Join us in virginia beach October 10-11, 2024!
A regional event for undergraduate and graduate students, professionals, and university partners, Symposium 2024 seeks to spark scientific and professional imaginations, highlight cutting-edge research, and expand professional networking channels.
With innovative research, communication strategies, and insights into the science-policy interface, the symposium is a forum for researchers, policymakers, resource managers, and employers. Attendees will be able to engage with other professionals from nonprofit organizations, private industry, as well as state and federal agencies.
Two Days of Breakout Sessions
Virginia Sea Grant Symposium 2024 will feature breakout sessions held over two days. Each session will be led by expert instructors and offer insights from thought-leading and influential panelists. You will learn about:
- Science communication
- Leadership at different levels
- Designing for resilience
- Putting science into action
- Research and wellness
- Community engagement
Speakers and session descriptions will be announced as the schedule is finalized. Follow us on social media so you don’t miss any important announcements!
Keynote Speaker
Fabian Schmid
Speaker, Author, Business Consultant, and Coach
Basel, Switzerland-based author and speaker Fabian Schmid teaches graduate students ‘survival skills for creative people’ and consults with companies on business strategy, change management and stress prevention. He coaches clients back into their ‘lightness of being’ and speaks publicly about personal attitude, contradiction, responsibility, courage, possibility and the impact they have on life and work. In doing so, he taps deeply into his track record as an internationally acclaimed entrepreneur, designer, stage performer and proven long-term human being with first-hand burnout experience.
Website: https://en.fabianschmid.info/
Photo by Olivier Schenk, courtesy of Fabian Schmid.
The Top Three Reasons to Attend
The Networking
Graduate school programs and professional organizations attend the symposium to recruit, providing a great platform for networking. Learn about their programs and make sure your research interests are a good fit. Take the next step on your path to success!
The Presentations and Workshops
Present your work and receive feedback—show off your research to representatives from our partner universities, industry professionals, and other students. Our two-day workshop program will help you gain insights into multiple areas of research, career paths inside and outside of academia, and science communication.
The Sense of Community
Virginia Sea Grant creates a sense of community for students—a community you can be a part of throughout your career. Come be a part of the Virginia Sea Grant family!
“As an early graduate student, I found the VASG Symposium to be a welcoming and relaxing experience to talk about my own research and learn about the research of other students. The feedback was great and really helped me think more about how my research would be used in Virginia and beyond.”
Shelby White
Marine Business Specialist,Virginia Institute of Marine Science Marine Advisory Program
