Program Schedule

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Welcome

 

 

 

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Time to Come Out of the Box

 

Kimberly Bryant

 

10:00 - 11:00 AM

STEM Diversity and Service to Society

 

US Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan

 

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

How Leaders Create a Diverse and Inclusive STEM Workplace: Tangible, Transformational Change

 

Catherine (Katie) Hunt, Dow and University of Virginia
Ramon Kemp, GSK
Alisia Ratliff, Victus Capital Ventures
Margaret Martonosi, Princeton/NSF

 

1:00 - 2:00 PM

Panel 1: Alternate Pathways in STEM

 

Geny Caballero
Tara Haarlander, West Pharmaceutical
Ujwal Pyati, W2O Group

Panel 2: How to Enter the STEM Workplace

 

Joy Gallagher, Dow
Denise Okafor, Penn State University
Darryl Williams, The Franklin Institute

 

 

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Teams in the STEM Workplace

 

Anthonise Fields, Bristol Myers Squibb
Amy Lane, University of North Florida
Kiernan Seth, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals

STEM Conference

Thursday, April 8, 2021

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Impostor Syndrome

 

Jennifer Hunt

 

10:00 - 11:00 AM

Determining the Culture of the STEM Workplace

 

Brian Easterling, Air Liquide
Anne-Marie Martin, GSK
Clarence Young, Velicept

 

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Addressing Bias

 

Anita Foeman, WCU Dept Communication
Iris Wagstaff, AAAS

 

1:00 - 2:00 PM

The Value of Mentoring

 

Karina Edmonds

 

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Panel 1: Finding a Mentor

 

Cameron Bardliving, Thomas Jefferson University
Maria Curry-Nkansah, National Renewable Energy Labs
Julia Lee-Soety, St. Joseph's University

Panel 2: Mentoring an "Only" When You're Not an Only

 

Tripp Fischer, Brownfield Science and Technology
Jennifer McCafferty, Merck

Panel 3: Building a Mentoring Program

 

Julianne Bowers, Lockheed Martin
Mary Oates, Emergent BioSolutions
Alexandra Schonning, University of North Florida

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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