1. TALK 1 — Title: "From Lab to Impact: The Scientist's Guide to Captivating Any Audience"

   Communicating for Impact: Getting your message to stick
   DATE: October 02, 2025
   Session Description:
   You've dedicated years to your groundbreaking research. But what if its impact is limited by not being able to deliver its impact? Yet many great ideas fail, not in the lab, but in the conference room, unable to capture attention or secure resources
    In this dynamic and practical session, you will learn some of the secrets of master communicators. We'll move beyond bullet points but we will look at the 3 most important components great communicators work on and should you:
   The Speaker, The Message & The Audience.
    This isn't just a presentation skills talk; it's a mindset shift towards becoming a great communicator, to make sure your work gets the attention and funding it deserves. You will leave with immediate, actionable frameworks you can use in your very next talk.
   Why this session is critical for NanoBalkan:
   This talk directly equips everyone with the tools to present their own work more effectively throughout the rest of the conference and beyond, raising the quality of the talk and engagement for everyone.

   
   
   

2. TALK 2 — Title: "Design your Lab for Growth: Identify and Develop the Key Skills to Stay Ahead and Motivated"
   Identifying & Developing True Skills to stay ahead and motivated
   DATE: October 03, 2025
   Session Description:
   What it takes to succeed in science is changing. Technical mastery is the price of entry, the researchers who lead, get funded, and make a lasting impact are those who proactively identify  and develop key fundamental and emerging skills.
   But how do you identify what to learn while you are dealing with workload?
   And how do you stay motivated through experiments that fail and papers that get rejected?
   This session provides you the tools how to design your personal Roadmap for growth. We will move from theory to practice, using a simple framework to identify your sttengths, define your purpose about why you do what you do, create a actionable roadmap, and integrate learning into your daily work through real-world challenges.
   This session will give you the tools to design your personal roadmap for growth. We will move from theory to practice, using a simple framework to:

   • Identify your unique strengths.
   • Define your purpose – your 'why you do what you do´
   • How to create an actionable plan for your development.
   • Integrate learning into your daily work through real-world challenges.

   You will leave with a clear framework, personal plan to future-proof your career and maintain the passion that fuels your work.
   Why this session is critical for NanoBalkan:
   This talk addresses common but often unspoken challenges like career stagnation and burnout. By providing a structured approach to personal development, it empowers you to take control of their trajectory. This directly builds a more resilient, adaptive, and innovative scientific community, ensuring the groundbreaking work you are doing achieves its maximum potential impact.

Session Description:
What it takes to succeed in science is changing. Technical mastery is the price of entry, the researchers who lead, get funded, and make a lasting impact are those who proactively identify  and develop key fundamental and emerging skills.
But how do you identify what to learn while you are dealing with workload?
And how do you stay motivated through experiments that fail and papers that get rejected?
This session provides you the tools how to design your personal Roadmap for growth. We will move from theory to practice, using a simple framework to identify your sttengths, define your purpose about why you do what you do, create a actionable roadmap, and integrate learning into your daily work through real-world challenges.
This session will give you the tools to design your personal roadmap for growth. We will move from theory to practice, using a simple framework to:

• Identify your unique strengths.
• Define your purpose – your 'why you do what you do´
• How to create an actionable plan for your development.
• Integrate learning into your daily work through real-world challenges.

You will leave with a clear framework, personal plan to future-proof your career and maintain the passion that fuels your work.

Why this session is critical for NanoBalkan:
This talk addresses common but often unspoken challenges like career stagnation and burnout. By providing a structured approach to personal development, it empowers you to take control of their trajectory. This directly builds a more resilient, adaptive, and innovative scientific community, ensuring the groundbreaking work you are doing achieves its maximum potential impact.