Programme outline

09:15-10:00	Arrival, registration, coffee and networking	Bancroft Building Foyer
10:00-10:15	Welcome Address Speaker: TBC	Mason Lecture Theatre (entrance from ground and first floors)
10:15-10:45	Keynote Address Dr David McAllister Associate director - Research and Innovation Talent UK Research and Innovation - BBSRC	Mason Lecture Theatre (entrance from ground and first floors)
10:45-12:15	Panel Discussion: Career Progression for Postdocs Chaired by Dr TBC Postdoctoral researcher, affiliation Panel: Dr David McAllister (Associate Director - Research and Innovation Talent, BBSRC) Dr Candy Hassall (Head of Researcher Affairs, Wellcome Trust) Dr Emma Williams (EJW Solutions Ltd) Tinu Cornish (CPsychol, Director Sea-Change Consultancy) David Payne (Chief Careers Editor, Springer Nature) Samyukta Mukhopadhyay (Civil Service Fast Stream)	Mason Lecture Theatre (entrance from ground and first floors)
12:15-13:30	Lunch, Networking and Vendors' Fair	Bancroft Foyer or Bancroft 1.13
13:30-14:30	Breakout session 1 See below for details of individual sessions	Bancroft rooms (see below for locations)
14:30-15:00	Coffee & tea break, Networking and Vendors' Fair	Bancroft Foyer or Bancroft 1.13
15:00-16:00	Breakout session 2 See below for details of individual sessions	Bancroft rooms (see below for locations)
16:00-17:00	Closing plenary address and wrap up	Mason Lecture Theatre (entrance from ground and first floors)
18:00	Off campus social event	Local pub (details to follow)

Breakout sessions

Session 1: Postdoctoral Career Progression: How and when to move on to the next step? Highly trained talent retention PhD students vs Postdoctoral Researcher investment in Higher Education institutions - how does this impact postdoc career progression?	Led by Emma Williams
Session 2: Personal and Career Development for Researchers How do things like the new Concordat support this?	Led by Kathy Barrett, with David McAllister
Session 3: Equality, Inclusion, Diversity in Higher Education Are our current strategies enough to create the inclusive future we need?	Led by Amy Birch, with Tinu Cornish
Session 4: Collaboration and Mobility beyond the HE sector Industry partnerships with academia How to move on from HE to other sectors (policy, industry, communications, consulting Dispelling the notion of an "institutionalised researcher"	Led by Tracy Bussoli, with Andrew Hines
Session 5: The Postdoc Funding Landscape: Fellowships - is that all there is? Funding options that will help drive a postdoc's independence and career beyond the traditional fellowship routes	Led by Liz Simmonds, with Candy Hassall and Ken Emond
Session 6: Portfolio Career or Holding Pattern: moving on from short-term teaching and research contracts, or making them work for you	Led by Donald Lush