The Start-up Meeting for New DDEA Grant Recipients provides participants with greater knowledge about DDEA and how DDEA supports them through its education, networking and communication activities. The meeting also allows participants the opportunity to connect with other DDEA grantees, learning about their research projects and interests.
In addition, the participants will immerse themselves in a specially planned, creative communication workshop.

After the event you will be able to:

• Recognize how DDEA will support you by offering the best possible education and networking activities.
• Demonstrate what DDEA expects from you as a DDEA grantee
• Apply new elements in how you communicate professionally

Speakers:

• Gordon Torbet, Lead Facilitator, IMPROV Communication (DK)
• DDEA Secretariat

Organisers:

• DDEA Secretariat

Participation in this meeting is limited to persons who have been awarded a PhD scholarship or a postdoctoral fellowship from DDEA.

Dinner registration
DDEA organises a networking dinner on 4 September. Participation in the dinner is free of charge. Please sign up for the dinner upon registration, and indicate whether you have any dietary requirements.

Accommodation
DDEA offers accommodation at the venue for all participants with check-in on 4 September and check-out on 5 September. Please sign up for accommodation when you register for the event.

Certification
A course certificate will be sent to all participants upon request at the end of the course.

Latest cancellation date & no-show fee
Please note that it is free of charge to participate in the event however the DDEA will charge a no-show fee of 1000 DKK if you do not show up and have not unregistered from the event by 28 August.

Deadline for submission of abstracts:  30 June 2025 at 23:59

Please submit an abstract of your project and plan to bring a scientific poster presenting that project.

After lunch we will have two hours for project poster presentations and scientific networking. As you all are new to your projects, we do not expect traditional scientific abstracts and posters. Instead, we kindly ask you to prepare an abstract describing the rationale and aims of your project and an A1-sized “project poster.” You will use this poster for talking points, pitching, and discussing your project with the other participants.

Posters will be pitched in a “poster tour” format. This means that all participants will visit multiple posters together. When the tour group arrives at your poster, you will have 2 min to pitch the key points of your project to the group. After all pitches are complete, there will be time to discuss freely. Please note that no slides will be used for the pitches. Pitches take place with a group standing at your poster.

Abstract guidelines:
The abstract should be max 1500 characters, incl. spaces and written in Arial 10.

• Title of abstract (Use a short and specific title with title-style capitalisation and put it in bold)
• Presenting author name(s) (Underline the presenting author’s name)
• Affiliation (Include unit, institution/company/hospital, city and country for all authors and put it in italic)

Please do not include images, figures, charts or tables in the summary. Proofread carefully before sending, and upload a Word file and use your name in the file name.

Poster guidelines:
Size of poster: A1, portrait format
Your project poster should look like a traditional scientific poster, but it will lack the results and conclusions sections. You should include:

• A title
• Authors
• Affiliations
• Background and rationale
• Project aims
• Methods (if you already have ideas for these)
• Anticipated outcomes and impact from the project, and
• Take-home message box so that you leave the audience with the key message