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Schedule

Tentative Timeline:

8:00 – 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 Welcome and Opening Keynote Speaker
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 10:45 Connect Group
11:00 – 12:00 Parallel Session 1
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 Keynote Speaker
2:00 – 2:15 Break
2:15 – 3:15 Parallel Session 2
3:15 – 3:45 Coffee Break
3:45 – 4:45 Parallel Session 3
4:45 – 5:30 Reconnect Group
5:15 – 5:45 Evaluations collection open
6:00 – 10:00 Banquet at Sage with Closing Keynote

GEERing Up! Kid’s Program: 8:45am – 5:45pm – click here for details.

 

TENTATIVE PARALLEL SESSIONS SCHEDULE:

11:00 – 12:00 Leading from Where You Are Risk Taking and Entrepreneurship Saying Hi to a Stranger Getting Foreign Credentials Recognized (APEGBC)
2:15 – 3:15 Changing Gears: Leadership Working in a Male-dominated Environment Effective Presentations Journey to Success: Stories of Immigrant Women
3:45 – 4:45 Off Ramps, On Ramps: Life & Career Changes Making your Elevator Pitch Staying Healthy for Women Engineers How to Talk to your Advisor and other Grad Student Skills

Details on the panel can be found here.

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