Presentation Skills - 31 August + 1 September 2026

Trainer: Amanda Habbershaw; Orlando Schenk
Date and Time: 31 August + 1 September 2026 (9:00-17:00)
Target group: PhD students
Venue: onsite at IMB
Content:
The goal of the workshop is to teach the participants methods for giving an effective oral scientific presentation and to provide them with personal feedback.

Course contents include:
- Presentation content and structure
- Engaging your listener
- Interacting in the Q&A

In addition to trainer input, practice and preparation time, the workshop includes the simulation of a conference. Each participant gives a brief presentation on (part of) their research, records the presentation with their mobile and receives comprehensive feedback for the trainers and their colleagues: a “take-home” list of points to work on.

Please register by 20 July 2026
To receive information on course fees for external* participants, please email training@imb-mainz.de

Career Crafting - 28+29 September+01 October 2026

Trainer: Silke Oehrlein-Karpi
Date: 28+29 September + 01 October 2026 (9:00-14:00)
Venue: IMB
Target group: postdocs & late stage PhD students
Content: 
For a successful career it is a prerequisite to develop your individual strategy pro-actively and as early as possible.  Although the routine of your daily work usually keeps you from pausing for a moment, it is pivotal to set some time apart for exploring your individual professional profile and for being able to plan each of your career moves in a conscious way. Being aware of your personal skills, competencies, and values is essential for defining and achieving your goals, making informed decisions and exhausting your full potential.
In this modular workshop with a blended-learning-approach, you will get relevant information about strategic career development.

Workshop Goals

- PreWork: Identification of biographical key moments related to your career – Creating a life profile

- Module I: Compilation of your individual skill profile (professional, methodological, social and personal) and of your personal value profile
- InbetweenWork I: Completing your skill and value profiles

- Module II: From values to career motivation, discussion of structural barriers and compatibility challenges in academia, identification of career alternatives to a professorship, such as scientific management and professional fields outside of science (general overview)
- InbetweenWork II: Developing a vision about your future options

- Module III: Feedback regarding your personal vision, plan A/plan B strategy & collecting concrete ideas how to move on towards your career goals

Please register by 31 August 2026
To receive information on course fees for external* participants, please email training@imb-mainz.de