The 6th week of events for the doctoral network in Cambridge
On the agenda: a progress meeting, and several workshops
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Overview of the Melomanes meeting and training week in Cambridge
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The global agenda is as follows:
- Monday 16 March
- 8:30 – 17:00 Workshop by Sofia Gaio on the use of communication techniques to enhance and promote scientific projects
- Tuesday 17 March
- 8:30 – 18:00 Consortium meeting
- 20:00 Consortium dinner
- Wednesday 18 March
- 8:30 – 14:00 Consortium meeting
- 14:00 – 18:00 Workshop on science and society dialogue – scenario exploration
- 19:30 Social activity
- Thursday 19 March
- 8:30 – 13:00 2nd Communication Workshop with Sofia Gaio
- 13:00 – 17:00 Workshop on innovation management by CNT Ltd
- Friday 20 March
- 8:30 – 12:00 Workshop on innovation management by CNT Ltd
- 13:00 – 17:00 : Workshop on innovation management by CNT Ltd
Monday 16 March 2026
Workshop on the use of communication techniques to enhance and promote scientific projects
Venue: Bentley Room, The Pitt Building
For Melomanes Doctoral Researchers only
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 8:30 | Welcome coffee | |
| 9:00 | Sofia Gaio | 1st part of the workshop: Campus Outreach Walk & Talk” (preparation) |
| 12:30 | Lunch break | |
| 14:00 | Sofia Gaio | 2nd part of the workshop (Campus Outreach Walk & Talk” (activity outside) |
| 17:00 | End of the workshop | |
Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 March 2026: Consortium meeting
Tuesday 17 March
Venue: The Pitt Building
Room: Bentley Room
For online participants: Teams link
| Time | Speaker | Title | Chairwoman / Chairman |
| 8:30 | Welcome coffee | ||
| 9:00 | Cécilia Ménard-Moyon | Introduction | |
| 9:15 | Cécilia Ménard-Moyon and Johanne | Progress of the project | |
| 10:00 | Lorenzo Riccio | 15min presentation on progress | Laura Maggini |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:00 | Chiara Puccinelli | 15min presentation on progress | Laura Maggini |
| 11:30 | Erica Frostegård | 15min presentation on progress | Laura Maggini |
| 12:00 | Maria Antoniou | 15min presentation on progress | Laura Maggini |
| 12:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00 | Jacopo Sorani | 15min presentation on progress | Julien Caumartin |
| 14:30 | Daniel Rieger | 15min presentation on progress | Julien Caumartin |
| 15:00 | Amalie Leinebø | 15min presentation on progress | Julien Caumartin |
| 15:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:00 | Tatiana Bobrova | 15min presentation on progress | Maria Loustau |
| 16:30 | Thibault Leray | 15min presentation on progress | Maria Loustau |
| 17:00 | Wilder Ruiz | Workshop on RNA-seq preprocessing | |
| 18:00 | Informal career chats – organised by each doctoral researcher | ||
| 20:00 | Consortium Dinner – The Millworks (Newnham Rd, Cambridge CB3 9EY) 8 pm | ||
Wednesday 18 March
Venue: The Pitt Building
Room: Bentley Room
For online participants: Teams link
| Time | Speaker | Title | Chairwoman |
| 8:30 | Welcome coffee – Bentley room | ||
| 9:00 | Ayush Shukla | 15min presentation on progress | Yassen Abbas |
| 9:30 | Shayamita Ghosh | 15min presentation on progress | Yassen Abbas |
| 10:00 | Wilder Ruiz | 15min presentation on progress | Yassen Abbas |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:00 | Break out discussion: WP1 (Bentley), WP2&5 (room Bentley) and WP3&4 (Bentley) | ||
| 12:15 | Restitution, general discussion on strategy and conclusion | Cécilia Ménard-Moyon | |
| 13:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:30 | Ayush Shukla and Laurent Bontoux | Introduction of the session (Scenario Exploration System) | |
| 15:00 | Ayush Shukla and Laurent Bontoux | Group activity (PIs and Doctoral Researchers) | Athena Institute staff |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30 | Ayush Shukla and Laurent Bontoux | Group activity (PIs and Doctoral Researchers) | Athena Institute staff |
| 18:00 | End of the consortium meeting | ||
| 20:00- 22:00 | Social activity: Minigolf at Tivoli (16 Chesterton Road, Cambridge CB4 3AU England) | ||
Thursday 19 March
Venue: The Pitt Building
Thursday 19 March Morning: Workshop on the use of communication techniques to enhance and promote scientific projects
For Melomanes Doctoral Researchers only
Room: Bentley Room
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 8:30 | Welcome coffee | |
| 9:00 | Sofia Gaio | Recording of a podcast to present Melomanes results |
| 10:15 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 | Sofia Gaio | Recording of a podcast to present Melomanes results |
| 12:00 | End of the workshop – Lunch break in the same room | |
Thursday 19 March afternoon: Workshop on innovation management (Day 1)
Speaker: CNT Ltd, Dr. Bojan Boskovic, Ana B. Cassidy
Venue: Pitt Building
Room: Bentley Room
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 13:30 | Welcome and introduction | |
| 14:00 | Introduction to business style presentation | |
| 15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 | Basis of market research | |
| 17:00 | Entrepreneurship | |
| 18:00 | End of the workshop | |
Friday 20 March 2026: Workshop on innovation management (Day 2)
Venue: The Pitt Building
Room: Bentley Room
| Time | Speaker | Title |
| 8:30 | Welcome coffee | |
| 9:00 | Funding Presentation
– Private, investors, business angels – EC funding (scanning of EC funds) – European Investment Bank – Loan vs. equity funding |
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| 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 | Business plan and development | |
| 12:00 | Lunch break | |
| 13:00 | Individual work with participant on their pitch presentations
– Work with each participant on their pitch presentation – Revision and improving of pitch presentations |
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| 14:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:00 | Business pitch presentations delivery
– Business pitch presentations by participants |
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| 17:00 | End-of-the meeting | |
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