The Meet-the-Mentor Luncheon is an event organized by the VPHi student committee in the occasion of the VPH2022 conference (6-9 September 2022) to enhance the learning experience for PhD students. The luncheon offers trainees a special opportunity to meet and network with senior members of the community and receive career advice and insights.
The Luncheon will take place on 7 September 2022 from 12:30 to 13:30. The registration is open to all VPHi student members and can be done directly from the conference registration page.
The mentor panel is composed by both academic and industry representatives from different fields. Here the full list of mentors:
| Field | Mentor Name | Affiliation | |
| Industry | Thierry Marchal | Ansys | |
| Industry | Marc Horner | Ansys | |
| Industry | Cecile Rousseau | Voisin Consulting Life Science | |
| Industry | Payman Afshari | DePuy Synthes Spine Johnson & Johnson | |
| Academia | Silvia Budday | Institute of Applied Mechanics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-NĂĽrnberg (FAU) | |
| Academia | Daniela Valdez-Jasso | University of California | |
| Academia | Adriana Tavares | The University of Edinburgh | |
| Academia | Manuel GarcĂa-Aznar | University of Zaragoza | |
| Academia | Nele Famaey | KU Leuven | |
| Academia | Jerome Noailly | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
Registrants are requested to submit their mentor choices (minimum of 2 mentor options) and seating will be assigned on a first-come-first-served basis, for a maximum of 5 students per mentor. Once the registration process will be closed, a schedule of the event will be made available to all registrants.
Interested to attend? Register to the VPH2022 conference
