Symposium: (Austrian) Scientists in Dialogue with the World

Am 18. Juni 2024, ab 16.30 Uhr findet erstmalig das Vernetzungsevent „(AUSTRIAN) SCIENTISTS IN DIALOGUE WITH THE WORLD: International Opportunities Across Academia and Industry" im Festsaal der TU Wien statt. 

ASciNA - Austrian Scientists & Scholars in North America, Universität Wien, der Alumni Club der MedUni Wien und TU Wien laden alle Interessierten ein, sich bei diesem Symposium über Karrieremöglichkeiten und Möglichkeiten, den Bildungsweg im Ausland zu ergänzen oder weiterzuführen, zu informieren und zu diskutieren.

Im ersten Panel diskutieren ASciNA scholars und Mentees “Diversity and Generosity of Spirit: the Journey of an Austrian Scientist”. Im zweiten Panel “Overcoming Barriers to (Re)Connect” werden sich verschiedene Österreichische Organisationen, wie Marshall Plan, OeAD, Austrian Business Agency, AWS, Fulbright vorstellen, auch die Alumni Clubs der Universitäten werden dabei sein.

Programm:
16:30 – 17:00 Uhr - Anmeldung/Empfang

17:00 - 18:30 Uhr - Panel I - “Diversity and Generosity of Spirit: the Journey of an Austrian Scientist”, Moderation: Philipp Steger
ASciNA Scholars:
- Christoph Becker, Professor of Information, University of Toronto; leads Just Sustainability Design lab; PhD, Computer Science (Informatik), TU Wien 2010; PostDoc in Lissabon, Portugal; Senior Scientist, TU Wien; U Toronto seit 2013.
- Michael Fink, PhD Chemical Engineering (TU Wien); Post-Doc, Chemistry, Harvard University; CEO, Mask Logic LTD; scientist-turned-entrepreneur; ASciNA Vice President
- Alexandra Lieben, MA, Public Policy, University of California Los Angeles; Deputy Director, UCLA Burkle Center for International Relations; Lecturer, USC, Price School/Safe Communities Institute; Certified Mediator; ASciNA President and Pacific South Chapter President.
- Eva Schernhammer, MD, DrPH, MAE. Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Medical University of Vienna, Adjunct Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Lecturer, Harvard Medical School. President of the Austrian Society of Epidemiology, Curriculum director PhD program Epidemiology (Medical University of Vienna), recipient of ERC-2021-ADG, Member, Academy of Sciences Austria (Class II) and Academia Europea. Co-founder and former president of ASciNA
- Hubert Zajicek, MD Universität Wien, Post-Doc & NIH Fellow, Nephrology & Cell Biology, UT Southwestern; MBA, Southern Methodist University, Co-founder & CEO, Health Wildcatters; scientist-turned-VC; Co-founder, past-president, current board-member & chapter president Southwest ASciNA  
AScinA Mentees:
- Ayse Koyun, PhD Materials Science (TU Wien); Post-Doc Scientist at Harvard University, Environmental Science and Engineering and Atmospheric Chemistry.  
- Christoph Wippel, MD (Medizinische Universität Wien), MMSc (Harvard University); Postdoctoral research fellow, Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Computational Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, ASciNA Co-Chapter President, Greater Boston
 
18:30 - 19:00 Uhr - "Panel II - Overcoming Barriers to (Re)Connect", Moderation: Hannelore Veit
Marshall Plan, OeAD, ABA, AWS, Fulbright, Alumni Clubs

19:00 - 20:00 Uhr - Empfang + Informelle Diskussion - Elisabeth Schludermann, Alexandra Lieben (ASciNA) - Bedeutung für TU und andere österreichische Universitäten