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Title

SeeDS 2015: Symposium of Ecology and Evolution Doctoral Students

Dates

27 November 2015

Organizer(s)

Kathrin Garschall, PhD student, University of Lausanne (CH)

Julien Goebel, PhD student, University of Lausanne (CH)

Marie Voillemot, PhD student, University of Lausanne (CH)

Zheng Yan, PhD student, University of Lausanne (CH)

Speakers

Dr Adria Le Boeuf, University of Lausanne (CH)

 

and

 

YOU!!!!

Description

 

 

 

This year, the SeeDS (Symposium of Ecology and Evolution Doctoral Students) known for being a relaxed and friendly science meeting, will take place the 27th of November at the University of Lausanne. Targeting graduate students (but open to everyone), the SeeDS comes back with a complete new formula.

 

Borrowed from our friends from the University of Queensland, Australia, we took the gamble to adopt the THREE MINUTE THESIS (3MT®) concept. As the name suggests, we invite graduate students and their supervisors to present their research in three minutes.

 

Since three minutes is not much to explain many years of work, the speaker has to be concise and light on details. This is an unique opportunity for you to develop your capacity to quickly explain your research to all kinds of audience, from your parents to your future funder. One more time: three minutes is not much, but this leaves time to have a lot more speakers than in a typical meeting, so it provides more opportunity for you to present your incredible work!


Since we do not want you to be lost because of this new concept, the SeeDS is for the first time offering a complete course before the symposia where high-skilled specialists in communication will share their knowledge with you, and for more fun, we will invite your supervisors to follow the same exercises.

 

This course is a great and fun way to improve your science communication skills and you'll learn tips and tricks to become a great speaker!

 

Provisional Program coming SOON!

Location

University of Lausanne

Credits

0.5

Evaluation

0.5 ECTS: Active participation and presentation of your research.

Information

PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO PARTICIPANT PRESENTING HER/HIS RESEARCH IN 3 MINUTES!

 

 

 

MORE INFO CONCERNING THE MORNING WOKSHOP:

Communication & Presentation Skills for Scientists 

For those inside or outside academia, communication skills can make-or-break a career. This half-day workshop will help participants to improve their interpersonal communication and presentation skills. 

Because participants will have already prepared their 3-minute talks, this workshop will focus more on the performance and practice of science communication rather than the structure. How to hook and keep your audience? How to be engaging in both voice and body language? We will play a variety of games to help participants better think on their feet, harness their creativity, and feel more comfortable in front of audience. Also, participants will learn to use specific verbal devices to communicate clearly in a memorable way.

What you will learn

The participant will have developed his or her public speaking and one-the-spot improvisation skills, specifically, how to physically, verbally, and vocally command the attention of one's audience and make a lasting positive impression.


Who?

This workshop is beneficial to anyone who has a story to tell. Please wear clothes that you can move in. 

 

 

 

MORE INFO CONCERNING THE 3 MINUTES PRESENTATIONS:

 

RULES

- A single static PowerPoint slide is permitted. No slide transitions, animations or 'movement' of any description are allowed. The slide is to be presented from the beginning of the oration.

- No additional electronic media (e.g. sound and video files) are permitted.

- Presentations are limited to 3 minutes maximum

- Language: English

 

MORE INFORMATION

- Winning Three Minutes Thesis (3MT®) presentations from around the globe (Click HERE)

- About Three Minutes Thesis (3MT®) concept (Click HERE)

- The CUSO doctoral program in transferable skills proposes this autumn workshop on "Three Minutes Thesis" (Click HERE)

 

Please SEND YOUR SINGLE POWERPOINT SLIDE before 20TH OF NOVEMBER 2015 to ecologie-evolution(at)cuso(dot)ch with the TITLE OF YOUR PRESENTATION and YOUR NAME in the body of your e-mail.

 

 

When?

27 November 2015

 

Where?

University of Lausanne (CH)

 

Questions?

Caroline Betto-Colliard

@: ecologie-evolution(at)cuso(dot)ch

Phone: +41 (0)21 692 42 44

Expenses

Conference attendance:
Free for PhD students and professors of the DPEE.
25 CHF for all others (coffee breaks, material, etc.)

 

Social dinner:
The total cost of the Social Dinner is 50CHF. A contribution of 25CHF is asked to the PhD students of the DPEE (the CUSO is paying the remaining 25 CHF).
25.- for PhD students of the DPEE
50.- for all others

 

PhD students of the DPEE are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, and 2nd class) and lunch (up to 25 CHF). Please send the original tickets (no copies, except for the general abonnement) and receipts with the reimbursement form to Caroline Betto-Colliard.

Registration

CUSO PhD students: through your MyCUSO account. 

 

External participants (non-CUSO PhD students, post-docs, etc...): use the icon "registration" at top of page and the last gray box "non-CUSO student" ("personne hors myCUSO").

 

Deadline of registration: November 8

 

Priority is given to PhD students of the DPEE until October 15th, 2015.

Places

50

Deadline for registration 20.11.2015
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