11:20h-12:00h – Debate 1: “High-level graduates…must enter Academia?”The first debate will be on the topic of career choices for doctoral and masters graduates (specifically, academia versus industry versus entrepreneurship). We hope to offer enlightened discussion, fed with speakers with a range of backgrounds, on the benefits and disadvantages of each career choice, and how to prepare oneself to maximize the benefits of each. Moderator: João Pinto Ferreira – Professor, FEUP Panel: Marta Agostinho – European Project Manager, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, UNL Francisco Veloso – Universidade Católica Elisa Martin Garijo – Director of Technology and Innovation, IBM 12:00h-13:00h – Debate 2: “Building my career in Portugal” The second debate, staying true to the E3 moniker will examine the entire Education-Employment-Entrepreneurship system in Portugal with a focus on the graduates that hope to join it in the near future. With the experience of representatives of various parts of the Portuguese society, we will seek to answer whether graduates are sufficiently well supported by academia, industry as well as the government in defining the next steps in their career, and how these three factions, as well as the graduates themselves, can improve the chances of success for graduates. Moderator: Paulo Dias Figueiredo, Agência Lusa Panel: Mary O’Donovan – Organization Development Director, HOVIONE José Carlos Gonçalves – President, Portugal Outsourcing Celso Almeida – Post-Doctoral Fellow, BioFig Center of FCUL |