Programme

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Conference themes and keynote speakers:  

•  Research careers and doctoral education in Europe   

The Marie Curie Actions: Best practices for European research careers, Florent Bernard (European Commission)
Doctoral education in Europe: Trends and challenges, Alexandra Bitusikova (EUA Council for Doctoral Education) 

• University strategies for doctoral training   

University strategy for doctoral training: the Ghent university doctoral schools, Luc Moens (vice-rector of Ghent University)
 
Expanding Competencies to Expand Capacity for Doctoral and Post-Doctoral students in Preparation for diverse careers in Life Sciences, Mark R. Ryan and Henry Campa (University of Missouri & Michigan State University)
 
Establishing Quality Assurance Benchmarks for Graduate Programs in the Agricultural sciences: Experiences from the Pennsylvania State University, Ann H. Dodd & Jessica Bagdonis (Pennyslvania University)
 
From "sink or swim" to support for the career development of researchers: A UK perspective of the changing graduate research student experience, Andy Cobb (Harper Adams University College)
 

•  Skills set development of doctoral graduates and post docs 

Skills set development of doctoral and post-doctoral graduates in life sciences, Rameshwar Kanwar (Iowa State University)
 
Potential Paths to pedagogical excellence: early stage career support, Kirby Barrick & M. Gunderson (University of Florida)
 
Development of future faculty teaching skills, John Penson (Texas A&M University)
 
Interdisciplinary thinking in the Agricultural and Life Sciences - Guidelines and techniques, E.J.H. Spelt,
Dr. H.J.A. Biemans, Dr. P.A. Luning, Prof. Dr. M. Mulder (Wageningen University)
 
Skills set development of doctoral graduates and post doctoral staff, Mary Marete (Pennsylvania State University)
 
The place of summer schools in developing skills and interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding. Sustainable utitization of renewable resources: from availability towards usability, Anton Huber & Werner Praznik (KF-University Graz & BOKU Wien)
Professional development programs for early career investigators, Craig Marcus (Oregon State University)

Projectories from Human Resources model through "Datas", Anne Caillères &  Pierre-Henri Duée (INRA)
 
Doctoral degrees for capacity development: results from a survey among the African alumni of a German development research institute, Benjamin Schraven, Irit Eguavoen & Günther Manske (University of Bonn)
 

• Innovative models for doctoral and graduate research schools 

Building Transatlantic Graduate Education Programs in Biorenewables, Lawrence Johnson (Iowa State University)
 
Successes and challenges in a Novel Doctoral Program in systems Agriculture: a case example, David Lust (West Texas A&M University)
 
New PhD Study programmes in water sciences at CULS Prague, Pavel Kovar (CULS Prague)
 
Training of scientific and pedagogical personnel within doctoral studies at Moscow State University of applied biotechnology, G.V. Semenov and T.V. Ivanova (Moscow State University of applied Biotechnology)
 
From national graduate school to European leadership: the case of the VLAG, Fré Pepping, Vesna Prsic and Tiny van Boekel (The graduate school VLAG, Wageningen University and Research Centre)
 
Academic PhD school at Faculty of Agriculture in Tirana, Bizena Bijo, Anila Hoda and Fadil Thamaj (Agricultural University of Tirana)
 
EuroDoc'Agro, the Ile de France initiative for international doctoral and postdoctoral professional development in Agricultural and Life Sciences, Alice François, Gwladys Jean-Joseph and Muriel Mambrini (AgroParis Tech & ABIES doctoral school)
 
Doctoral-level content in Agricultural and extension education for 2010 and beyond: comparative analysis of International and Domestic Scholars, Glen C. Shinn, Gary J. Wingenbach, James R. Lindner, Gary E. Briers and Matt T. Baker (Texas A&M University & Texas Tech University)
 
PhD curriculum development: an AquaTNET case study, Peter Bossier (Ghent University)

•      Internationalization of doctoral training programs  

An example of an Erasmus Mundus Doctoral school experiment in forestry and nature management, Niels Strange (Copenhagen University)
 
Internationalisation as strategic tool to strengthen the doctoral education at Faculty of Agricutural sciences at Aarhus University, Elise Norberg & Marianna Aaro-Hansen (Aarhus University)
 
Understanding international postgraduate studies. Drivers from the supply and the demand side, M.M. Delgado-Serrano, J.L. Gomez-Bruque, M.J. Ambrosio-Albala & B. Llamas-Moreno (University of Cordoba)
 
A challenge to achieve Internationalization of Graduate Program: a case studies of Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia, Dase Hunaefi (Bogor Agricultural University)
 
Third cycle university studies in Europe in the field of Agricultural Engineering and in the emerging discipline of Biosystems Engineering, F. Ayuga, D. Briassoulis, P. Aguado, I. Farkas, H. Griepentrog, E. Lorencowicz (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Agricultural University of Athens, Universidad de León, Szent István University, University of Copenhagen, University of Life Sciences in Lublin)