NSF Minority Faculty Development Workshop presents the 2016 Symposium:

21st Century Mindsets & Strategies for Career Advancement

Preliminary Agenda

September 21st -24th, 2016

Berkeley, California

Download Preliminary Agenda as PDF MFDW16 Agenda (Acrobat (PDF) 124kB Sep25 19)

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Berkeley, California

Arrival Day

Thursday, September 22, 2016

University of California, Berkeley

7:30 am - 8:15 am

Breakfast and Registration

8:30 am - 10:30 am

Welcome, Symposium Overview, and Introductions

Participant Introductions: Strength and Growth Mindset

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Break

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

View from the Top: Real Talk from Senior Administrators

Moderated by Gilda Barabino, Berg Professor and Dean of The Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Working Lunch

Affinity Group Discussions

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Workshop Session: Managing Unconscious Bias

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm

Break

4:15 pm – 5:45 pm

Concurrent Sessions (Guided by Participant Response)

Early Career Faculty

Mid-Career Faculty

6:30pm

Dinner

Friday, September 23, 2016

University of California, Berkeley

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast

8:30 am - 10:30 am

Racial and Ethnic Identity, Education, and Research

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Break

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Entrepreneurial Mindset

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Working Lunch

Affinity Group Discussions

2:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Research and Career Advancement

Pairing with Berkeley faculty and Lab Visits

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Networking Dinner

Saturday, September 24, 2016

University of California, Berkeley

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast

8:30 am - 10:30 am

Research Connections/ Social Creativity Mindset

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Break

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Participant Partnership Workshop (Guided by Participant Response)

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Keynote Lunch

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions (Guided by Participant Response)