Events

MIT-Portugal Program Fall 2011 SES PhD Kickoff Workshop
First year students from the SES focus area come together for their annual kickoff workshop.

Here's the program: 

 Friday, 11 November 2011

12:30   Welcome Lunch 
      Welcome: Oliveira Fernandes, João Peças Lopes, Paulo Ferrão, Stephen Connors

14:00   Overview - MPP SES Research Areas- B032 (15 Min)

              Stephen Connors

14:15    MPP SES Research @FCUL -   (15 min)

14:30   MPP SES Research @ FEUP   - (15 min)

14:45   MPP SES Research @ IST&ISEG -  (15 min)

15:00   MPP SES Research @ UC - (15 min)

15:15 – Coffee Break - (15 Min)

15:45   Industry Speaker – Innovation in the Energy Sector - (30 min)

                  EFACEC – Eng. Fernando Lourenço

16:15    Crash Research Cluster Roundtables - (45 min)
        For each of the three Research Areas new and continuing students
           discuss research interests

17:00 – Transfer to downtown or hotels by bus

18:15    Porto Downtown Walking Tour
      Starting at square in front of Trindade Metro station

20:00  Group Dinner
      Dom Porto / Cais de Gaia(Students at Tables by Research Area)

09:00  Introduction to Research Methodologies - (60 min)
      Stephen Connors

10:00   Linking Research to Innovation and Industry
      Stephen Connors (recap of MPP Innovation Boot Camp) - (20 min)
      Peças Lopes (Collaborative Research with Industry) - (20 min)
      Discussion – Topics, Data, Models and Results - (20 Min)

11:00 – Coffee Break - (15 min)

11:15    Designing a PhD Thesis / Using the MIT-Portugal Program Network     (75 min)
        Continuing Student Experiences and Insights in the MIT-Portugal Program

12:30   Why Should I Care? - Communicating Research Results - (30 min)
      Stephen Connors

13:00 – Lunch - Begin Second Round Breakout Discussions  - (60 min)

14:00   Breakout Discussions Continue by Research Area - (60 min)

1500h  Group Discussion Highlights / Workshop Recap - (60 min)

1600h – Adjourn