Technician Week Conference

As part of Technician Week 2025 we are holding a Technician Conference on Wednesday 3rd September 2024.

a photo of a presentation slide saying 'Welcome Technicians'
The Welcome Technician Slide from Technician Week 2023

The Technician Conference will be held at The Playfair Library, Old College on Wednesday 3rd September 2025

 

Technician Week Conference Programme
09:00- 09:30: Registration
09:30 - 09:40Opening TalkProfessor Christina Boswell, Vice Principal Research and Enterprise
Session One
09:40 - 09:50

Career Development Update: UKITSS Careers Lab

Tim Goodman, HR Partner, Talent & Development
09:50 - 10:00Career Development Update: TSC Working Group Mike Boyd, Making Services Manager
10:00 - 10:20ETC Job Shadowing

Tim Goodman, HR Partner, Talent & Development

 & 

Nicola Cuthbert, Researcher Development Manager, IAD

10:20 - 10:30NTDC National Education Technical Professional PathwayNeil Guthrie, Sports, Exercise & Health Science, Edinburgh Napier University & NTDC Specialist advisor
10:30 - 10:45‘We are Technicians’ Flash Talks

Robyn Rogers, Collection Care Technician

Jonny Smith, Zebrafish Facility Support Technician

Maija Nygren, Specialist Garment Technician (Knit)

10:45 - 11:15: Break
Session Two
11:15 - 11:30Action Plan Update & Community Feedback SurveySally Morgan, Technical Services Manager (School of Engineering)  & Technician Steering Committee Chair
11:30 - 11:50InFrame & TechniciansSara Shinton, Institutional Lead for InFrame
11:50 - 12:05‘We are Technicians’ Flash Talks

Cameron Pitcairn, Specialist Technician - Digital Making

Marie Craigon, QMRI Technical Coordinator

Paul McAleer, Plant Growth Facility Technician

12:15 - 13:00Technician Awards Ceremony

Professor Kim Graham, Provost

Dr Catherine Martin, Vice-Principal Corporate Services

Ashleigh Shannon, Technician Awards Panel Chair

13:00 - Close

Thanks to our Sponsors

A huge thank you to our invaluable sponsors for this years Technician Week.  Your support is very much appreciated.

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

College of Arts Humanities and Social Science

College of Science and Engineering

Unite

SISO

Terra Mechanica Maris ltd

RS

Filamentive

Somalogic

Curie Scientific

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