A pilot digital edition

Backed by the 100% Virtual PhDTalent Career Fair, this year - and for the first time - the final of the Professional Pitch Contest will be held via videoconference. Take advantage of this opportunity and attend this event securely from a distance.

NEW: in the spirit of the competition, the winner of the public prize will win a network interview with Myriam DUVAL-GAZET [Director of the establishment & HRD R&I Center for Research & Innovation].
The final will take place on November 19, 2020, starting at 2:00 pm and will follow the following schedule:

14h00 - 14h15: - Presentation of the organizers and partners (ABG, Casden, RNCD),
- Reminder by the moderator of the principle of the contest,
- Presentation of the members of the jury.
14h15 - 15h00: Pitching of the finalists.
15h00 - 15h30: - Deliberation of the jury,
- Exchange between the public and the finalists on the theme of pitch and network,
- Survey of the public to determine the winner of the public award.
15h30 - 15h45: Awards presentation.

The 2020 finalists

The pre-selection committee of this 2020 edition has selected 10 talented PhD students and PhDs for the finals:

Houssam BOUJJAT, PhD student in Engineering - material mechanics energy environment processes production
Rachel CAMPOS SABIONI, PhD Candidate in Engineering Sciences and Modeling
Marie-Michèle GERMAINI, PhD in Biology and Material Sciences
Itane LACRAMPE-CAMUS, PhD in Geography and Spatial Planning
Solène LE BARS, PhD in Cognitive Neurosciences
Yannick LE CACHEUX, PhD Candidate in Articifial Intelligence (deep learning)
Quentin LEMARIÉ, PhD in energy storage engineering
Charlotte MENAGER, PhD in Materials Science
Marie-Charlotte MORIN, PhD in Molecular Biology
Mélissa VINCENT, PhD Candidate Biomedical Imaging

The jury

The finalists will pitch in front of a jury of executives and business leaders:

Amélie BIGORGNE [Inserm researcher and co-founder of COOPETIC Research]
Laurent BILLET [Scientific Delegate at EDF R&D]
Nicolas COCHARD [R&D Manager within the Kardham Group].
Antoine DA COSTA [Founding President of Lab'Science]
Agnès LAINÉ [PhD Project Manager TALENTS Recruitment at Choose Paris Region Agency]
Lise LAUMONIER [President and Founder of BIOSPACE LAB and Business Development Manager for Ateliers LAUMONIER].
Philippe MICLOT [General Delegate CASDEN Banque Populaire Partenariats et relations institutionnels].

Informations pratiques et inscriptions

Dates and times

November 19, 2020, starting at 2:00 p.m.

Location

Online, in a virtual room of the PhDTalent Career Fair

Registration

Go to the PhDTalent platform ;
Click on "participate" ;
Create your profile, or log in ;
Click on the "Find an event" tab on the left bar and select the "PhDTalent Career Fair" event ;
Click on the tab "Program", then "Contest" ;
Register for the Professional Pitch contest by clicking on the wheel icon.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact us at webmaster@abg.asso.fr.

Attend the final of ABG’s Professional Pitch Contest by videoconference on November 19th , at 2pm