20 October 2009 | World Forum | The Hague

Session 8 | Vision Education
14.00 - 15.30 hrs

Education is the motor of our knowledge society. It empowers us with the basic concepts, context and critical skills to be informed citizens and consumers. It equips us for our professional lives and it helps us deal with an ever-changing world. This is especially true for the life sciences. Life sciences play
an important role in manufacturing products,
in cure and care, and nature management and regeneration. Educating young research talent is crucial for the future of life sciences. It will be an ever-changing balance between the demand by industry and academia, and the supply by education and training.

Educating young research talent: crucial for the future of Life Sciences |

 

Chair & introduction
Education - the motor of our knowledge society
Stanley Brul, Chairman Netherlands Institute of Bioscience, NIBI

Life Sciences Education
Prof. Dop Bär, Director Graduate Studies, Biomedical Sciences, Utrecht University

Life sciences education: what are the needs of academia and industry?
Dr Ingeborg Scheurwater, Coordinator labour market activities, bioscience field NIBI

The industrial scientist of the future: asking for
the impossible?
Marinke Wijngaard, General Resource manager,
DSM Food Specialties

Education for a biocomplex future
Roel van Driel, Faculty Professor at the Faculty of Science (FNWI), University of Amsterdam, Director Netherlands Consortium Systems Biology, Director NISB

 

 

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