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Mind Loops
Mind Loops is a series of short sessions organized around the Symposium (mainly on June 11-12th, 2011) in Paris to offer young researchers and students an opportunity to explore and learn about essential skills rarely taught in a standard academic settings.
A group of enthusiastic young people is preparing the hands-on activities that will help you boost your creativity, help you communicate better with your audience, teach you how to manage your time and how to enlarge your professional network. We will also invite you to explore your artistic talents and release your hidden ideas through brainstorming. We'll try to employ team-building methods to get to know each other better and create a positive and productive atmosphere. Last but not least, we will try to investigate the different possibilities and career paths that a scientists can take and in that way open your horizons.
Are you interested? Make sure you apply for your favorite sessions on time!
As part of Mind Loops and PIPS we are organizing the Image Contest in collaboration with ArtScience Factory. Follow this link to learn more about it and participate in it!
Detailed program of Mind Loops sessions :
All Mind Loops sessions will be held at:
Amphithéatre Langevin and ESPGG
ESPCI ParisTech
10 rue Vauquelin
75005 PARIS
All Mind Loops sessions are free and open to anyone (regardless of participation to PhD symposium).
Since the number of places for each session is limited, please apply only for the sessions you are sure to attend and that you are most motivated for. You can apply for a maximum of 5 sessions.
The selection of participants will be made on the “first come-first served” basis. However, if there are more applications for a specific session, participants of PhD symposium will have the priority.
The selection of participants will be made on the “first come-first served” basis. However, if there are more applications for a specific session, participants of PhD symposium will have the priority.
Scientific communication (June 11th, 13:00-15:00) - There is always room to improve your communication skills! Learn some practical tips and tricks to communicate your science more clearly and interestingly, both in writing and speaking (limited to 15 participants)
Creativity (June 11th, 13:00 - 15:00) - How to be more creative and come up with novel ideas? Join us in creating a game using items you might find in trash, learn how to use lateral thinking techniques and other hands-on activities that will show you we can all be creative! (limited to 15 participants)
Solving problems and managing time and meetings (June 11th, 15:00 - 17:00) - Conflicts at the meetings, stress from endless deadlines and decisions... Learn how to be more effective in managing time and increasing work productivity, and explore ways to solve problems with structured thinking techniques (limited to 10 participants)
How to communicate interdisciplinarity (June 11th, 15:00 - 16:00) - Have you ever been in a situation to explain your research to a colleague coming from another scientific background? Have you ever worked in an interdisciplinary team with communication problems? Join us for some fun pictionary session to learn to understand (and appreciate!) the different ways of how people understand scientific concepts. (limited to 10 participants)
Networking (June 11th, 16:00 - 17:00) - In today’s world, sharing information and being connected is becoming more and more improtant. How to keep track of what is going on and keep in touch with your colleagues? How to manage what kind of information you share with your friends, colleagues or everyone? We will discuss about available tools (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, CiteULike...) and when to use them. (limited to 15 participants)
Career path choice (June 11th, 17:00 - 19:00) - Ever wondered what are the possible career paths you could take after finishing your PhD? Some options are not so obvious, unless you meet with the exciting people who had made a decision to step off the beaten track and are willing to talk to you about the benefits of choosing another career! (limited to 15 participants)
Dance your PhD (June 12th, workshop 10:00 - 13:00 + presentation 18:00 - 19:00) - One of the easiest and most fun ways of sharing your research might be through dance and theater! We will make small groups and try to be as creative as possible to come up with interpretations of your PhD project using “live photography”, improvisation and choreography. (limited to 20 participants)
Drawing science (June 12th, to be confirmed) - If you find yourself drawing doodles while taking notes or solving problems, why not trying to express your view on science through drawing a comic?
Brainstorming (June 12th, to be confirmed) - Learn about the power of brainstorming by solving several challenges on the topic of science and education for developing countries
Please find below the detailed schedule of these sessions in pdf format.
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