Events


We host monthly seminars, workshops, information sessions, and networking events to connect with our members in the greater Boston area. Through these activities, we hope to encourage scientific discussions & collaborations, promote career & scholarship opportunities, and seek support & advice on career development. Information about past and upcoming BTBA events are shown here as well as our Facebook Page.

2024-03-23, 2:15–5 PM ET
Lehman Hall 201 (8 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
BTBA

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Career Development Series

Conquering Interview in Biotech 生技業界面試教戰工作坊

🌼夏令時間回來了!

還在為少掉的一小時苦惱嗎?來參加BTBA LEAP面試求職教戰工作坊吧!保證在短短幾小時內補回因夏令時間少掉一小時的空虛感😎 讓你充滿自信的應對各種面試、尋找工作機會,從茫茫人海中脫穎而出成為Superstar🌟

🌼我們這次邀請生技產業不同部門的前輩們分享面試、求職的技巧和策略,參與者也有機會可以得到修改履歷的寶貴建議!

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2024-03-15, 9–10 PM ET
Virtual
BTBA

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Academic Seminar

思覺失調症的轉譯醫學研究:如何設計小鼠模型、利用量化方式研究小鼠認知行為、和利用影像醫學找到數位生物標記和治療目標

🧠全世界每一百人就有一人有思覺失調症,他們可能是《我們與惡的距離》裡的應思聰、也可能是天才被疾病遮掩的《美麗境界》裡的John Nash ,或是你身邊那個沒有辦法好好讀完大學、沒有辦法就業的家人和朋友。他們會跟你抱怨總是被你聽不到的聲音困擾,總有人指使他們去做自己不想做的事,他們漸漸不清楚現實和幻想的分野,終至無法維持正常生活。現有的思覺失調症藥物以抑制幻覺為主,但思覺失調症的認知症狀...

2024-02-11, 1:00–2:30 PM ET
Lehman Hall 201 (8 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
BTBA

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Career Development Series

Spatial transcriptomics application from bench to industry

隨著次世代定序的發展,各式各樣的體學(omics)以及其單細胞的衍生技術大大擴展了我們對基因調控與分子機制的理解,然而其技術上最大的缺點是他流失了原有細胞或組織的空間訊息。過去十年,空間組分析(spatial omics)的快速進展突破了這個限制,讓我們得以研究完整細胞或組織內基因表達及其調控在空間上的關係。

在這個月會裡,我們很榮幸地邀請到三位來自不同面向的講者來為我...

2024-01-26, 9:00–10:30 PM ET
Virtual
BTBA

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Career Development Series

Exploring Academic Landscape—Entrepreneurial Spirit in ​Taiwan

妳/你是否也有著創立事業實現夢想或是加入創業團隊的想法,卻不知道從何開始呢?

BTBA很榮幸邀請到兩位身兼教授與執行長雙重身分的公司創辦人來分享他們的經驗,包括創業的動機,創業過程中遇到的挑戰與收穫,以及營運公司時的心路歷程。若是妳/你好奇在台灣如何將學界研究轉化成創業資源,又或是未來計畫回台創業想多了解台灣創業環境,我們邀請到了最優秀的講者,準備了最精彩的故事,分享給...

2024-01-21, 1–5 PM ET
Lehman Hall 201 (8 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
BTBA

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Career Development Series

Innovative Development of Medical Devices

🏥隨著當今各種新藥百花齊放,醫療器材的創新進展也是醫療產業中不可忽視的一塊。從更精準快速的診斷分析,到各種影像技術,或是日新月異的醫材器械都提供了醫師以及病人更多元的治療手段。

🏥不過到底什麼才算是醫療器材? 醫療器材的開發與規範跟新藥研發有哪些相似之處?BTBA一月月會邀請了在醫療器材產業界有多年經驗的Dr. John Perng以及Dr. Philip Chiu。他...

2023-12-13, 8:30–10:00 PM ET
Virtual
BTBA

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Academic Seminar

2030跨世代年輕學者 X 玉山青年學者海外說明會

🌟【2030跨世代年輕學者 X 玉山青年學者海外說明會】🌟

駐波士頓科技組 X駐波士頓教育組

想知道什麼是2030跨世代年輕學者與玉山青年學者方案嗎?想知道如何進一步申請嗎?我們將邀請承辦人來說明方案與得獎者來分享經驗,讓我們一起來了解台灣政府怎麼鼓勵並培植優秀年輕學者~

Are you curious about the 2030 Cr...

2023-12-02, 2–3:30 PM ET
126 Newbury St, Boston, MA
BTBA

In person

Career Development Series

BTBA Mentor–mentee Program Meetup

The 2023-2024 Mentor-mentee program is coming!

BTBA Mentor-mentee program 將於12/2舉辦第一次實體見面,除了可以認識program裡的其他mentor和mentee之外,我們還邀請了BTBA的資深前輩 蔣先慧博士 擔任講者,透過他的經驗和大家分享mentorship的精髓:

👉身...

2023-11-18, 12:30–4 PM ET
Lehman Hall (8 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
BTBA, BTPA

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Career Development Series

BTBA November Panel—Data-Driven Decision Making in Biotech/Healthcare

🫸🏻 在Welcome Party之後,本屆BTBA的第一個實體月會即將到來!🫷

本次月會為Data-Driven Decision Making in Biotech/Healthcare的職涯分享。在數據滿街的世界,如何有效蒐集、整合、分析以及利用龐大資料至關重要。生技相關產業中,除了利用機器學習/AI加速藥物開發之外,其他部門對於應用數據以及數位工具來做方案決策也...

2023-10-28, 9 PM–10:45 PM ET
Virtual
BTBA, JTBA

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Career Development Series

Special Event Biotech Career in Japan—Biotech Industry Career in Japan 日本求職大不同!

🍜日本台灣生技協會 (JTBA) 與BTBA將於10月28日於線上合辦一場日本求/轉職介紹的活動

✨✨BTBA 2023 October Special Event: Biotech Industry Career in Japan 日本求職大不同!✨✨

你知道日本面試官比起你的專業能力更看重你的個人特質嗎?在注重禮節的日本文化中,求職不單單只有語言差...

2023-10-21, 11 AM - 4PM
Lehman Hall (8 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
BTBA, HTSA

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Welcoming Party

BTBA Welcoming Party

Hello everyone! We are excited to invite you to the welcoming party hosted by the Boston Taiwanese Biotech Association (BTBA) on October 21 from 11 am–4 pm!

BTBA fosters connections betw...

2023-07-08, 8 AM to 2022-07-09, 12PM
Northwest Science Building
BTBA

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Anniversary Symposium

2023 BTBA Anniversary Symposium

The 11th BTBA Annual Symposium Now Open for Registration

Featured keynote speakers at the symposium include world-renowned gene editing pioneer...

2023-05-26, 9 PM - 10:30 PM
Virtual
BTBA

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Academic Seminar

BTBA 2023 May special event—Academic Career in Japan

今年去日本旅遊了嗎?懷念漫步在京都花見小路上的悠閒時光嗎?還是想再次穿過雷門踏上仲見世通造訪淺草寺?總是被朋友日本旅遊照片包圍的你/妳,會好奇在日本從事學術工作的生活是怎麼樣的嗎?

BTBA很榮幸邀請到四位分別在日本東京大學、東北大學、九州大學、早稻田大學的台灣學者,向大家分享日本任教的經驗,包含學術環境、日常生活、及沒有日本學位如何申請日本學術工作等。若是你/妳想多了...

2023-05-12, 8 PM - 9 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Virtual on Zoom

Academic Seminar

BTBA May Academic Seminar—Unveiling the Mysteries of RNA

《RNA剪切引起的發炎反應疾病》
《同場加映:RNA小分子藥物開發》
這個星期五晚上,RNA專家們將帶您探索RNA,並解說如何針對RNA治療疾病!

This Friday evening, we’re excited to bring in two RNA experts, Dr. Liang-Yuan Chiu & Dr. Frank ...

2023-04-29, 2 PM - 3:30 PM
BioLabs Lecture Hall 1080, (Bri Biological Labs, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138)
BTBA

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Academic Seminar

BTBA 2023 April Academic Seminar—Exploring the Landscape of Functional Proteins by Computational Design

蛋白質之間的交互作用是許多生物功能例如識別抗原和免疫訊號傳遞的基礎。近年來,基於深度學習的蛋白質結構預測方法的突破和電腦蛋白設計的發展,設計有功能且穩定的蛋白質變得越來越唾手可得。你想深入了解如何應用這些基本原理,創造未來各式各樣的應用嗎?在本次研討會中,我們將與Professor Bruno Correia一起探討蛋白設計在免疫工程中的應用,並分享最新的方法和實際案例。會後我們將邀請...

2023-04-07, 8 PM - 9 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Free

Academic Seminar

2023 BTBA April Academic Seminar—How does the brain encode memory and space?

大腦是人類最神秘的器官,有時候走在回家的路上,突然一陣嘴饞,大腦居然可以在不用導航的情況下,順利帶著你來到附近的冰淇淋店。而隨著年紀增長,你是否覺得越來越記不住新知,想知道有什麼撇步可以增強記憶力呢?BTBA 四月邀請到曾昱瑄博士與曾思宜博士來與我們解構大腦的秘密。

Flexible decision-making during navigation in ever-c...

2023-03-24, 8 PM - 9 PM
Virtual
BTBA

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Academic Seminar

BTBA March Academic Seminar—Application of machine learning in protein design

蛋白質在生物體內扮演著極其重要的角色,從訊號傳遞到基因表達調控都都有參與。蛋白質的形狀與其功能亦息息相關,因此,我們需要好好了解蛋白質序列和結構之間的關係,以提高我們預測和設計蛋白質功能的能力。自從AlphaFold在2021年問世以來,利用豐富的蛋白質數據庫(PDB)等序列-結構資料,許多深度學習技術已經大幅提升了我們處理複雜蛋白質功能的能力。例如設計蛋白質結合劑、增強蛋白質穩定性和...

2023-03-11, 2 PM - 3 PM
Smith Campus Center (1350 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138)
BTBA

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Academic Seminar

BTBA March Workshop—Navigating Career Transition and Advancement in Biotech Industry

BTBA三月的月會來了!本次邀請到Dr. Caroline Chen與Dr. Po-Jen Yen分享他們如何成功地在生技產業中,轉職成為專利律師和商業拓展的角色。無論您是正擁有轉換跑道的念頭,或是想在目前的職位上探索新的斜槓人生,在這次的討論會中,相信大家能更加了解生技產業中不同的職業選擇!

Are you considering a career transitio...

2023-02-11 1 PM–3 PM
Mt Auburn Room, 2F, Harvard Smith Campus Center
BTBA, HTSA

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Academic Seminar

2023 BTBA February Academic Seminar—Intro to HEOR and Mentorship Kickoff

是否好奇為什麼治療同一種疾病的藥物,有些很便宜,有些卻特別貴呢?這個星期六(2/11)下午,BTBA邀請到目前在Costello Medical 擔任健康經濟學家(health economist)的Blake Liu來為大家分享HEOR (Health Economics and Outcomes Research)的現況,以及各國的藥價是怎麼制定的。

在人生的旅途上...

2023-01-28, 10:30 AM - 12 PM
Lehman Hall (8 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
BTBA

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Academic Seminar

BTBA January Workshop–Chemists and physicists in biotech and pharmaceutical industry

你是否對物理和化學充滿熱情,但內心又對生技製藥產業感到好奇呢?你正(曾)主修物理或化學,但又想實際運用複雜的化學機制或物理理論來促進人類健康、推進生命科學的發展嗎? 現今生物技術與生命科學領域快速進步,大幅增加了對於具有物理與化學背景人才的需求,像是曾經透過機器學習研究黑洞與暗物質的物理學家,在生技製藥界也是炙手可熱。不論你是正在攻讀物理或化學的學生們,或是想了解如何將基礎科學應用在生...

2022-12-19, 8:30 PM–10 PM
Virtual
BTBA

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Academic Seminar

2030 跨世代年輕學者方案X玉山青年學者計畫 海外說明會-駐波士頓科技組X駐波士頓教育組XBTBA

💡想知道台灣提供哪些學術資源給年輕歸國學人嗎?

💡想知道申請什麼計畫可以增加錄取台灣教職的機會嗎?

關心台灣學術發展、有意返台貢獻所學的海外學人,由駐波士頓科技組、駐波士頓教育組及波士頓台灣人生技協會(BTBA)聯合舉辦的「2030跨世代年輕學者方案X玉山青年學者計畫 海外說明會」是您不可錯過的活動!

此次說明會,不僅會有國科會和教育部的...

2022-12-03, 11 AM–12 PM
Virtual
BTBA

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Career Development Series

Career Development for Life—IQ, EQ, and SQ?

對 FDA 的工作充滿熱誠 想多了解 FDA 規範運行與工作機會嗎?

想知道如何找到自己夢幻的工作在美國職場闖出一片天嗎?

我們很榮幸邀請到 Dr. C.J. George Chang 與我們分享職涯 SWOT Analysis 與 3P’s 和 4C’s:

  1. Career Development—How to find y...

2022-11-18, 8 PM - 9 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Virtual on Zoom

Academic Seminar

2022 BTBA November Academic Seminar–How do plants adapt to climate change and pollution?

“是一種藍色的哀愁 我醒在荒涼的地球 紐約在海底的角落 陽光把大地變沙漠 變了味道 人們才開始哀悼” {摘自林俊傑_新地球.}

你是否想過各種工業污染造成氣候暖化,極端氣候不斷地發生的現在,我們能做些什麼嗎?歡迎加入我們第一場氣候變遷學術演講,聽聽從植物學家們角度,我們要如何應對劇烈的環境變遷以及環境污染。

Have you ever worried a...

2022-10-23, 12 PM - 3PM
Lehman Hall (8 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
BTBA, HTSA

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Welcoming Party

BTBA Welcoming Party

We are excited to invite everyone to join the welcoming party hosted by the Boston Taiwanese Biotech Association (BTBA) on October 23 from 12 PM to 3 PM.

We sincerely invite you to our w...

2022-09-10, 2 PM
Harvard University, Science Center, Hall A (1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138)
BTBA, TCCNE, MJNE, NEACP, HTSA

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Industry Forum

Taiwan Technology and Biotechnology Industry Forum

  • 臺灣科技暨生技產業論壇榮幸邀請前經濟部次長林聖忠顧問及藥華製藥林國鐘執行長分享臺灣科技及生技的發展與機會。林聖忠顧問演說內容將會著眼於在中美對抗下,台灣科技和產業發展所面臨的挑戰與因應,以及臺灣如何與波士頓地區的重點產業連結。林國鐘博士將分享其在台灣建立一個全球性、全方位營運的生技新藥公司的寶貴經驗與心得,兩位講者除了是台灣產業界的重量級人物,也曾在波士頓長居服務,對臺...

2022-07-23, 9 AM to 2022-07-24, 1PM
Northwest Science Building
BTBA

Free

Anniversary Symposium

2022 BTBA 10th Anniversary Symposium & Gala

  • The 10th BTBA Annual Symposium Now Open for Registration
  • Registration is now open for the 2022 BTBA 10th Anniversary Symposium. It is scheduled for July 23-24, at the Harvard ...

2022-04-23, 3 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Free

Academic Seminar

2022 BTBA April Academic Seminar

  • 你是否對大腦如何進行複雜的決策感到好奇?讓我們一起了解神經經濟學家如何結合決策理論與運算模型,研究大腦單神經元的電生理訊號如何整合感覺訊息,做出選擇,並且進一步開發出模仿大腦的人工神經網路,從中發展精神疾病的新興療法。
  • 所謂工欲善其事必先利其器,有完善的參考基因體才能夠準確的進行基因體序列分析,讓我們一同窺探如何利用電腦運算,更完整、更正確的參考基...

2022-04-09, 2 PM
Harvard Science Center
BTBA

Free

Academic Workshop

2022 BTBA April Workshop - A Conversation with the Senior Editor of Cell

  • 想知道成功發表論文的訣竅嗎?
  • 想知道投論文屢屢碰壁的原因嗎?
  • 想聽聽期刊編輯都是如何挑選當期主題的嗎?
  • 還是說想要更了解如何成為一個期刊編輯呢?

相信大家對於期刊編輯這個職位一定有很多的問題,那就千萬不要錯過這次的活動!BTBA特別邀請到Cell Press的編輯-蔡妙智 博...

2022-03-27, 2 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Free

Career Development Series

2022 BTBA March Workshop - How to Find Your Career Path in the Pharma/Biotech Industry

  • How do you get hired in the industry without a PhD or MS degree?
  • How do you advocate for yourself to advance your career?
  • What are the pros and cons of not having a...

2022-03-11, 8 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Free

Academic Seminar

2022 BTBA March Academic Seminar

  • Want to know why some populations are associated with a higher risk of occupational injury?
  • Does living in a polluted environment make one more prone to diseases?
  • W...

2022-02-18, 8 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Free

Academic Seminar

2022 BTBA February Academic Seminar

  • 你是否好奇如何利用CRISPR的尖端技術,破解藏在蛋白質體裡的黑暗物質?
  • 想了解如何透過研究他人的研究,讓科學的新發現更站得住腳嗎?
  • 讓我們一起探索,如何針對小至基因、大至研究數據本身,為科學研究帶來突破性的進展!
  • Want to learn about the newest developments i...

2022-01-23, 2 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Free

Career Development Series

2022 BTBA Workshop - How to Interview Like a Pro? (Eng. Event)

  • How to make your application stand out?
  • What are the top interview mistakes?
  • “You are hired!” learn from the perspective of a hiring manager
  • Welc...

2022-01-14, 8 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Free

Academic Seminar

2022 BTBA Jan Academic Seminar

Come and join us to learn how to explore and understand human health on the micro and macro scales! How do tumor metabolism influence tumorigenesis and tumor microenvironment? How to clearly pre...

2021-12-11, 14 PM
Richard A. & Susan F. Smith Campus Center
BTBA

Free

Special Event

2021 BTBA Special Event - 曲速行動的背後 - COVID19醫藥品全球開發供應的考量

為應變COVID-19全球大流行,多國皆在過去一年多致力於COVID-19疫苗與藥品的開發,如何兼顧安全、效用以及速度是疫苗開發需要面對的挑戰。BTBA很榮幸邀請到Greenberg Traurig資深合夥律師–呂家鋒與大家分享在過去一年多COVID-19疫苗和藥品的開發和商業化過程的考量。演講中,呂律師將提供其第一線參與曲速行動的觀察,他將解釋美國決定採取曲速行動的來由,以及其代表廠...

2021-12-11, 10 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Free

Career Paths

2021 BTBA Dec Workshop - The Journey from Postdoc to PI

Are you interested in a career in academia but still have doubts or questions? Come and hear from our group of panelists, who will share their first-hand experiences of what an academic life loo...

2021-12-06, 9 PM
Virtual
科技部駐波士頓科技組 X BTBA

Free

Career Paths

2030跨世代年輕學者方案海外說明會-科技部駐波士頓科技組 X BTBA

  • 想了解科技部有提供什麼學術資源嗎?
  • 想了解返台任教後有什麼可以申請的經費資源嗎?
  • 想了解申請2030方案的經驗心得嗎?

關心台灣學術發展、有意返台貢獻所學的海外學人,由駐波士頓科技組及BTBA聯合舉辦的「2030跨世代年輕學者方案海外說明會」是您不可錯過的活動!

本活動邀請到科技部...

2021-11-21, 2 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Free

Career Paths

2021 Nov. Event + Meeting - Career Paths in Computational Biology

Interested in a career in computational biology? Come and hear from our group of panelists about careers in computational biology! Our panelists represent various paths at different stages of th...

2021-10-24, 11 AM - 3 PM
99 Summer St, Boston, MA 02110-1204, United States
BTBA

Free

Welcoming Party

2021 BTBA x 科技組 Welcoming Party

We are excited to invite everyone to join the welcoming party hosted by the Boston Taiwanese Biotech Association (BTBA) and S&T TECO Boston (駐波士頓科技組) on October 24 from 11 AM-3 PM. Hope ever...

2021-07-10, 2021-07-11 12:30 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Free

Annunal Symposium

2021 BTBA Virtual Annual Symposium

Boston Taiwanese Biotechnology Association (BTBA) will hold the 2021 BTBA Virtual Annual Symposium from 12:50 pm to 6:30 pm EDT on July 10 & 11 (Saturday and Sunday) 2021.

This onlin...

2020-07-11 12:30 PM
Virtual
BTBA

Free

Annunal Symposium

2020 Virtual Symposium

Boston Taiwanese Biotechnology Association (BTBA) will hold the 2020 BTBA Annual Symposium virtually from 12:30 pm to 6:30 pm EDT on July 11 (Saturday) 2020, co-hosted by the Harvard GSAS Taiwan...

2020-02-09 3:30 PM
Room 1031, New Research Building at HMS
BTBA

Free

BTBA FDA Workshop Series

IND Submission

Come learn about the first FDA submissions in the drug development life cycle: IND submission!

Dr. DeKuan Chang, Translational Leader at Takeda, will be sharing with us the essentials fo...

2020-01-26 2:15 PM
Room119/121, MIT Building E25
BTBA

Free

BTBA Seminar Series

January Seminar by Vicky Chen-Ching Yuan and Zoe Chi-Hsiu Liu

Vicky Chen-Ching Yuan 袁禎璟: “Heart Muscle Mechanics and Structure Studies”

Zoe Chi-Hsiu Liu 劉紀秀: “MicroRNAs in Pathologic Ocular Angiogenesis”

2018-10-31 10 AM - 12 PM
Room119/121, MIT Building E25
BTBA

Free

Networking, Career
BTBA Special Talk

National Taiwan University AI Center

BTBA Special Talk: We are the honor to invite Dr. George Tseng to give us an introduction of National Taiwan University (NTU) - Artifical Intelligence (AI) Innovation Research Center. This NTU-A...

2018-10-28 3:15 - 4 PM
Room119/121, MIT Building E25
BTBA

Free

Networking, Career
BTBA Seminar

October Seminar by Eric Peng

BTBA October seminar: Large scale manufacture tech transfer and pharmaceutical operaion: day-to-day job and challenge Speaker: Eric Peng, Senior Engineer II, Manufacturing Science, Biogen Idec

2018-10-27 13:00
MIT Building 1-190
新英格蘭地區臺灣同學會聯合會, BTBA
Networking, Career
職涯規劃系列講座

求職攻略 & 工作簽證

你是,學生?實習中?想換工作?

那~這個活動適合你!

新英格蘭地區六個台灣相關社團共同推出「職涯規劃系列講座」。

開場講座將邀請兩位演講者帶來職涯規劃第一步驟相關內容:求職攻略&工作簽證。

講座結束後還有Networking,來讓大家互相交流與經驗分享!

最棒的是!本次為開場講座所以免費參加(但需報...