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2013 WiSE Conference Schedule

Conference attendees enjoy presentations and workshops, plus a networking lunch, career resource fair and a chance to win raffle prizes provided by our sponsors.

7:45 Check-in
Husky Union Building (HUB)
8:30 Program opens — Welcome
9:00 Plenary Sessions

composite photo of plenary speakersThat's not me… Personalizing Your Image presented by Edree Allen-Agbro, who works to create and sustain more humanely successful leadership and organizations, and Oghale Agbro, workshop presenter and public speaker.
A Major Commitment presented by Dan Feetham, UW engineering adviser.
Ethics and Ethical Decision-making presented by Prof. Scott Reynolds, UW Associate Professor of Business Ethics
Opportunities for Women in the Refining Industry presented by representatives from BP Cherry Point.

10:30 Keynote panel of successful women in science, technology and business, moderated by Edree Allen-Agbro

composite photo of panel speakersMonique Crewes, Lieutenant, United States Navy
Stacey McDaniel, Refinery Manager, BP Cherry Point.
Kate Starbird, Assistant Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering.
Valencia Faye Wilson Tate, Vice President and Director for Global Diversity and Inclusion, CH2M Hill.

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch and Career Resource Fair (career fair tables open at 12:30)
1:30 Workshop Session 2
2:40 Workshop Session 3
3:50 Closing program: Creating a Positive Image in My Life
And a dance performance by Imana Gunawan, Juliet Alice and Madeline Bennett, students at the UW School of Dance
5:00 2013 Conference ends! Thank you and we'll see you next year.

Workshop Topics

Pre-College

  • Scholarships 101: Getting Started in the Search for Scholarships
  • Follow the Leader
  • Explorathons: GenOM & CSI, Engineering Mechanics, Computer Science

Collegiate

  • A Major Commitment
  • Science Careers – Multiple Options and Mighty Impacts
  • The Entrepreneur Professor
  • Be a Part of the Solution: Electrical Engineering
  • Opportunities in Technology to Change the World
  • Marketing YOU in a Transitional Economy
  • PEERS: A Look at Diversity in Engineering
  • Funding & Finances 101
  • University Bound via the Community College Road
  • A Passion for Engineering
  • The Core of an Image: Realizing Women’s Professional and Physical Potential
  • University Bound via the Community College Road

Professional

  • Overcoming Stereotypes of a Woman Leader
  • Work Life Balance
  • Professional Branding Throughout Your Career
  • Working in a Global Environment

Contact WiSE

WiSE logoCathryne Jordan
WiSE Director
301 Loew Hall
uwwise@uw.edu
(206) 543-1770

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WiSE partners with SWE and Phi Sigma Rho to support women in engineering.