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Annual OOA PhD day 2025 edition

144 reviews

  • May 7
  • 0.3 ECTS
  • NKI-AvL
  • Free of charge
  • Deadline Registration: april 18
  • OOA PhD council (OOAcouncil@amsterdamumc.nl or ooa-events@nki.nl)
Click here to register

About the PhD day

The OOA PhD day offers an opportunity to enhance the soft skills essential for navigating your PhD journey.  Pursuing a PhD requires not only expertise in each of our research areas but also challenges us to know how to take care of our wellbeing, communicate effectively in intercultural environments, craft impactful stories, manage our projects and future career paths, and build connections with peers. All this while also figuring out what a meaningful and successful life looks like to us in an increasingly everchanging world. This year’s event is designed to address these challenges.

The OOA PhD Day 2025 includes a carousel of inspiring workshops, from which you can pick two to participate in, including:

  • ‘Intercultural communication’ with Dr. Jordi Cabanas Danes
  • ‘Talk like TED’ with Maria Sovago (Stralia)
  • ‘Project management’ with Daniël Shut (Hertz)
  • ‘Life after your PhD’ with Isabelle Kohler
  • ‘Time to reflect and stand still’ with Edith Bosch

We are also pleased to invite back Wing Yan Man – previously reviewed with five stars by OOA PhD candidates – for her thought-provoking keynote, ‘The Game of Life’ – a joyous game of life’s ups & downs in the Millennial Age.

Participation is limited, so don’t miss this opportunity to connect with peers, expand your skillset, get inspired, and gain 0.3 ECTs.

Event details

Date: 7th May 2025
Venue: NKI-AvL
Schedule:

  • 12:15 – Registration
  • 12:30 – Keynote, ‘The Game of Life’, by Wing Yan Man
  • 14:00 – Workshop 1
  • 15:30 – Coffee Break
  • 16:00 – Workshop 2
  • 17:30 – Borrel

Please note: lunch is not included

Meet the organizers

OOA PhD council 2025

OOA PhD council

Testimonials

The OOA PhD day was very informative day with as the opener an interesting keynote workshop providing valuable tools for effective communication which I have used ever since. It was difficult to select a workshop out of all the interesting options, but in the end I attended an eye-opening, interactive workshop about Science Communication which I enjoyed.
Chavelli Kensen
Chavelli Kensenfinal year PhD Student
My experience with the PhD day was super positive as in the previous year. It was an interesting event, not only related and focus on the PhD journey itself, but also in our career and personal development. I enjoy a lot the Workshops, I always learn a lot of nice tips related to presentation skills. I would definitely recommend to others, especially because it is such a fun event and can help you to develop personal skills, that are sometimes even more important than lab technics.
Gabriela Elis Wachholz
Gabriela Elis Wachholz2nd year PhD student
The OOA PhD was a valuable opportunity to network with fellow PhD students while learning about soft skills in the workplace and honing my presentation skills. I would totally recommend this event to peers who want to be more comfortable and confident in their PhD!
daniil anastasopoulos
Daniil Anastasopoulos2nd year PhD student
The two main talks were very stimulating, especially the first one as it let me understand better how to deal with team-work dynamics in the safest way. However, the most valuable aspect for me has been the ‘Graphical Abstract’ workshop, as I got more confident in how to effectively represent scientific concepts in a nutshell. I recommend future PhD students to participate to this event, and in particular if possible to this specific ‘Graphical Abstract’ workshop, as I believe it would be extremely useful in the preparation of posters for scientific conferences.
Lorenzo Valcanover1st year PhD student
I enjoyed the PhD day last May. I attended two lectures about communication and PhD management and a workshop about Imposter Syndrome. These topics were not directly linked to the content of my PhD project. Nevertheless, the topics were placed in the context of the daily life as a PhD student and the lessons learned from it could be really helpful throughout my whole PhD tract. I would definitely recommend to attend the PhD day. The topics of the program meet the struggles that most PhD students come across once during their promotion tract and it is nice to see that you are not alone and that many other students share the same struggles as you do. On top of that, the borrel with drinks afterwards is nice to meet other PhD students.
Denise van Steijn2nd year PhD student
I think the most valuable with the PhD day is the workshop on TED talk. I have learned some skills of presentation. Because I will have a lot of presentations during my PhD. This course provides me with a way to practice and to show a good presentation. So I will recommend this course.
Lili Zhou1st year PhD student
I’ve really enjoyed the OOA PhD day! Both the workshops and the talks were very relevant, ending with an inspiring keynote lecture. See you next year!
Floris van den Brekel
Floris van den Brekel3rd year PhD student
I attended the workshop about burnout prevention. It helped me open up my eyes and become aware of the amount of pressure I (unnecessarily!) put on myself. Especially in the last year of your PhD, when the workload tends to be very high, it is important to realize that you’re already doing more than enough – no need to set the bar even higher. The session inspired me to be more kind to myself. I’d recommend the OOA PhD day to any PhD student, irrespective of the year you are in.
Maryse Luijendijk
Maryse Luijendijk4th year PhD student

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