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Join us for our 3rd Annual Career Half-Day for Trainees.

Join us for a series of talks in the morning where you will learn about the careers for scientists and health researchers available in emerging sectors such as: medicinal cannabis, artificial intelligence, and applied immunology.

Invited speakers and topics will be updated on the website as they are confirmed. Topics that we expect will be covered in the agenda:

Careers in the field of Medicinal Cannabis

• Overview of the sector and research careers
• Careers in regulatory and policy affairs and in quality and manufacturing

Careers for health and life scientists in the fields of Big Data and AI

• What can you offer the private sector?
• Shaping your career as a scientist to work in the field of big data
• Becoming an entrepreneur: using AI to tackle life science problems

Careers in Applied Immunology

• Industry careers researching the microbiome
• Immune modulation: careers in manufacturing

Full registration to this half-day includes a two-hour networking lunch session attended by professionals from the private sector, government, and research agencies who are there to talk with trainees about careers. Check the website to see who will attend.

Preliminary Agenda

9:00 | Welcome and Introductions

​9:15 | Careers in the field of Cannabis

​10:00 | Break​

10:15 | Careers for health and life scientists in the field of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

​11:15 | Careers in Applied Immunology​

12:00 | Lunch (provided to all registered participants)

12:15 | Career Carousel Round #1​

12:50 | Career Carousel Round #2

​13:15 | Career Carousel Round #3​

13:35 | Open Networking, Coffee and Dessert

**Attendees are recommended to dress business casual and bring some paper and a pen to take notes. People should feel welcome to bring business cards but we would ask you not to bring resumes. This is not a job fair, so you should not come expecting to hand out your resume, land an interview, or monopolize the time of a representative in an effort to secure a job interview. They are there to provide information only.