Glasgow, 2012 

EFIS is an umbrella organization that represents more than 12,000 individual members from 29 member societies in 31 European countries (all European Union member states and all other European states) and reaches beyond the European boundaries to Israel. This year conference was held in Glasgow. ORPEHUS together with EFI)S organized a workshop: “PhD in Immunology”  Program was as follows:ORPHEUS-EFIS – “PhD in Immunology”Chairman Professor Catherine Sautès-Fridman – France, Chairman Prof Seppo Meri – Finland

• Introduction by Chairs
• ORPHEUS Standards as a tool to improve the quality of PhD programs
  Speaker: Prof Zdravko Lackovic – Croatia
• ORPHEUS Standards as the answer to the crisis of PhD degree.
  Speaker: Prof Michael J. Mulvany – Denmark
• Evaluation of PhD programs
  Speaker: Prof Roland Jonsson – Norway
• Importance of collaboration and networking
  Speaker: Prof Hannes Stockinger – Austria
• Discussion