Hi!
Please distribute this email & attachment to PhD-students and post-docs that could be interested in attending below course.
Many thanks and kind regards
Katja
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Most welcome to a 5-day intensive course (3 credits) for PhD-students & post-docs
Successful Partnerships between Academia and Industry in Plant Protection
13th–17th November 2017
See also attached pdf!
Topics:
• Communicating your research to industry and stakeholders
• Marketing yourself and your research
• How Research & Development (R & D) works in industry & how to form collaborations
• Technology transfer, safeguarding your intellectual property (IP) and patents
• Practical experience in solving industry problems (case studies)
• The course will also include a one day industry-researcher meeting in connection with the annual Södra Sveriges Växtodlings- och Växtskyddskonferens which will be held in Växjö early December 2017.
Students will work closely with industry experts, gaining practical experience of R & D and problem solving in industry.
Costs: There is no course fee and a limited number of stipends is available for attendees from SLU to cover accommodation and travel costs - please contact the course organisers if you are interested.
Application: Apply by 31st of March 2017. Only 20 places are available on a first comes first serves bases.
More information: www.slu.se/platformplantprotection/phd-course-2017
Course organisers:
Email list Platform Plant Protection: If you would like to regularly connect with other researchers that work with plant protection at SLU or receive information on activities of the Platform Plant Protection you are welcome to sign up to our email-list. Just send an email to Katja.Fedrowitz@slu.se.
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Katja Fedrowitz
Koordinator / Coordinator
Plattform Växtskydd / Platform Plant Protection
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Box 7043, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Besöksadress/Visiting address: Ulls väg 16 (Ekologicentrum)
Telefon/Phone: +46 18 67 21 96
Katja Fedrowitz@slu.se; www.slu.se/plattformvaxtskydd
