Description:

Connecta Alumni: Keys to professional success. First‑hand experiences

A skills workshop with alumni who are currently working in a variety of sectors. They will share with attendees, first‑hand, how they made the transition from university to the professional world and the key factors that helped them achieve success.

Date: Tuesday 19, May2026 - 10:00h

End date: Tuesday 19, May2026 - 12:00h

Description:

This activity offers a unique opportunity to gain first‑hand insight into current sector trends, as well as the professional challenges and opportunities it presents.

Through a participatory format, the session will encourage debate and the exchange of ideas among professionals, alumni and students, with the aim of generating shared knowledge and strengthening the connection between the academic and professional worlds. Participants will be able to learn about real experiences, diverse career paths and practical cases that illustrate how academic studies are applied in different contexts.

A session designed to inspire, guide and foster networking within a constantly evolving sector.

Date: Thursday 21, May2026 - 15:30h

End date: Thursday 21, May2026 - 19:00h

Description:

A session aimed at doctoral candidates and recent PhD graduates to explore career opportunities after completing a doctorate. Alumni will share their experiences and professional paths outside academia, providing guidance and tools to successfully navigate their future careers.

Date: Thursday 21, May2026 - 15:30h

End date: Thursday 21, May2026 - 19:00h

Description:

AI4ALL is a specialized training program designed to foster the development of technology and entrepreneurial projects in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

The program presents the Artificial Intelligence technologies capable of addressing societal challenges, explains how these solutions impact their environment, demonstrates the feasibility of applying these technologies from a technological maturity perspective, and proposes potential business models for their exploitation.

Who is it aimed at?

• Entrepreneurs and SMEs interested in applying AI to their projects
• Researchers and PhD candidates with the technical capacity to carry out a project
• Upper-level engineering students interested in exploring the application of AI

Registration is now open for the 8th edition of the program, which will take place from June to December 2026.

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Dates: June to December 2026
Format: Online and on-site classes and mentoring sessions
Free program: 100% subsidized training
Language: Catalan and Spanish

Date: Monday 1, June2026 - 09:00h

End date: Friday 18, December2026 - 14:00h

Organiser: UAB, Parc de Recerca UAB, CVC, IIIA

Description:

The session aims to provide a broad overview of the professional opportunities available after completing a PhD, both within and outside the academic and university environment. The event will feature PhD holders who will share, based on their experience, the different career paths available to doctoral researchers in both academic and non-academic settings.

This activity is aimed at early-stage researchers, especially those in the final stages of their doctoral studies.

Session details

• Location: Sala Carles Perelló (Doctoral School, floor -1)
• Date: June 8, 2026
• Time: 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
• Language: Catalan

Programme

• 10:30 AM Registration
• 10:40 AM Opening and welcome address by Dr Beatriz Ferrús, Director of the Doctoral School
• 10:45 AM Success story: Eric Voltà, PhD in Biotechnology (UAB) and Assistant Professor in the Department of Optics and Optometry at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• 11:30 AM Round table in collaboration with Alumni: different career paths for doctoral researchers
  • Moderator: Dr Beatriz Ferrús
  • Participants:
    • Sílvia Bronsoms, PhD in Biochemistry (UAB) and technician at the International Projects Office (OPI) at UAB. She will present career opportunities related to research project management
    • Beatriz Ferrús, Director of the Doctoral School and Professor in the Department of Spanish Philology
    • Eric Voltà, PhD in Biotechnology (UAB) and Assistant Professor at UPC
• 12:30 PM Conclusions and networking with coffee

Register for this activity!

Place: Sala Carles Perelló (Escola de Doctorat, planta -1), Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra

Date: Monday 8, June2026 - 10:30h

End date: Monday 8, June2026 - 13:00h

Description:

You have spent years developing your professional career, but have you noticed that something has changed?
Perhaps you feel that you have reached a plateau, that you need new challenges, or that you want to explore other career opportunities without yet being clear about your next step.

To address these situations, we are launching a new edition of our career guidance programme to help you reorient your professional path: a space designed for experienced alumni who want to pause, reflect, and build a clearer vision of their professional future.

• Registration period: from 15 June to 8 July at 11:59 pm
• 15 July: Session 1 · 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm (online)
• 9 September: Session 2 · 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm (online)
• 22 September: Session 3 · 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm (online)

All the information here.

Date: Wednesday 15, July2026 - 16:30h

End date: Wednesday 15, July2026 - 18:30h

Organiser: Alumni UAB