JOBS Workshop 2026 MICRO-59 · Athens, Greece

JOBS Workshop 2026

Schedule

Talks, panels, and a Coffee Break, in the MICRO-59 morning workshop slot.

· 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EET (UTC+2), Athens local time)
InterContinental Athenaeum Athens, Athens, Greece · Room TBD

The schedule below is provisional. Session times follow the MICRO-59 workshop block; titles, speakers, and panelists are still being confirmed.

  1. session

    Welcome and Introductions

    An overview of the morning and of how the workshop is organized.

  2. panel

    Panel: Research careers in industry and academia

    Senior researchers compare industry research, product engineering, and academic research: what the work involves day to day, and how the paths differ over the course of a career.

    • TBDIndustry research
    • TBDAcademia
    • TBDIndustry product
  3. panel

    Panel: Tips from the trenches

    Recent graduates on the mechanics of the search — application materials, job talks, interviews, and offer negotiation.

    • TBDRecently hired, academia
    • TBDRecently hired, industry research
    • TBDRecently hired, industry
  4. break

    Coffee Break

    The MICRO-59 workshop coffee break. Panelists and attending hiring managers stay in the room.

  5. talk

    Talk: The hiring committee's perspective

    How faculty searches and industry research hires are evaluated and decided.

    • TBDTBD
  6. session

    Career mapping and peer discussion

    A closing session in which attendees map out their own timelines and compare notes with others on the same schedule.

The workshop sits in the first of the two MICRO-59 workshop blocks on November 1. Lunch follows at 12:00, and afternoon workshops start at 1:00 PM. The full list of MICRO-59 workshops and tutorials is on the conference site.