FRIDAY, MAY 5
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In addition to the workshops listed below, we will offer the following activities from 12-4pm: |
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| 9:30 am | AFFILIATED PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP Career Oxygen: Negotiation & Leadership Strategies for PhDs Location: Santa Barbara Harbor Room (UCen) Facilitator: Lisa Gates Co-founder, SheNegotiates *A separate RSVP is encouraged for this event* |
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| 12:00 pm | Break (lunch not provided) | |
| 12:30 pm | Registration Open Location: Lower Lagoon Plaza (UCen) |
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| 1:15 pm | WORKSHOP Networking: A Necessary Evil to Finding Career Happiness Location: Santa Barbara Harbor Room (UCen) Facilitator: Lana Smith-Hale Career Counselor for Graduate Students, UCSB Career Services |
WORKSHOP Jumpstart Your Job Search Location: State Street Room (UCen) Facilitator: Debra Behrens PhD Career Counselor, UC Berkeley Career Center |
| 2:30 pm | Coffee Break Location: Lower Lagoon Plaza (UCEN) |
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| 2:45 pm | WORKSHOP Networking: A Necessary Evil to Finding Career Happiness Location: Santa Barbara Harbor Room (UCen) Facilitator: Lana Smith-Hale Career Counselor for Graduate Students, UCSB Career Services |
WORKSHOP Jumpstart Your Job Search Location: State Street Room (UCen) Facilitator: Debra Behrens PhD Career Counselor, UC Berkeley Career Center |
| 4:00 pm | Coffee Break Location: Lower Lagoon Plaza (UCen) |
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| 4:15 pm | WORKSHOP "Doing It My Way": Creating Your Own Career Location: Music Building, Room 1145 Facilitator: Jean-luc Doumont Founding Partner, Principiae |
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SATURDAY, MAY 6
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| In addition to the events listed below, we will offer the following activities: Office Hours with Panelists, Various Times TBD (Santa Barbara Harbor Room - UCen) LinkedIn Headshot Photobooth, 11am-1:30pm (Goleta Valley Room - UCen) (DOWNLOAD CONFERENCE VENUE LAYOUT HERE) |
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| 8:30 am | Registration and Coffee Location: Corwin Pavilion Lobby |
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| 9:00 am | KEYNOTE ADDRESS Secrets of a Ph.D. Headhunter – 5 Key Tips for Landing a Job Outside Academia Location: Corwin Pavilion Susan Basalla May Author, “So What Are You Going to Do With That? Finding Careers Outside Academia” Partner, Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates |
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| 10:15 am | WORKSHOP Transferable Skills for Students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics) Location: Corwin Pavilion Facilitator: Derek Musashe STEM Career Counselor, UCSB Career Services |
WORKSHOP Transferable Skills for Students in SHEF (Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, & Fine Arts) Location: State Street Room (UCen) Facilitator: Shawn Warner-Garcia Professional Development Program Coordinator, UCSB Graduate Division |
| 11:30 am | Coffee Break Locations: Corwin Pavilion Lobby & Lobero Room (UCen) |
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| 11:45 am | CAREER PANEL Research and Development Location: Corwin Pavilion Panelists: Prabhu Ambatipudi (Principal, Systems Engineering at Abbott) Parikhit Sinha (Director of Sustainable Development, Environmental at First Solar) Christopher Spadaccini (Director of the Center for Engineered Materials, Manufacturing, & Optimization, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories) |
CAREER PANEL Nonprofits & Cultural Institutions Location: State Street Room (UCen) Panelists: Steven Kendall (Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences) Anne Petersen (Executive Director, Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation) |
| 12:45 pm | Networking Lunch Location: Corwin Plaza |
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| 1:45 pm | CAREER PANEL Industry & Corporations Location: Corwin Pavilion Panelists: Alex Bundy (Software Developer, Opus Logica) Tal Margalith (Executive Director for Technology, Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center) Andrew Millward (Associate Research Scientist, Dow Chemical Company) |
CAREER PANEL Public Policy Location: State Street Room (UCen) Panelists: Jennifer Buss (Vice President of Science and Technology Policy Division, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies) Tepring Piquado (Associate Physical Scientist, RAND Corporation) Glenn Russell (Director at County of Santa Barbara Planning and Development) |
| 2:45 pm | Coffee Break Location: Corwin Pavilion Lobby & Lobero Room (UCen) |
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| 3:00 pm | CAREER PANEL Consulting Location: Corwin Pavilion Panelists: Shelley Bookspan (Consulting Historian) Ron Gans (Software Technology Consultant) Nicole Robinson (Associate at McKinsey & Company) |
CAREER PANEL Curriculum Development, Education, & University Administration Location: State Street Room (UCen) Panelists: Allison Adelman (Affiliate Faculty & Writing Center Director, Antioch University) Justin Helps (Core Academic Content Manager, Khan Academy) Arica Lubin (Professional Development Programs Manager, UCSB Center for Science & Engineering Partnerships) Catherine Zusky (English Department Chair, The Brentwood School) |
| 4:00 pm | Break | |
| 4:15 pm | CLOSING REMARKS Location: Corwin Pavilion Margaret Klawunn Vice Chancellor, UCSB Student Affairs |
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| 4:30 pm | Networking Reception Location: Corwin Plaza |
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