Essential skills for PhDs!
Join us 17-21 August 2020 in Palanga!
Essential skills for PhDs!
Join us 17-21 August 2020 in Palanga!
PhD Summer School focuses on development of key competences required for achieving best results in successful defense of the doctoral dissertation and identifying further research directions. Therefore topics of our PhD Summer Schools include: management of scientific research data, writing of scientific articles, analysis of the subtleties of project management, research integrity and ethics, intellectual property and patent system, communication skills development, etc.
PhD Summer School provides the opportunity for intellectually curious doctoral students to explore new knowledge, to expand cultural awareness and to exchange experience.
PhD Summer School 2020 will:
Target group: 50 doctoral students (regardless of major).
Prerequisites. The PhD Summer School is held in English. In order to participate, doctoral students should have sufficient language skills.
Registration deadlines have been extended due to a world-wide COVID-19 pandemic situation. We are closely following the information about the situation and will keep you updated.
15 May 2020 “Early-bird”
10 June 2020 Overall registration (or later if there are vacancies)
The participation fee is paid only when the registration is approved.
The participants of the 5th PhD Summer School are also invited to take part in the Keen Forum PhD Colloquium 2020 that is organized by the consortium of Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, Cranfield University, United Kingdom, University of Wuppertal, Germany, and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, which will be held on August 16, 2020, in Palanga, Lithuania followed by KTU PhD Summer School.
The Keen Forum PhD Colloquium 2020 will provide a unique opportunity for doctoral students in the field of artificiality, sustainability and entrepreneurship to present their research and receive constructive feedback from the leading scholars in the area. The best-selected abstracts will be awarded. For more information and registration, please visit https://keenforumphd.ktu.edu website.
Vita Daudaravičienė
Doctoral Projects Manager
tel. +370 626 22701
e. p. phd@ktu.lt
skype: ktu.phd
the venue of the 5th PhD Summer School, 17-21 August 2020
The venue of 5th PhD Summer School 2020 is Palanga.
Event Centre: to be confirmed
Participants are responsible for arranging their own accommodation.
You can find a hotel or private accommodation in Palanga. Prices vary from ~15-30 euros per night in private sector to ~150 euros per night and more! Check for prices and conditions:
www.booking.com
www.airbnb.com
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The time schedule of the PhD Summer School allows sufficient amount of free time to appreciate leisure in Palanga:
Responsibility, interaction, and ethics in research
Effective communication: getting people to listen
Scientific writing. Meeting the editor. Do’s and Don’ts of getting your paper published
Research data management 101: Getting started to make your research FAIR
Effective scientific presentation: inspiring your audience
Poster Presentations
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Monday, 17 August 2020
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| 9:00 – 9:55 | Registration | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Welcome | |
| 10:30 – 13:00 | Poster presentations | |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Responsibility, Interaction, and Ethics in Research | |
| 20:00 – 21:30 | Welcome dinner | |
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Tuesday, 18 August 2020
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| Effective Communication: Getting People to Listen | ||
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Wednesday, 19 August 2020
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| Scientific writing. Meeting the editor. Do’s and Don’ts of getting your paper published | ||
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Thursday, 20 August 2020
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| Research Data Management 101: Getting Started to Make Your Research FAIR | ||
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Friday, 21 August 2020
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| Effective Scientific Presentation: Inspiring your audience | ||
Deadlines have been extended due to a world-wide COVID-19 pandemic situation. We are closely following the information about the situation and will keep you updated.
* – the organizers reserve the right to extend the registration, if there are vacancies, or close earlier if the number of confirmed participants reaches 50.
Criteria for participants
You must be currently enrolled in a PhD programme.
You must be able to communicate fluently in English, be able to listen to lectures as well as assert your own thoughts and ideas in group discussions in English with general ease.
Registration
After you submit your registration form, you will receive an automatic reply. If you do not receive any reply within 2 days, or you are not sure about your application status, please contact phd@ktu.lt
Payment instructions
The registration is considered complete only after the registration fee is paid. After you submit your registration form, we will revise your application. If you are selected, we will send you bank details for registration fee payment. After we have received your payment, we will send you an acceptance letter. You cannot attend the PhD Summer School if you have not paid the registration fee.
Please note: your registration and professional education will be examined, and in case of doubt your registration can be rejected.
Any request must be sent to the secretary of the event: phd@ktu.lt
The registration for and the participation in the 5th PhD Summer School program constitutes your acknowledgement and agreement to these terms & conditions.
2019
Frank Witlox, Ghent University, Belgium
Ari Visa, Tampere University, Finland
Enrico Luzzatto, European Patent Academy, Germany
Hallvard Fossheim, University of Bergen, Norway
2018
Martijn Wackers, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Telma Esteves, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Roger Strand, University of Bergen, Norway
Arminas Ragauskas, Health Telematics Science Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
2017
Flavien Massi, Intelligentsia Consultants Sàrl, Luxembourg
Lynn P. Nygaard, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway
Jacek Fiutowski, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Sarah Jones, Digital Curation Centre, United Kingdom
Iryna Kuchma, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL), Lithuania
2016
Lucie Boudova, Elsevier, Czech Republic
Heidi Dyson, Next Level Innovation Ltd., United Kingdom
Dietmar Grichnik, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Elīna Gaile-Sarkane, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Scientific writing. Meeting the editor. Do’s and Dont’s of getting your paper published
Frank Witlox, Ghent University, Belgium
Big Data – from data to knowledge
Ari Visa, Tampere University, Finland
From Idea To (European) Patent
Enrico Luzzatto, European Patent Academy, Germany
Responsibility, Interaction, and Ethics in Research
Hallvard Fossheim, University of Bergen, Norway
Oral Presentation and Communication Skills Development
Martijn Wackers, Delft University of Technology
Research grant proposal development
Telma Esteves, University of Twente
Research Ethics, Integrity and Responsibility
Roger Strand, University of Bergen
Entrepreneurship and Innovations
Arminas Ragauskas, Kaunas University of Technology
Writing for Scholars
Lynn P. Nygaard, PRIO
Writing Scientific Papers
Jacek Fiutowski, University of Southern Denmark
Project Management for PhD Students
Flavien Massi, Intelligentsia Consultants Sàrl
Open Science and Research Data Management: tips and tools to help you plan to get the most from your data
Sarah Jones, Digital Curation Centre,
Iryna Kuchma, EIFL
How to write a good scientific article
Lucie Boudova, Elsevier
How to overcome hindrance in scientific writing?
Elina Gaile-Sarkane, Riga Technical University
Writing doctoral thesis and articles
Dietmar Grichnik, University of St.Gallen
Developing H2020 proposal writing skills
Heidi Dyson, Next Level Innovations Ltd.
| Austria |
| TU Graz |
| University of Innsbruck |
| Azerbaijan |
| Azerbaijan State University of Economics |
| Institute of control systems, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences |
| Belgium |
| Ghent University |
| China |
| Guilin University of Electronic Technology |
| Czech Republic |
| Brno University of Technology |
| Czech Technical University in Prague |
| Czech University of Life Sciences |
| Metropolitan University Prague |
| Tomas Bata University in Zlin |
| Denmark |
| Aalborg University |
| Technical University of Denmark |
| University of Copenhagen |
| University of Southern Denmark |
| Estonia |
| Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| Tallinn University of Technology |
| France |
| The Université Grenoble Alpes |
| Belfort-Montbeliard University of Technology |
| University of Lille |
| Germany |
| Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts |
| Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) |
| Konstanz University of Applied Science |
| RWTH Aachen |
| TU Darmstadt |
| University of Cologne |
| Hungary |
| Semmelweis University |
| Iceland |
| University of Iceland |
| Italy |
| University of Ferrara |
| University of Parma |
| University of Sassari |
| University of Rome Tor Vergata and University of Rome III |
| Latvia |
| Riga Technical University |
| University of Latvia |
| Ventspils University College |
| Lithuania |
| Aleksandras Stulginskis University |
| Centre for Innovative Medicine |
| Centre for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC) |
| Kaunas University of Technology |
| Lithuanian Energy Institute |
| Lithuanian Social Research Centre |
| Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry |
| Mykolas Romeris University |
| Šiauliai University |
| The General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania |
| Vilnius Gediminas Technical University |
| Vytautas Magnus University |
| Vilnius University |
| Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences |
| Netherlands |
| Eindhoven University of Technology |
| VU Amsterdam |
| Norway |
| University of Bergen |
| University of Stavanger |
| Poland |
| Jagiellonian University |
| University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow |
| University of Bialystok |
| Portugal |
| University of Aveiro |
| Romania |
| The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration |
| University “Politechnica” of Bucharest |
| University of Bucharest |
| Russian Federation |
| Higher School of Economics, National Research University, Moscow |
| Higher School of Economics, National Research University, St. Petersburg |
| Slovakia |
| University of Zilina |
| Spain |
| University of Barcelona |
| Rovira i Virgili University |
| Valencia Polytechnic University |
| Turkey |
| Balikesir University |
| Ozyegin University |
| Ukraine |
| Kiev National University for Construction and Architecture |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Bath Spa University |
| Chester University |
| University of East London |