Program
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IEEE – Women in Engineering Forum USA East 2016, Boston, MA |
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Program, Thursday, Dec 1st (3:00PM-6:00PM) | ||||
Registration & Office 3:00PM – 6:00PM Networking Reception 4:30PM-6:30PM |
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Program, Friday, Dec 2nd (7:00AM-5:00PM) | ||||
7:00am-5:00pm | Track 1: Innovation | Track 2: Leadership & Inspiration |
Track 3:Professional Growth |
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7:30am-9:00am | Breakfast | |||
8:30am-8:45am | Opening Remarks – IEEE Region 1 Director, IEEE Region 2 Director | |||
8:45am-9:30am | Keynote Gretchen McClain
“It’s the Tension Between our Confidence and Butterflies That Produces Our Greatest Work” |
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9:30am-10:00am | Coffee Break & Exhibits | |||
10:00am – 10:35am | Sarah Ostadabbas – Big Data & healthcare | Amory Wakefield – Sound confident, but not too harsh:” Effective Communication for Women in Leadership | WORKSHOP – Dee Dee – Smart Strategies
For more information on the workspace, please click here. |
Poster Session – In Exhibit Area |
10:45am-11:20am | Faith Davis – Don’t Miss Out on the Next Technical Revolution | Andy Moysenko- The Professional Career – A Manageable Process | ||
11:30am-12:05pm | Geetika Tandon – Collaborative research and innovation | Reena Dahle – A New Approach to Retaining Females in Engineering | ||
12:05pm-2:00pm |
Lunch & Keynote |
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2:00pm-2:35pm | Maria Demaree – Success Strategies for Women in the Workplace | Stacy Roopnarine – Increasing Equity in Power and Decision Making |
WORKSHOP – Barbara Taylor, X VS. Y: Overcoming Gender Bias on Your Way to the C-Suite |
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2:45pm-3:20pm | Christina Kayastha – Innovation & hackathon example blend | PANEL: Sarah Lyons, Danita Mitchell and Jungnam Pleasant – Tales of Mentoring Successes and Failures |
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3:20pm-4:00pm | Coffee Break & Exhibits | |||
4:00pm-4:45pm | Keynote – Susan Raymon, Rockwell Automation | Career Fair in Exhibit Area
(4:00PM – 7:00PM) |
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4:45pm-5:30pm | Plenary – Heidi Hemmer – Fireside Chat with Maryam Rahmani | |||
Program, Saturday, Dec 3rd | ||||
7:00am – 12:30pm | Track 1 : Innovation |
Track 2: Leadership & Inspiration |
Track 3: Professional Growth |
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7:30am-9:00am | Breakfast | |||
8:30am-9:15am | Panel – Women in Leadership – Opportunities to Lead
Moderator, Nita Patel, IEEE Women in Engineering |
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9:30am-10:05am | Maura K. Moran – Beyond Networking 101 | Kemi Sorinmade – The Leadership Advantage: Raising your Influence, Driving Results, and Making an Impact as a Female Leader | Manasi Kakade – 7 Steps to Building a Stellar LinkedIn Profile |
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10:15am-10:45am | PANEL: Dana Voll, Katherine Czerniejewski and Julie Fetzer – From Concept to Reality: TINKER makes its way across campuses |
Carolyn C. Matheus – From Problems through Prosperity: Leading with Passion and Purpose | ||
10:45am-11:00am | Transition Coffee Break | |||
11:00am-11:30am | Plenary – Debra Goldfarb | |||
11:30am-12:30pm | Closing Session |