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CROSS-DISCIPLINARY SKILLS

2024

CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH COURSE

  • Date:
    • Group 1: Tuesday, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., from September 17 to December 17, 2024.
    • Group 2: Thursdays, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., from September 19 to December 19, 2024.
    • Group 3: Tuesday, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., from September 17 to December 17, 2024.
  • Location: Network Room, Floor 0 of CITIC.
  • Registration form

TRAINING SESSION: INTRODUCTION TO THE USE OF GENERATIVE IAS

  • Program:
    • Monday, July 1, 10:30 to 14:00, 15:00 to 17:00. Chatbots
      • Search engines with integrated chatbot.
      • Promptengineering. Optimization of interaction with generative AI.
    • Thursday, July 4, 10:30 to 14:00, 15:00 to 17:00. Chatbots in local
      • Creation of customized chatbots
      • Other uses and applications with Chatbots integration
  • Monday, July 8, 10:30 to 14:00. Other uses of generative AI (photo, video, audio, presentations, music…)
    • Thursday, July 11, 10:30 to 14:00, 15:00 to 17:00. AI and academic research: from the approach of a paper to the stylistic review.
  • Location: CITIC, Cloud room.
  • Registration form

SESIÓN FORMATIVA: RESEARCH ETHICS CONFERENCE

  • Program:
    • June 10: Gender in research. Delivered by Noelia Martínez Doallo.
    • June 11: Ethics of AI: What do I do with these principles? Delivered by Jorge Crego Blanco.
    • June 17: Data protection. Delivered by Noelia Martínez Doallo.
    • June 18: Responsible research and innovation. Delivered by José Antonio Seoane.
  • Time: 16:00 to 18:30.
  • Place: CITIC, Cloud room.
  • Registration form

TRAINING SESSION: THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN RESEARCH

  • Ponente: Eva López Barrio. Head of the Woman Emprende Program and coordinator of the Innovatia 8.3 Project of the Women’s Institute.
  • Date: : Tuesday, May 21st, 2024, 13:00 to 14:00.
  • Location: CITIC, Cloud room.
  • Registration form

TALK: RESEARCH ETHICS – INTRODUCTION

  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. José Antonio Seoane. Professor of Philosophy of Law (University of A Coruña). Member of the Spanish Bioethics Committee.
  • Date and time: Thursday, February 22, 2024, 16:00
  • Location: CITIC, CLOUD room
  • Registration form

TRAINING SESSION: CITIC’S INTEGRATED QUALITY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ACCORDING TO ISO 9001:2015 AND UNE 166002:2021 STANDARDS

  • Date: Thursday, january 18, 2024.
  • Horario: 10:30h-12:00h.
  • Program:
    • What is a management system supported by international benchmarks? 
    • The standards your management system is based on 
    • What are we talking about when we talk about your sg?

CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH COURSE

  • Schedule: It is taught on Tuesdays and Thursdays from January to March 2024.
    • Group 1: Tuesdays, from 12:00 to 13:00.
    • Group 2: Tuesdays from 16:15 to 17:15.
    • Group 3: Thursdays from 13:00 to 14:00.

2023

CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH COURSE

  • Date:
    • Group 1: Tuesday, from 12:00 to 13:00, november and december 2023.
    • Group 2: Thursday, from 13:00 to 14:00, november and december 2023.

PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS IN HORIZON EUROPE

Conferences on the practical aspects of the preparation of proposals in Horizon Europe in view of the new calls for proposals in 2024.

  • Date: wednesday, october 18 and thursday, october 19, 2023. 
  • Program:

09:15 – 09:45 Reception of attendees

09:45 – 10:00 Welcome by Manuel Penedo, director of CITIC

10:00 – 10:15 Horizon Europe: Review of associated policies and overview on the strategic developments

10:15 – 11:45 Opportunities to participate in the 2024 Horizon Europe calls, in the Pillar II of clusters/thematic clusters.

– Cluster-I: Health

– Cluster-II: Inclusive Society (Human & Social Sciences)

– Cluster-III: Civil Secure Society (including Disaster Management and Resilience. Security of critical infrastructures. Critical Infrastructure Security. Cybersecurity)

– Cluster-IV: Digital and Industry (includes Space)

– Cluster-V: Climate, Energy and Mobility

– Cluster-VI: Food and Natural resources

Will include information on major European events in the coming months.

11:45 – 12:15 Coffee break – networking

12:15 – 13:30 Continuation of the Pillar I thematic clusters session

16:00 – 16:30 Reception of attendees

16:30 – 16:45 Welcome

16:45 – 17:45 Opportunities to participate in Pillar III: EIC-Pathfinder / IU Innovation Systems

17:45 Coffee – networking

18:15 – 20:00 Possibility of bilateral meetings with expert persons

09:15 – 09:30 Reception of attendees

09:30 – 11:30 How to approach ethics in Horizon Europe

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break – networking

12:00 – 14:00 Data management in Horizon Europe

14:00 – 15:30 Lunch

15:30 – 18:00 Possibility of bilateral meetings with expert staff

QUALITY COURSE

Training session on CITIC’s integrated quality and innovation management system according to ISO 9001:2015 and UNE 166002:2021 standards.

  • Date: April 19, 2023.
  • Schedule: 10:30 – 12:00. 
  • Program:
    1. What is a management system supported by international benchmarks?
    2. The standards our management system is based on
    3. What are we talking about when we talk about our Management system?

2022

SCHEDULED TRAINING SESSION: HUMAN RESOURCES IN RESEARCH HRS4R

  • Date: January 25, 2022, 11:00 a.m.
  • Speaker: Sonia Carné, OTRI technician at UDC.
  • Summary: The training has addressed what the HRS4R seal (Human Resources Strategy for Researchers) is, how it is being implemented at UDC, and how it affects the professional work of the staff at UDC.

  • The HRS4R accreditation was granted to UDC in 2017, reflecting its commitment to implementing transparent hiring and evaluation procedures for its research staff.

  • Thus, the “HR Excellence in Research” logo publicly recognizes research institutions that have made progress in aligning their human resources policies with the principles defined in the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. 

COURSE: INTRODUCTION TO TECHNOLOGY WATCH

  • Date: May 11, 2022, 12:00.
  • Location: CITIC
  • Program:
    • Preliminary reflections
    • What is Technology Watch? Definitions
    • First steps
    • Why do these projects fail?
    • 2 approaches: Centralized or decentralized
    • Why and what for?
    • How to identify FCVs
    • Tools to help
    • End-users
    • Biases: Why to take them into account?
 
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DATA, RESEARCH PROJECTS AND FUNDING

  • Date: May 27, 2022.
  • Speakers: Carlota María Balsa Sánchez (Faculty of Economics and Business), Isaac Guillermo Darriba López (Faculty of Sciences), and Vanesa Loureiro Vázquez (Polytechnic School of Engineering, Ferrol).
  • Contents:
    • Requirements
    • Who requires? (European, national level, and academic journals).
    • What do they require?
      • FAIR Principles
      • DMP
      • Dissemination (deposit, publication…)
    • Data Management Plan (DMP)
      • What is it?
      • Examples
    • Tools to help create the DMP
      • Online DMP and other tools
      • Example
    • Dissemination
      • The DOI and its importance for citation
      • Repositories to deposit the data
      • Journals and articles on research data
    • Support for data management from the Library Service.
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WORKSHOP: 2023-2024 HORIZON EUROPE AND SYNERGIC PROGRAMS CALLS

  • Date: June 13 and 14, 2022
  • Speaker: Marina Martínez. CDTI.
  • Registration

June 13: Workshop 1. 2023-2024 Horizon Europe Calls.

09:00 – 09:30 a.m. – Attendee reception
09:30 – 09:45 a.m. – Welcome and workshop introduction, by CITIC management
09:45 – 10:15 a.m. – Horizon Europe: Review of associated policies and overview of strategic novelties.
10:15 – 11:45 a.m. – Participation opportunities in the 2023-2024 Horizon Europe calls, in Pillar II thematic clusters:

  • Cluster-I: Health
  • Cluster-II: Inclusive Society (Human & Social Sciences)
  • Cluster-III: Civil Secure Society (includes Disaster Management and Resilience. Critical Infrastructure Security. Cybersecurity)
  • Cluster-IV: Digital and Industry (incluye Space)
  • Cluster-V: Climate, Energy and Mobility
  • Cluster-VI: Food and Natural resources
  • Incluirá información sobre los principales eventos europeos en los próximos meses.

11:45 – 12:15 h.- Coffee break – networking.
12:15 – 13:00 h.- Continuation of the Pillar II thematic clusters session.
13:00 – 14:00 h.- Participation opportunities in Pillar III: EIC-Pathfinder / EU Innovation Systems

June 14: Workshop 2. Synergic Programs. How to improve Horizon Europe participation.

09:15 – 09:30 h.- Attendee reception
09:30 – 11:00 h.- Participation opportunities in programs synergic to HE. Update on significant Partnerships for CITIC and Single Market actions.
11:00 – 11:30 h.- Coffee break – networking.
11:30 – 12:30 h.- Novelties in the Horizon Europe evaluation process.
12:30 – 13:00 h.- Financial aspects. Changes regarding eligible concepts.
13:00 – 14:00 h.- Participation strategies and tools from the participation incentive plan in the framework program.
15:30 – 18:00 h.- Bilateral meetings to review unfunded proposals and advise on new project ideas. To be confirmed participating researchers. Approx. 45’ per meeting.

TRAINING COURSE: DEVELOPMENT OF R&D&I PROJECTS IN HORIZON EUROPE

  • Dates: September 8, 15, 22, and 29, and October 6, 13, and 20.
  • Speakers:
    • Ángel Dell (Founding Partner and CEO of Euradia International)
    • Nuria Rodríguez (Director of Innovation and European Programs at FEUGA)
    • Karan Novo (FEUGA Delegate in Brussels)
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  • Objectives:

– Provide participants with a comprehensive overview of the subprograms and funding instruments offered by Horizon Europe.
– Develop a set of skills and capabilities in the attendees that allow them to explore these opportunities and optimize their R&D&I funding strategies.
– Familiarize participants with the new Horizon Europe quality criteria, its strategic priorities, and the success factors for drafting and presenting competitive proposals.
– Alert participants to the most common errors in drafting European R&D&I proposals.

  • Contents:

MODULE 1: HORIZON EUROPE (3h)

1.1. HORIZON EUROPE: From a practical perspective (1h)

1.2. HORIZON EUROPE: Getting ready (1.5h)

1.3. OPPORTUNITY SEARCH. Positioning and networking (0.5h)

MODULE 2: PREPARATION OF THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL (15h)

2.1. THE FIRST STEPS (1h)

2.2. ADMINISTRATIVE FORMS (0.5h)

2.3. DRAFTING THE TECHNICAL ANNEX (13.5h)

2.3.1. Excellence issues (3.5h)

2.3.2. Impact issues (3.5h)

2.3.3. Describing the project implementation (2.5h)

2.3.4. The consortium: searching for partners (1h)

2.3.5. The financial aspects of the proposal (1.5h)

2.3.6. The evaluation process in Horizon Europe (1h)

2.3.7. General advice and guidelines (0.5h)

ERC (European Research Council) FUNDING PROGRAM

  • Date: September 13.
  • Registration
  • Summary: Keys and recommendations will be taught for the submission of applications for the European Research Council (ERC) calls.

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