This document provides an overview and agenda for the Postgraduate Futures 2011 event. The aims of the event are to equip participants with an understanding of how digital technologies are transforming careers and work practices, provide inspiration to think about future career options and strategies, and provide networking opportunities. The day will include a keynote panel on career management in the digital age, workshops on technology for researchers and employer panels, and lunchtime networking. Participants will receive an information pack including the program, speaker biographies, and workshop outlines. The document highlights how digital technologies are changing work spaces, communications, and innovation.

1. Welcome to Postgraduate Futures 2011 Fiona Christie Senior careers consultant [email_address] www.careers.salford.ac.uk #pgfutures2011 Careers & Employability Student Life Advice & Opportunity

2. What are the aims for the day? To equip participants with an understanding of how development in digital technologies are transforming careers and work practices as well job seeking/application processes. To provide a stimulating programme to inspire you to think about how to get ahead in your future career. To provide you with an opportunity to consider your career options and strategies for career success. To provide a networking opportunity for you Careers & Employability Student Life Advice & Opportunity

3. What’s the plan for the day? Keynote panel – The big picture “Career management in the digital age” Workshops am - Technology for researchers/ employer panel Lunchtime – Networking, Careers & Employability, Vitae, each other… Workshops pm – Broadening Horizons, Public Engagement, Ketso, Enterprise café, Researcher development framework, Creative job search Careers & Employability Student Life Advice & Opportunity

4. What’s in your pack? Programme Speaker biographies Workshop outlines Post card and envelope – details to follow Evaluation form Postgraduate Careers & Employability leaflet Careers & Employability Student Life Advice & Opportunity

5. Changing how we work! http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/may/14/computer-technology-changing-work "the digital industrial revolution espouses many of the tenets that its mechanical predecessors did: disruptive; productive; facilitative; fearsome; irreversible". Alexander Grous, a technology specialist from the Centre of Economic Performance at the LSE

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7. Communications and media - change Careers & Employability Student Life Advice & Opportunity http://runeberg.org/teleapp/0004.html - Wikimedia Commons - past copyright Own photo My vinyl collection Own photo - iphone

8. To tweet or not to tweet? Careers & Employability Student Life Advice & Opportunity Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) http://www.flickr.com/photos/chego101/ Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0) http://www.flickr.com/photos/bizbuzzmedia/5276552006/in/photostream

9. Innovation…it makes you think “ I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” John Cage (1912-1992) Careers & Employability Student Life Advice & Opportunity

10. For you to think about… Careers & Employability Student Life Advice & Opportunity Pictures from Clip ART