2008 Conference Schedule

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Arrival in Atlanta and check in at Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center

6:30 pm Welcome Reception, The Globe, 75 5th St

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Suddath Seminar Room 1128, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience

7:45 am Continental breakfast

8:30 am Welcome and Overview - Larry McIntire, BME; Jane Ammons, COE; Gilda Barabino, BME

9:00 am Introductions

10:30 am Break

10:45 am Women Engineers of Color in STEM: The Research Base - Cheryl Leggon, Public Policy, Anne MacLachlan, UC, Berkeley

Anne MacLachlan's presentation: Women Engineers of Color: How Research Supports Them (PowerPoint 537kB Jul30 12)

12:00 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Career Coaching Overview - Lesia Crumton-Young, NSF, UCF

2:00 pm Nuts and Bolts: research, publishing, teaching, tenure and promotion - Stephanie Adams, UNL; Jane Ammons, COE; Paula Hammond, MIT; Joyce Weinsheimer, CETL

Stephanie Adams' presentation: Developing Your Research Plan/Program (PowerPoint 1.7MB Jul30 12)
Joyce Weinsheimer's presentation: You and Your Teaching Role (PowerPoint 9.3MB Jul30 12)
Paula Hammond's presentation: Strategies for Publishing (PowerPoint 78kB Jul30 12)

3:45 pm Break

4:00 pm Focus Groups

5:00 pm Adjourn

6:30 pm Transportation to Dinner

7:00 pm Dinner, Trois, 1180 Peachtree Street

Friday, April 4, 2008

Suddath Seminar Room 1128, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience

7:45 am Continental Breakfast

8:30 am Welcome Robert Nerem, IBB, ME

8:45 am Research Center/Lab/Facilities Tours

10:30 am Break

11:00 am Keynote Address, Atrium IBB - David Hall, Professor of Law and former Provost and Dean of School of Law, Northeastern University

12:00 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Career coaching - one-on-one sessions with senior faculty

5:00 pm Networking reception - with peers, senior faculty and administrators and minority women graduate students and postdocs - Faculty Lounge, 4th Floor Whitaker Building

7:00 pm Dinner on your own

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Suddath Seminar Room 1128, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience

7:45 am Continental breakfast

8:30 am Mini-workshop on career management with Lesia Crumpton-Young - develop personalized 3-5 year career plan

Strategic networking sessions

12:00 Conference Wrap-up

12:30 Depart