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  • Eric Buchlin
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    Newsletter du groupe MCFA general meeting and career workshop in Paris, 27-29 November
    Dear Marie Curie fellows,

    It is our pleasure to invite you to this year's Annual General Meeting of the Marie Curie Fellows Association, which will be held in Paris, France, on the last weekend of November. This is a great opportunity to meet other Marie Curie fellows from all over Europe and to share your experience in science and mobility. The programme will also include a one-day career workshop for PhD students and postdocs where you will learn essential tips and tricks for advancing your career. There will be a special guest to the workshop – the editor from Science magazine who will talk about science writing and publishing.

    All current and former Marie Curie fellows are welcome to this meeting! Please make a note in you calendar and book your transportation tickets now.

    Below you will find the draft programme of the meeting and some practical information. Looking forward to seeing you in Paris. If you have any questions about the meeting, please do not hesitate to write to office@mariecurie.org or call +33.6.62.50.05.65.

    DRAFT PROGRAMME:

    Friday, 27 November
    Institut Curie, 1 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris (5th district)
    17:00 Visit to Curie museum (max. 15 people)
    18:00 Informal get-together (place to be confirmed)

    Saturday, 28 November
    Paris Observatory, 77 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, Paris (14th district)
    9:00 Workshop ``the Career Plan'' including the following sessions:
    1) Career Plan: How to get where you want
    (Vanessa Díaz Zuccarini, Guggi Kofod)
    2) Your selling points: How to individuate your skills and
    personalize them (Natalia Balcázar)
    3) Your life on paper: How to build a good CV (Invited speaker - TBC)
    4) Say it right: The job interview (Invited speaker - TBC)
    5) Boost your CV: How to publish a scientific article
    (Dr Maria Cruz, editor, Science magazine)
    12:30 Lunch break
    13:30 Career workshop (continued)
    17:00 Free time

    Sunday, 29 November
    Paris Observatory, 77 Avenue Denfert-Rochereau, Paris (14th district)
    9:00 MCFA Annual Meeting – Open session
    (Invited representatives from the EC, NCP - TBC)
    11:30 Lunch break
    12:30 MCFA General Assembly – MCFA members only
    - Presentation of annual Activity and Financial reports
    - Confirmation of last year's decision about the change of Statutes
    - Election of the new Administrative Board
    - Discussion of future activities
    15:00 Free time


    REGISTRATION:

    To register, please send an e-mail to office@mariecurie.org indicating your planned arrival and departure date. Then we will send you more details concerning the meeting. The deadline for registration is 8 November 2009.

    The workshop is only open to the present and former beneficiaries of the Marie Curie mobility grants. The registration fee is 60 Euros, including the MCFA membership fee for 2010. We will send you more details about the workshop and payment once you will be registered.

    The General Meeting (excluding the workshop) is of course free of charge, but it is open only to people who are MCFA members in 2009.

    Please keep in mind that the travel and participation costs for this event can be charged to your Marie Curie project (Part D: Participation expenses of eligible researchers).

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    • 28 Oct 2009, 2:02 pm