Conferences and symposiums WISE retreat 2025: Building your academic future
28-11-2025 1:30 pm Add to iCal
Are you ready to create the next chapter of your career?
The WISE Retreat 2025 welcomes you to an interdisciplinary networking and skill-building event which brings together women academics from all-over KI, including professors.
Registration is closed
Highlights include effective communication skills, speed-dating, new funding opportunities and a joint 3-course dinner. This is an opportunity for you to find new and interesting connections, upskill for international grants and make novel joint proposals possible.
The event is free of charge, but attendance is limited. Are you in a position where you would really benefit from this event? Let us know in your application!
Who can participate?
Target audience is women researchers; Assistant/Associate Lecturer (Bit. Lektor/Lektor), Assistant Senior Lecturer (Assisterande Lektor), Research Specialist (forsknings specialist), Researcher (Forskare).
The retreat is free of charge but has limited seats.
Program
Arrival
Time and departure for Bus pick-up
- 10:50 - from Flemingsberg, Alfred Nobels Allé 8
- 11:35 (approx) - from Solna, Aula Medica, Nobels väg
Please note! Be at the bus pick-up 10 min prior departure date
Welcome Lunch
- Informal mingling to start building connections.
- Designated tables will be available for professors to hold optional one-on-one conversations.
- Ice-breaker questions and name tags will be available on all tables.
- Short welcome by WISE leaders with retreat overview, purpose, and structure
Professors and participants: Setting Intentions, IP & Regulatory
10 min (Lisette Farias) Reflection: participants write down personal goals for the retreat.
50 min (Caroline Dahl) Presentation: IP & Regulatory Essentials + Q&A
Coffee Break & Informal Networking
Speed-Dating part I
Rotating 1-to-1 ultra-short meetings between retreat participants, using your 30s personal presentations. Ask career-related questions, pitch a project idea, or explore collaborations.
Coffee Break & Informal Networking
Speed-Dating part II (small groups)
More intimate small group sessions between retreat participants. Opportunity to ask for help, ask more sensitive questions, get feedback or explore collaborations.
Break & Room Check-in
Networking Dinner
Dinner with mixed seating to foster cross-level conversations.
Breakfast
Morning Energizer & Day-1 Takeaways
Lisette Farias: Interactive recap of key insights from Day 1.
From Intention to Impact: Turning Your Research Vision into Collaborative Opportunities.
Speaker: Dhifaf Sarhan.
Coffee Break
Office of Research Support and External Relations
Speakers: Ulrika Widegren and Caroline Kristell
- Research Support and External Relations:
- Strategies for aligning research lines with the KI support landscape.
- Grant Office:
- Funding opportunities (national, EU, foundations).
- Pre-award/Post-award support services.
- Strategies for aligning research lines with funding landscapes.
KIB Strategic Publishing for Research Impact
Speakers: Glenn Haya and Alvin Gavel
Action Planning Workshop
Dhifaf Sarhan: Guided individual planning. Short visualization: “The next chapter in your research journey.”
- Next steps for strengthening research collaborations.
- Specific communication goals.
- How to integrate KI support into their plans. Peer coaching to refine action points.
Closing Reflections
Lisette Farias: Circle sharing: biggest takeaway and one concrete commitment.
Farewell Lunch & Departure
13:30 Departure from Hesselby Castle to Alfred Nobels Allé 8, Huddinge, via Aula Medica. Nobels väg, Solna.