscript. A selection of typical publications will be discussed. These publications should be critically read by the attendees before the workshop.
This workshop will be given by a former member of an evaluation panel of EU grant proposals and provide an intensive and detailed introduction to the process, structure, and skill of proposal writing explained for a typical first personal grant like the Marie Curie Individual Fellowships of the EU. In this workshop, attendees will learn the entire proposal writing process and acquire a solid understanding of not only the ideal proposal structure, but a complete general understanding of the essential factors, which determine whether or not a proposal gets funded. Through interactive exercises and activities, attendees will put what they learn into practice. The aim is to learn how to transform a research idea into a proper research proposal using the logical framework method but also to view your own project proposal through the eyes of an evaluator. Attendees will have to write a short text before the workshop which will be used to further develop their writing skills. Topics handled during the workshop: how to describe the essence in a few phrases, "selling" a grant proposal, how to be concise, how to express the innovative character of your research.
This workshop will be given by a patent examiner affiliated with the European Patent Office in The Hague. The aim of the workshop is to impart a basic knowledge on patent issues: The different patenting procedures (EPC, PCT, national) will be introduced so that the attendees learn about the advantages/disadvantages of each procedure and can therefore develop their own patent strategy. Practical examples will illustrate this part and information about costs and main characteristics of the European Patent Office as well as the focal points of the EPC and PCT procedures will be illustrated. Basic information about existing patent databanks (ESPACENET, Derwent, ...) will be given and through hands-on training the attendees will be taught how to research patent literature. With practical examples the attendees will learn to recognize patent violations and be taught how to react to them. All steps in the registration of a patent will be illustrated. In particular, the attendees will be taught how to formulate claims and what information has to be prepared by the researcher so that a patent attorney can file a patent. Again practical cases will be discussed. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own examples (but not those for actual introduction at the EPO). Finally, information on the "Life of a Patent" will be provided - focus will be on the duration of a patent, procedures regarding appeals, violation of patents etc.