🌍 Round Table Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities in Neuroscience – Career Development

📅 Wednesday, June 11, 2025  11:15 – 13:00

📍 Room D, Minoan Palace Resort, Chania, Crete

Organized by Tatiana P. Morais (on behalf of YMNS, ICVS, Portugal), this round table brings together inspiring voices from across the Mediterranean and beyond to explore real-world challenges in neuroscience careers — and strategies to overcome them.

Topics include:

🔹 Career Prospects: Staying in your home country vs. going abroad

🔹 Transitioning from academia to industry

🔹 The critical role of mentorship

🔹 Navigating research funding and institutional hurdles

🔹 Building leadership, resilience, and professional skills

🎙 Distinguished Panelists:

Tatiana Morais P. Morais – ICVS, Portugal (Postdoctoral Researcher, YMNS)

Cavaliere Giuseppe Di Giovanni, MAE – Università Magna Graecia di Catanzaro (Secretary-General of IBRO)

Shubha Tole – Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (President-Elect of IBRO)

Nuno Dinis Alves, PhD Dinis Alves – ICVS, Portugal (Postdoctoral Researcher, YMNS)

Ines ELBini – Pasteur Institute of Tunis (YMNS)

Taoufik Ghrairi – El Manar University, Tunisia (MNS Councillor)

This event is proudly supported by the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and is designed to equip early-career neuroscientists with practical advice and a strong support network.