Career Roadmap for Postdoctoral Fellows
The UM Postdoc Association, together with The National Postdoc Association and Postdoc Associations at Wayne State and Michigan State, the UM Center for the Education of Women and the UM Diversity Council, is holding a one-day regional symposium on Saturday, October 10 in the Biomedical Sciences Research Building (BSRB):
"Career Roadmaps for Postdocs"
Keynote Speakers: Peter Fiske, PhD, PAX Scientific and Kerry Ann Rocquemore, PhD
The symposium sessions will include further speakers from industry, non-profit science organizations, federal government, science policy, science publishing, patent law, academia and more. Download the full schedule and speaker biographies and abstracts.
The advanced registration deadline has passed.
On-site registration will be accepted on a space-available basis for the keynote worskshops only. On-site registration is $20.
If you are driving, there is free parking in the staff parking structure on East Ann Street, directly across the street to the north of the BSRB. Additional free parking is available in the attached Catherine Street Structure and also the Glen Street Structure. Please note that metered spaces, gold spaces, and those reserved for business vehicles are not free to the public on Saturdays. Campus map. The BSRB is located at 109 Zina Pitcher Pl, Ann Arbor.
When you arrive, please check in at the BSRB to pick up your welcome folder. From there, on-site staff will be able to direct you to the Seminar Rooms for humanities and social sciences workshops or to Palmer Commons for biomedical and physical science workshops. All workshops from 11:45 am onwards will take place in the BSRB.
Please note that the "Careers in Academia - Big vs. Small" workshop at 11:45am for the biomedical and physical sciences will be held in the BSRB Kahn Auditorium rather than the previously scheduled Palmer Commons Great Lakes Central room due to a wonderfully high turnout of registrations.