The sessions will take place from 12:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at ADRE—NARC Room, 55 Rue de Bruxelles. Please bring your own lunch. Drinks will be provided.

September 21, 2026 | Discover the PEPS platform and join a research institute 

As part of this ADRE Lunch & Learn, we invite you to discover PEPS 2.0, UNamur’s member and partner management platform. This tool centralizes information about individuals and their activities, and in particular allows you to manage affiliations with research institutes.

This session will help you understand how to affiliate with a research institute via PEPS 2.0—an important step toward ensuring the visibility of your scientific activities, improving the indexing of your collaborations, and maintaining the consistency of institutional information.

On the agenda:

• General overview of the PEPS platform and its main features;
• Procedure for affiliating with a research institute;
• Best practices and key considerations;
• Q&A session to answer your questions.

Whether you’re new to UNamur or simply want to better understand how the platform works, this presentation will give you the tools you need to use PEPS 2.0 effectively.

Presenters: Jean-François Bastin and Isabelle Deheneffe

October 12, 2026 | Research Support and Services for Tenured Faculty and Scientists 

This information session will allow you to learn more about the services offered by ADRE and discover the tools, resources, and points of contact that will be useful for your research career. The Human Resources Department will also present the “manager” and “supervisor” career paths. 

Each researcher will have the opportunity to introduce themselves and briefly present their research topics, so that ADRE staff can best address their needs.

Presenters: Christine Culot, Director of ADRE, and François Leroy, Human Resources Development Manager.

October 16, 2026 | Research Support and Assistance for Non-Tenure-Track Researchers (Ph.D. Students, Postdocs) 

This information session will allow you to learn more about the services offered by ADRE and discover the tools, resources, and points of contact that are useful for doctoral students and postdocs. In particular, funding opportunities for researchers (mobility, conference attendance, etc.) will be presented.

Presenters: Christine Culot, Director of ADRE; Marie-Hélène Mathieu, ADRE Secretary, providing support for preparing grant applications funded through the Research Council; William Riguelle, Head of Researcher Support and Research Outreach; Jean-Pascal Piret, Head of Project Development and Monitoring for projects funded by the F.R.S.-FNRS, the Federal Government, and the FWB.

12/14/2026 | Pursuing a Postdoc After Your Dissertation: A Closer Look at Opportunities

The goal of this session is to provide an overview of postdoctoral opportunities. Funding advisors from several funding agencies will present these opportunities (FNRS, Europe, etc.) and answer specific questions regarding these calls for proposals.

Presenters: Erika Lombart and Christelle Saout, Members of the ADRE Europe Unit; Jean-Pascal Piret, Head of Project Setup and Monitoring for projects funded by the F.R.S.-FNRS, the Federal Government, and the FWB; Isabella Fontana, Director of the International Relations Office (SRI); Amélie Schnock, International and Development Cooperation Division (SRI). 

January 18, 2027 | Create, invent, innovate… and above all, protect: a workshop on intellectual property

Intellectual property law offers a wide range of protections for the results of scientific research. It is therefore important to ask the right questions at every stage of the research process to protect the results as effectively as possible.

This training session will help participants identify protection options and the subject matter to which these protections apply.

Specifically: Copyright; Patents (overview); Trademarks.

Presenter: Valérie Corbiau, Legal Counsel at ADRE.

February 15, 2027 | Data Management Plan and Best Practices: Taking Control of Your Research Data 

How can you manage your research data effectively? This session addresses this question in three parts: first, we will outline the key issues in data management; next, we will explain how to draft and submit a Data Management Plan (DMP); and finally, we will demonstrate a practical tool to help researchers determine whether a DMP is required to comply with the GDPR.

This session will be held in English. 

Presentation: Bernard Detrembleur, Research Data Officer (ADRE) 

March 22, 2027 | Accelerating the Impact of Your Research: Commercialization via POC and Win4SO

Do you have an innovative research result but are wondering how to turn it into a concrete solution? This session offers a practical introduction to two key programs for researchers:

• Proof of Concept (POC) funding, which allows you to demonstrate the technical feasibility or application potential of a scientific finding,
• the Win4SO program, which supports the development of spin-off projects in the Walloon Region.

This presentation will highlight how these resources, combined with funding mechanisms, can serve as a springboard toward successful commercialization—whether through technology maturation, collaboration with industry, or business creation.

Presentation: Joël Marinozzi, Business Developer (ADRE) 

April 19, 2027 | From Idea to Patent: Protecting Your Discoveries in Life Sciences

In academic circles, patents are often misunderstood and do not always have a good reputation. However, they represent a valuable and sometimes indispensable tool for commercializing—or even bringing to fruition—research work. Patents also constitute a rich and unique source of information. 

We therefore invite you to start by learning what a patent is and what can be patented, before moving on to the specific aspects related to the life sciences. Indeed, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical technology are among the Belgian sectors that file the most applications with the European Patent Office, reflecting the dynamism and importance of this sector in Belgium.

This session will be held in English. 

Presentation: Eléana Somville, Scientific Advisor (ADRE)

May 24, 2027 | A Few Reminders About Scientific Integrity

Scientific integrity refers to the rules and values that must underpin research activities to ensure their honesty and rigor. It is therefore essential to maintain or reestablish scientific integrity at the center of all scientific research practice.

Scientific integrity pertains in particular to the following aspects:

• Conflicts of interest: Researchers must disclose any financial interests involved in their research but must also be aware that personal, media-related, or financial interests—or personal beliefs—may compromise the conclusions of their research.
• Honesty: Researchers must be honest regarding their research, methods, analyses, and publications.
• Rigor: Research methods must be rigorous and transparent.
• Transparency: Researchers must be transparent regarding the funding, methodologies, and results of their research.
• Recognition of the contributions of all those who helped bring the publication or scientific communication to fruition. 

This talk will be presented in English. 

Presenter: Carine Michiels, Full Professor at UNamur (Department of Biology)