Moderators/Chairpersons:
Dr. Veronika Berghold, PhD Candidate, Representative of ORPHEUS, University of Graz, Austria
Nathalie Neubert, PhD Candidate, ADAS, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Gergely Fügedi, PhD Candidate, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HungaryInvited Scientist:

• Dr. Denis Billotte , General Secretary, Western Switzerland University Conference
• Ms. Christa Janko , EMTRAIN, Medical University, Vienna
• Mr Reto Hartmann , Platinn Innovation Platform, PSE. He is an expert in business development and finance in Life Science, BioTech, MedTech and B2B, including sales & marketing, industrial partnership and product development.

This workshop is supported by the:
§ ADAS, Association of PhDs of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne

• Prof. Stephanie Clarke , President of the Organising Committee
• Prof. Dominique Arlettaz , Rector of the University of Lausanne
• Prof. Beatrice Desvergne s , Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
• Prof. Pierre-François Leyvraz , Director of the University Hospital
• Mr. Pierres-Yves Maillard , President of the Vaud Government, Head Department of Health and Social Action
• Prof. Zdravko Lacković , President of ORPHEUS
  ORPHEUS 10 year Anniversary and Beyond (pdf)

Chairpersons:

• Zdravko Lacković , President of ORPHEUS
• Stephanie Clarke , President of the Organising Committee

• Dr. Helke Hillebrand , Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies EMBL International PhD program, Heidelberg, Germany
  Trade-mark, tradition and plasticity: cornerstones for PhD education in the 21st century

Chairpersons:

• Edwin Kroeger , Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada
• Pierre-André Michaud , Vice Dean for Academic Programs, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

• Prof. Qing Wang
  Vice-Dean of the Graduate School, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing
  Education of biomedical PhD Program in Peking University
• Dr. Lai Wen Bin
  Director of the Research office, National University Health System (NUHS), Singapore
  PhD education and career opportunities in the field of life and health sciences in Singapore
• Prof. Nick Goulding
  Director of Education, William Harvey Research Institute, London, UK
  The UK biomedical PhD under the microscope

Chairpersons:

• Joey Barnett , Acting Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, USA
• Philippe Moreillon , Vice Rector for Research and International Relation, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

• Prof. David Gordon
  President-Elect, World Federation for Medical Education, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  Is the Making of Standards like “the Making of Shoes”?

Chairpersons:

• Vladimir Bumbasirevic , Rector, University of Belgrade, Serbia
• Prof. Miroslav Cervinka , ORPHEUS Executive Committee
• Prof. Winshipp Herr , Director of the Biology School, University of Lausanne, Switerland

• Prof. Sabina de Geest
  Director, Institute of Nursing Science of the University of Basel, Switzerland
  Developing an Educational Infrastructure for Doctoral Studies in Nursing Science at University of Basel in Switzerland
• Prof. Stuart Anderson
  Associate Dean of Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
  Training Researchers, Developing Leader: New Approches to Doctoral Education in Public Health
• Prof Jean-Pierre Hornung
  Director, Lemanic Neuroscience Doctoral School, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Former Chair, Network of European Neuroscience Schools (NENS) Committee
  PhD programs in Neuroscience : structures and challenges in Switzerland and in Europe

Chairpersons:

• Roland Jonsson , ORPHEUS Executive Committee
• Fred Paccaud , Director, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Switzerland

• Prof. Gitte Wichmann Hansen
  Centre for teaching and learning, Aarhus University, Denmark
  Quality in the PhD Process
• Prof. Robert Harris
  Director, Doctoral Education of the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
  Outcome based Doctoral Education
• Dr. Veronika Berghold
  Student Representative of the ORPHEUS Executive Committee, Graz, Austria
  PhD supervision across Europe and beyond: From the PhD candidates’ perspective

Chairpersons:

• Ewoud Compeer , PhD Candidate, UMC Utrecht, Netherland
• Mélanie Bosson , Deputy of junior faculty development, UNIL, Switzerland

• Prof. Francesco Saverio Ambesi-Impiombato, University of Udine, Italy
SITT (Selection Improvement Topical Team) Model to Study the Influence of Admission Procedure on the PhD Program Outcomes

• Prof. Miroslav Cervinka, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Open Access – The Way Towards International Harmonization in PhD Training

• Prof. Nino Chikhladze, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia,
Ms. Natia Skhvitaridze , University of Georgia
Modernizing PhD Programs in the Framework of SIU Poject through Collaboration with University of TromsØ: TSU and UG Experience

• Prof. Oksana Sulaieva, M. Gorky Donetsk National Medical University, Ukraine
Achieving of ORPHEUS Standards in Ukraine: Illusion or Reality ?

Chairpersons:

• Ludovic Pilloux , PhD Candidate, University of Lausanne
• Luis Martínez Millán , ORPHEUS Executive Committee
• Radu Oprean , Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania

Workshop 1: Public-Private partnership PhDs and Employability
(Alexandre Yersin Auditorium)

Moderators/Chairpersons:
Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher, ORPHEUS Executive Committee
Omaya Dudin, PhD Candidate, University of Lausanne
Christa Janko, EMTRAIN, Med University, Vienna

Invited Scientists:

1. Dr. Johannes Mosbacher, Head Cellular Neuroscience, F. Hoffmann- Roche Ltd
Exploring pathways in drug discovery and development

2. Dr. Mike Hardman, EMTRAIN, VP Science Relations, AstraZeneca
How to be a ‘supercollaborator’

3. Prof. Anita Aperia, EMTRAIN, Professor of pediatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Promotion of a Public-Private-Partnership PhD Programme: Academia Leaves the Ivory Tower

This workshop is supported by the:
§ European Medicines Research Training Network – EMTRAIN

Workshop 2: PhD Supervision & Career Mentoring
(Auguste Tissot Auditorium)

Moderators/Chairpersons:
Altyn Aringazina (Head of the Department of Population Health and Social Sciences, Kazakhstan School of Public Health)
Layane Hanna-El-Daher (PhD Candidate, University of Lausanne, Switzerland)

Invited Scientists:

1. Prof. Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer , Academic Director and Head of the PhD Program “Public Health”, Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+)

2. Prof. Robert Harris, Director, Doctoral Education of the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm

This workshop is supported by the:
§ Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+)

Workshop 3: PhD Education and Careers in Nursing
(Charlotte Olivier Auditorium)

Moderators/Chairpersons:
Prof. Gul Guner-Akdogan, Executive member of Orpheus, Graduate School of Health Sciences – School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Turkey
Prof. Diane Morin, Director, Institute of Higher Education and Nursing Research, Lausanne, Switzerland
Dr. Venetia Velonaki, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland

Invited Scientists:

1. Prof Judith Shamian, President elect – International Council of Nurses, Geneva. Prof Shamian is the former President and CEO of the Canadian Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) and past President of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). She is also a Professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto, in Canada. She is involved as a researcher within its Nursing Health Services Research Unit. She was the Executive Director of the Canadian Federal Government’s Office of Nursing Policy for five years. Prof Shamian has published and spoken extensively nationally and internationally on issues surrounding nursing, health human resources, leadership, and health-care policy.

2. Prof David Richards, President elect – European Academy of Nursing Science. A University of Exeter professor, Prof Richards is anchored at the University’s Mood Disorders Centre, and is one of two Professors of nursing to become a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) senior investigator in England. The European Academy links nurse scientists across Europe and provides a forum to meet, work together and develop evidence base for nursing.

This workshop is supported by the:
§ Institute of higher education and nursing research, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
§ Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Switzerland

Workshop 4: ORPHEUS labelling (report PDF)
(Mathias May or Auditorium)

Moderators/Chairpersons:
Prof. Michael Mulvany, Vice President, ORPHEUS
Prof. Mirecka Jadwiga, Executive Committee of AMEE (Association for Medical Education in Europe)

Invited Scientists:

1. Introduction by Chairpersons
2. Dr. Helke Hillebrand, Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies EMBL International PhD program, Heidelberg, Germany
Evaluating PhD programs
3. Prof. Zdravko Lackovic, President of ORPHEUS, Zagreb, Croatia
The ORPHEUS labelling project
4. Prof. Tatjana Simic, Vice-Dean of the Medicine School, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Why do institutions want an ORPHEUS label?
5. Discussion: Prof. André Nieoullon, Directeur of the Doctoral School, University of Marseille, France and Dr. Veronika Berghold, Student Representative of the ORPHEUS Executive Commitee, Graz, Austria
What should be required for an ORPHEUS label?
7. Conclusion by Chairpersons

• Prof. Lazare Benaroyo
  President, Ethos – Interdisciplinary Ethics Platform, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
  Ethics and research: what does it mean to be responsible?
• Prof. Christiane Woopen
  Chair, German Ethics Council, Director of CERES (Cologne Center for Ethics, Rights, Economics and Social Sciences of Health) and Head of Research Unit Ethics
  Sensitising for ethical implications
• Prof. Henk ten Have
  Director, McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts Center for Healthcare Ethics, University of Duquesne, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  Responsible conduct in research

Chairpersons:

• Ana Borovečki , ORPHEUS Executive Committee
• Lise Wogensen , Vice Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus, Denmark
• Ruta Vosyliute , PhD Candidate, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Litthuania

Saturday, the 5 ^th of April 2014: Final Program

• Prof. Michael Mulvany ,
  Vice President, ORPHEUS
  Further evolution of ORPHEUS standards

Chairpersons:

• André Nieoullon , ORPHEUS Executive Committee
• Zdravko Lackovic , President of ORPHEUS

Moderators:

• Roland Jonsson , ORPHEUS Executive Committee
• Chris Van Schravendijk , ORPHEUS Executive Committee
• Chiara Bellio , PhD Candidate, University of Padova, Italy

• Stephanie Clarke , President of the Organising Committee
• Michael Mulvany , Vice President, ORPHEUS

Chairpersons:

• Zdravko Lackovic (President of ORPHEUS)
• Veronika Berghold , PhD Candidate, Student Representative of the ORPHEUS Executive Commitee

• Stephanie Clarke , President of the Organising Committee
• Zdravko Lackovic , President of ORPHEUS
• Vladimir Bumbasirevic , President of the Organising Committee – Belgrade 2015

Chairpersons:

• Zdravko Lacković , President of ORPHEUS
• Stephanie Clarke , President of the Organising Committee

• ORPHEUS Executive Committee