Since my last blog post, I have moved into (and nearly come to the end of!) my second 4 month rotation, working in the International Development team. There is something exciting about working with people from all over the world, organising events all over the world, for scientists from all over the world... This is what the International Development team does.
It is very fast-paced in this team, with the equivalent of around one large conference a month to help organise – in places as diverse as the UK, China, Ethiopia and India. It is also probably the only rotation where you arrive each morning to find your inbox full of about 20 new emails, from the
international RSC staff whose working hours are so different from ours in the UK. And it isn’t all about working with fellow colleagues and academics; this rotation also gives you the chance to work with industrial partners, such as Syngenta, and gives you experience of finding sponsors to fund some of the events.
Everyday tasks include compiling abstracts and speaker details for abstract booklets, proofing these booklets once they have come back from the Design team, drafting invite letters, attending teleconferences and researching academics and policy makers to invite to the next event. The diversity of these tasks means that you get to work with people from lots of different teams across the RSC – Design, Events, Marketing and Strategic Partnerships.
Since I began in the International team around 3 months ago, I have spent most of my time organising the 2012
PACN Congress on Agricultural Productivity, Water and Waste, which will take place in just a few days’ time in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
I have been particularly lucky as I have seen the organisation of the congress right through from initial discussions to its (hopefully successful) delivery, so I feel completely immersed in all of the details involved in organising an international conference for over 150 people! I am really excited about finally getting to meet all of the people I have been liaising with over the past 3 months, and of course having the chance to go out to Ethiopia!
Amy Styring is a Graduate working in the Royal Society of Chemistry's Science, Education and Industry Department. To see if there are any current vacancies go to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' Blog or subscribe to 'RSC: Latest Vacancies' by Email
Since my last blog post, I have moved into (and nearly come to the end of!) my second 4 month rotation, working in the International Development team. There is something exciting about working with people from all over the world, organising events all over the world, for scientists from all over the world... This is what the International Development team does.
