Publisher Nature Publishing Group, UK, has announced that registration is now open for the 2011 Naturejobs Career Expo, scheduled for September 22 at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Projected as the UK's largest career fair and conference for the scientific community, the event is now in its fifth year, attracting over 1,000 scientists actively seeking their next career move.
In the exhibition hall, jobseekers can meet with potential employers actively recruiting to fill vacancies. Highlights of the conference programme include publishing and teaching in academia, non-traditional careers and science mobility. The keynote lecture, 'Standing up for Science', will be delivered by Julia Wilson from Sense about Science. The programme includes speakers from organisations including Unilever and law firm Bristows. Sessions will also be led by experts from universities including King's College London, Imperial College London, Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Southampton.
The cost to attend the conference is £50 and entry to the career fair is free with pre-registration.
Naturejobs is projected as a worldwide career resource for scientists, providing a wide range of career advice and information across NPG journals as well as centrally at naturejobs.com.
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