FRIDAY, MARCH 8

Time Concurrent Event 1 Concurrent Event 2
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12:00 pm Registration Open
Location: Corwin Pavilion Lobby
12:30 pm Opening Remarks: Margaret Klawunn
Location: Corwin Pavilion
1:00 pm WORKSHOP
The PhD Job Search: Finding & Applying for Careers in Industry, Nonprofit and Government

Location: Corwin Pavilion
Facilitator: David Blancha
Assistant Director of Graduate Career Services, UCLA
2:00 pm Coffee Break
Location: Corwin Pavilion
2:15 pm WORKSHOP
Leveraging Internships for Post-Graduate Success

Location: Corwin Pavilion
Facilitator: Rick Bacon
CEO, Aqua Metrology Systems
3:00 pm Coffee Break
Location: Corwin Pavilion
3:15 pm WORKSHOP
Building and Maintaining a Professional Network

Location: Corwin Pavilion
Facilitator: Don Lubach
Associate Dean of Graduate Student Initiatives, UCSB
4:15 pm Coffee Break
Location: Corwin Pavilion
4:30 pm WORKSHOP
Transferable Skills for Students in STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics)

Location: Corwin Pavilion
Facilitator: Derek Musashe
Coordinator & Career Counselor: Science & Health, UCSB
WORKSHOP
Transferable Skills for Students in SHEF
(Social Science, Humanities, Education, Fine Arts)

Location: State Street Room (UCen)
Facilitator: Lana Smith-Hale
Graduate Student Career Counselor, UCSB Career Services

SATURDAY, MARCH 9

Time Concurrent Event 1 Concurrent Event 2
  In addition to the events listed below, we will offer the following activities:
Office Hours with Panelists, 10:45am-3:30pm, see full list below (Santa Barbara Harbor Room - UCen)
LinkedIn Headshot Photobooth, 10am-4pm (Goleta Valley Room - UCen)


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8:30 am Registration and Breakfast
Location: Corwin Pavilion
9:15 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Unbounding the Non-Academic Job Search:
More Choices for Better Outcomes


Anne Krook

Owner and Principal, Practical Workplace Advice
Location: Corwin Pavilion
10:30 am Coffee Break
Location: Corwin Pavilion
10:45 am CAREER PANEL
Research & Development

Location: Corwin Pavilion

Panelists:
Anthony Midey (Senior Application Support Scientist, Waters Corporation)
Devin Leonard (Research Scientist, FLIR)
Michelle Radeke (Application Scientist, Wyatt Technology)
Jessica Sexton (Senior Microbiologist, Apeel Sciences)
CAREER PANEL
Nonprofits & Communication

Location: State Street Room

Panelists:
Lauren Broder (Director of Research and Evaluation, 826 National)
Sean O'Brien (Director of Exhibits, MOXI Museum)
Jessica Tade (Executive Director, Casa del Herrero & Third District Commissioner, SB County Human Services Commission)
Beth Hough (Scholarship and Student Support Coordinator, California Polytechnic University-San Luis Obispo)
10:45am *Special session for postdoctoral scholars that runs concurrently with the first career panel session*
"From Point A to Point C: One Scholar's Twisted Turn from Postdoc to an 'Industry' Job"
Location: Flying A Studios
11:45 am Networking Lunch
Location: Corwin Pavilion
1:15 pm CAREER PANEL
Consulting

Location: Corwin Pavilion

Panelists:
Eric Zackrison (Owner and Consultant, Effectiveness Consultants)
Summer Sivas (North America Channel Manager, Single Use Technologies, Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Erin Murphy (Managing Scientist, Exponent)
Erin Wetherley (Artificial Intelligence Specialist, Accenture)
CAREER PANEL
Startups & Entrepreneurship

Location: State Street Room
This panel is sponsored by UCSB Innovation and Entrepreneurship (formerly SEED-SB)

Panelists:
Kristin A. Denault (Founder, Fluency Lighting Technologies)
Bob Lansdorp (Co-founder, Milo Sensors)
Vijaysekhar Jayaraman (Founder, Praevium Research)
Michael Wyrsta (Founder and President, Panavation)
2:15 pm Coffee Break
Location: Corwin Pavilion
2:30 pm CAREER PANEL
Data Science

Location: Corwin Pavilion

Panelists:
Steve Brown (Senior Data Scientist, Intuit)
Nathan Danneman (Principal Data Scientist,
Data Machines)
Jamie Wilcox (Data Scientist, Quora)
Nikki Marinsek (Data Scientist, Evidation Health)
CAREER PANEL
Government & Public Policy

Location: State Street Room

Panelists:
Angela Glymph (Vice President of Programs and Strategic Learning, Peer Health Exchange)
Drew Anderson (Associate Economist, RAND Corporation)
Stuart Kasdin (Mayor Pro Tem and Councilmember, City of Goleta)
Tanya Das (Democratic Professional Staff Member, U.S. House of Representatives)
3:30 pm CLOSING REMARKS
Location: Corwin Pavilion
3:45 pm Networking Reception & Raffle Prize Announcement
Raffles prizes include three $25 Amazon gift cards and a pair of Cowin E7 Bluetooth Noise-Cancelling Headphones
*Note: Raffle tickets will be distributed to attendees upon check-in for each day of the conference; attendees must be present during the networking reception in order to claim raffle prizes*
Location: Corwin Pavilion

2019 Panelist Office Hours

SATURDAY, MARCH 9

  All office hours are held in the Santa Barbara Harbor Room of the UCen
Download the conference venue layout here
Time Panelists
10:45-11:45 am Data Science Panelists
Steve Brown
Nathan Danneman
Jamie Wilcox
Shay Hopkins
(click here to view Data Science panelist bios)
Government & Public Policy Panelists
Angela Glymph
Drew Anderson
Stuart Kasdin
Tanya Das
(click here to view Government & Public Policy panelist bios)
  [Networking Lunch]
1:15-2:15 pm Research & Development Panelists
Anthony Mindey
Devin Leonard
Michelle Radeke
Jessica Sexton
(click here to view Research & Development panelist bios)
Nonprofits and Communication Panelists
Sean O’Brien
Jessica Tade
Beth Hough
Lauren Broder
(click here to view Nonprofits and Communication panelist bios)
  [BREAK]
2:30-3:30 pm Consulting Panelists
Eric Zackrison
Summer Sivas
Erin Murphy
Erin Wetherly
(click here to view Consulting Panelists panelist bios)
Startups and Entrepreneurship Panelists
Bob Lansdrop
Michael Wyrsta
Kristin Denault
Vijay Jayaraman
(click here to view Startups and Entrepreneurship panelist bios)