Time: 20th Aug 2026. 14:00 – 17:00.
Place: Eitri. Haukelandsbakken 31.
Join our Career Seminar to meet and hear about personal career stories from start-ups, biotech companies, CROs, as well as the pharmaceutical industry and CONNECT.
Confirmed speakers include: Knut Martin Torgersen (CONNECT), Terje Kolstad (Johnson & Johnson), Ann Kari Grindheim (Pluvia), Satwinder Singh (Mendus), Teresa Fernandez (Vivesto), Gry Eriksson (Novartis), Emmet McCormack (KinN Therapeutics), Knut Smerud (Smerud Medical Research Group), Bengt Erik Haug (KinSea Lead Discovery).
The seminar provides opportunity to get practical advice and reflections on moving between academia, innovation and industry, and is highly relevant for master´s students, PhD candidates, postdocs and early-career researchers curious about options beyond the academic track.
Program
14:00 – 14:10 Welcome by Bjørn Tore Gjertsen
Chair: Gro Gausdal
14:10-14:30 Ann Kari Grindheim, Pluvia
14:30-14:50 Satwinder Singh, Mendus
14:50-15:10 Teresa Fernandez, Vivesto
15:10-15:30 Break
Chair: TBD
15:30-15:50 Terje Kolstad, Johnson & Johnson
15:50-16:10 Gry Eriksson, Novartis
16:10-16:30 Knut Terje Smerud, Smerud Medical Research Group
16:30-16:50 Emmet McCormack, KinN Therapeutics
16:50-17:00 Bjørn Tore Gjertsen Closing remarks
17:00 Pizza, soft drinks and mingling
Please register for pizza and soft drinks after the seminar, via this link
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