How can researchers successfully navigate a rapidly changing academic and professional landscape?
Future Skills 2026, organized by the LifeScience Network Munich and the GraduateCenterLMU, brings together doctoral candidates, postdocs, students, and senior scientists to address this question. The event will focus on three key areas shaping tomorrow’s research careers: Transfer, Empowerment & Transferable Skills, and Artificial Intelligence. Join the event to explore new perspectives, develop future-oriented competencies, and connect with researchers across the Life Science Campus and the greater Munich area.
3 Keynote Lectures and 5 Breakout Sessions - Co-hosted by the GraduateCenterLMU and the Life Science Munich Network of graduate programs
Our collaborative initiative marks its 13th year with a eighth joint event, addressing acutely relevant topics:
- Scientific Entrepreneurship
- Human-AI Collaboration
- Why’s, How’s and Where’s of a Scientific Journey
- Learning from Founders
- Making Impact visible
- Transferable Skills – Recognizing Their Value for Your Career
- Agentic AI for Scientific Research
- AI in Daily Research
For researchers of all generations – students, doctoral candidates, postdocs, senior scientists – all are welcome!