Beyond Academic Careers Day

Thursday 11 Sept 2025, 08:45 → 16:45 Europe/Berlin

MPIB

Zoe Rahwan (Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPIB))

Welcome to the MPIB Beyond Academic Careers Day!

We have a day full of panels, workshops, and networking opportunities planned for you.

If you would like to participate in the two workshops, please fill in the registration form below. Unfortunately, it is not possible to apply only for one of them.

If you would like to attend the panels or join for the networking during breaks, but are not interested in the workshops, no registration is needed.

Preparation Pack Careers Beyond Academia Day MPG.pdf

08:45 → 09:00 Registration & Coffee

09:00 → 09:15 Beyond Academic Careers Day: Welcome by Managing Director Ulman Lindenberger

09:15 → 11:00 Workshop 1: CV Writing with Focus on Industry Jobs: 3 parallel sessions

11:00 → 11:30 Networking Coffee Break

Networkers include LIFE alumna Fanny Jimenez, PREMIUM-GRUPPE [Politico, Welt, Business Insider Deutschland] & ARC alumna Christina Leuker, PD as well as panelists

11:30 → 12:30 Panel 1: Straight from the Sector: Diverse non-academic practitioners

Moderator: Laurel Raffington
Panelists:
Samantha Antusch, Senior Editor, Nature Human Behaviour
Elisa Buchberger, REWE Analytics
Oisin Butler, Integrated Evidence Generation Lead Radiology, Bayer
Beate Mühlroth, Research Officer, Bundespsychotherapeutenkammer (Professional body for psychotherapy)

12:30 → 13:30 Networking Lunch

Networkers include LIFE alumna Fanny Jimenez, PREMIUM-GRUPPE [Politico, Welt, Business Insider Deutschland], ARC alumna Christina Leuker, PD, & Felix Ortgies, Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung as well as panelists

13:30 → 14:30 Panel 2: MPIB Alumni now working outside Academia

Moderator: Simone Kühn
Panelists:
Ziyong Lin, LIP & LIFE alumna: Senior User Experience Researcher, Get Your Guide
Nina Lisofsky, CEN & LIFE alumna: Psychotherapist working in oncology
Indrajeet Patil, CHM alumnus: Full Stack Developer at Carl Zeiss AG, Munich
Alan Tump, ARC alumnus: Robert-Koch-Institute

14:30 → 15:00 Networking Coffee Break

Networkers include LIFE alumna Fanny Jimenez, PREMIUM-GRUPPE [Politico, Welt, Business Insider Deutschland], ARC alumna Christina Leuker, PD, & Felix Ortgies, Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung as well as panelists

15:00 → 16:30 Workshop 2: Job Search and Interview Training

16:30 → 16:45 Debriefing and Feedback