Welcome address

Tiit Land, Rector, Tallinn University, Estonia
Tarmo Soomere, President of Estonian Academy of Sciences
Andres Koppel, Head of Estonian Research Council
Luke Georghiou, EUA-CDE Steering Committee Chair

Plenary session I

Digitalisation of Society, the Role of Universities and its Impact on Doctoral Education and Research

Chair: Luke Georghiou, EUA-CDE Steering Committee Chair
- Mary Ritter, Imperial College London, UK
- Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Parallel session I

I.a. Doctoral Graduate Careers and Skills Development
Chair: Murat Özgören, EUA-CDE Steering Committee

‘Digital Nationwide Working Life Skills Study Package for Doctoral Students’ – Virpi Juppo, University of Vaasa, Finland
‘A Joint Career Tracking Survey of Doctorate Holders: Project presentation and discussion of initial data analysis’ – Julia Boman, ESF Science Connect, France, Michael Klimke, Technical University Munich, Germany and Barbara Brecko, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

I.b. Doctoral School Data Management
Chair: Hans-Joachim Bungartz, EUA-CDE Steering Committee

‘Monitoring the Doctoral Trajectory Through an Annual Survey’ – Hannelore De Grande, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
‘Idea Puzzle Software: A new approach to research design based on Philosophy of Science’ – Ricardo Morais, Catholic University of Portugal

I.c. Doctoral Education Data Management and Open Science
Chair: Timo Korkeamäki, EUA-CDE Steering Committee

‘On the way Towards Research Data Management in Doctoral Education at Kaunas University of Technology’ –Ieva Ceseviciute, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
‘Data Management and Doctoral Education: An integrative approach’ – Nina Bergmann, University of Kiel, Germany

Panel discussion – plenary session II

Key Challenges for Doctoral Education and Research Training in the Digital Era

Chair: Lidia Borrell-Damián, Director Research and Innovation, EUA
- Manuela Epure, Open Science Policy Platform and Spiru Haret University, Romania
- Jeroen Jaap van Hunen, Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Henriikka Mustajoki, University of Helsinki, Finland
- Carlos Vargas Alvarez del Castillo, Tallinn University, Estonia

Plenary session III

Digital Technology Across Disciplines Similarities and Differences

Chair: Melita Kovačević, University of Zagreb, Croatia
- Leslie Zachariah-Wolff, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Daniel Alves, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal

Parallel session II

II.a. Doctoral Candidate Supervision
Chair: Mary McNamara, EUA-CDE Steering Committee

‘Efficient Online Supervision Calls for Digital Skills as Well as Pedagogical Skills’ – Gitte Wichmann-Hansen, Aarhus University, Denmark
‘A Successful Supervisor: Based on academic excellence or talent?’ – Romanna Safir, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

II.b. Doctoral School Data Management
Chair: Mossadek Talby, EUA-CDE Steering Committee
‘Digitalizing the Life-Cycle of the Doctoral Student, From the Application to the Dissertation’ – Pijo Nuutila, University of Turku, Finland
‘Data Management as a Strategic Tool in Doctoral Education at the Technical University of Munich’ – Sarah Kersten, Technical University Munich, Germany

Plenary session IV

New Skills in Doctoral Education and Research Training

Chair: Lesley Wilson, EUA Secretary-General
- ‘Doctoral Education in Europe - Researcher's careers in the European Research Area’ – Fabienne Gautier, Head of Unit ‘Open Science and ERA Policy’, Directorate-General for Research & Innovation, European Commission
- Oleg Shvaikovsky, Board Member and Partner, NORTAL, Estonia

Closing session

Chair: Luke Georghiou, EUA-CDE Steering Committee Chair
- ‘Presentation of upcoming EUA-CDE activities and events’ – David Oliva Uribe, Head of EUA-CDE
- ‘Closing words by Tallinn University’
- ‘Invitation to the next Annual meeting in June 2018 by the University of Ljubljana’