Conference Programme Details

Round Table

Doctoral Programmes in Europe – Their Role in a Knowledge Based Economy

26th March 2009, 11:45–13:15

Following up the outcomes of the Plenary Session 1, this round table will focus on doctoral programmes in a knowledge based economy: structures the programmes should adopt to achieve desired functions. A function of particular interest will be intersectorial mobility of doctoral candidates and fresh doctorate holders and linkage between academia and practise it constitutes.

Speakers

  • Dušan Čaplovič, the vice-president of Slovak Government for Knowledge-based Society, Slovak Government, Slovakia
  • Anneli Pauli, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Research, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
  • Jean-Patrick Connerade, Imperial College, London, Great Britain

Chaired by

  • Nora de Vries, Eurodoc