The 16th Vitae Researcher Development International Conference is taking place in Manchester on 12-13 September 2016. It is the largest dedicated conference bringing together all those with a strategic and operational professional role in developing researchers across the world.
The call for content is now open with proposals being sought for workshop sessions, special interest sessions and posters that excite, challenge and engage participants with novel approaches, innovative solutions, policy and practice approaches, and research into the impact of researcher development.
The conference will broadly address the strategic and practical implications of the following themes:
- policy developments relating to doctoral education and the effective talent management of researchers
- enhancing institutional capacity to provide innovative professional development to maintain research excellence
- being at the forefront of researcher development to meet the future development needs of researchers for a wide range of careers
- demonstrating the value of researcher development on research outputs, researcher careers, economic prosperity and society
The deadline for proposing a workshop is 17.00 on Wednesday 8 June 2016
The deadline for proposing special interest sessions and posters is 17.00 on Friday 22 July 2016
Full details are available on Vitae’s webpage https://www.vitae.ac.uk/events/vitae-researcher-development-international-conference-2016/call-for-content