FRIDAY, MARCH 2

Workshops

Time

Concurrent Event 1

Concurrent Event 2

  In addition to the workshops listed below, we will offer a LinkedIn Headshot Photobooth from 1-5:30pm in Corwin Pavilion East

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12:30 pm Registration Open
Location: Corwin Pavilion Lobby
1:15 pm WORKSHOP
Professionalization in the Workplace

Location: Corwin Pavilion
Facilitator: Lana Smith-Hale
Career Counselor for Graduate Students, UCSB Career Services
2:15 pm Coffee Break
Location: Corwin Pavilion
2:30 pm WORKSHOP
Networking, Branding, and Selling Yourself

Location: Corwin Pavilion
Facilitator: Jessica Roeder
Head of Data Services, Insight Data Science
3:15 pm Coffee Break
Location: Corwin Pavilion
3:30 pm

WORKSHOP
LinkedIn: Why Is It So Useful to Job Hunters?

Location: Corwin Pavilion
Facilitator: Jessica Cornick
Quantitative User Experience Researcher, Facebook

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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: Arica Lubin
Professional Development Programs Manager, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships, UCSB

WORKSHOP
Transferable Skills for Students in SHEF
(Social Science, Humanities, Education, Fine Arts)

Location: Flying A Studios (UCen)
Facilitator: Shawn Warner-Garcia
Assistant Director of Professional Development, UCSB Graduate Division

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SATURDAY, MARCH 3

Workshops  Career Panels

Time

Concurrent Event 1

Concurrent Event 2

  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, 8:30am-4:15pm (Goleta Valley Room - UCen)


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8:30 am Registration and Coffee
Location: Corwin Pavilion
9:00 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS
"Put Your PhD to Work"
Peter Fiske

Lecturer and Author
Director, Water Energy Resilience Research Institute - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Location: Corwin Pavilion
10:00 am Coffee Break
Location: Corwin Pavilion
10:15 am WORKSHOP
MyIDP: Career Development for STEM Students

Location: Corwin Pavilion
Facilitator: Derek Musashe
STEM Career Counselor, UCSB Career Services
WORKSHOP
ImaginePhD: Career Development Tool for SHEF Students

Location: State Street Room
Facilitator: Caroline Schanche-Perret Gentil
Graduate Peer, Career Services
11:00 am Coffee Break
Location: Corwin Pavilion
11:15 am CAREER PANEL
Research & Development and Data Science

Location: Corwin Pavilion
Panelists:
Jes Sherman (Test Engineer, Freedom Photonics)
Gregory Su (Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Jessica Roeder (Head of Data Science, Insight Data Science)
Lauren Vucovich (Research Product Scientist, Evidation Health)
CAREER PANEL
User Experience and Tech

Location: State Street Room
Panelists:
Kara Otto (User Experience Researcher, Age of Learning Inc.)
Shay Hopkins (Technical Writer, Procore Technologies)
Jess Cornick (Quantitative User Experience Researcher, Facebook)
Brendan Barnwell (Programmer, Vocabulary Systems)
12:15 pm Networking Lunch
Location: Corwin Plaza
1:30 pm CAREER PANEL
Startups and Entrepreneurship

Location: Corwin Pavilion
This panel is sponsored by Stimulating Entrepreneurial and Economic Development in Santa Barbara (SEED-SB)
Panelists:
Ali Titiz (Founder, MemoryCo)
Keith Guinn (Principal Development Engineer, Freedom Photonics)
Melanie Matheu (CEO/Founder, Prellis Biologics)
Noelle Huskey Mullin (CSO/Founder, Prellis Biologics)
Jeff Shealy (CEO, Akoustis Technologies)
CAREER PANEL
Government and Public Policy

Location: State Street Room
Panelists:
Brooke Pearson (Chemical and Biological Defense Medical Programs Advisor, Engility)
Kris Roth (Supervisory Chemist, FDA/CDRH/OIR/Division of Microbiology Devices)
Joseph Bernardo (Intercultural Affairs Associate, Loyola Marymount University)
Angela Chen (Director, Pre-Health Dreamers)
2:30 pm Coffee Break
Location: Corwin Pavilion
2:45 pm CAREER PANEL
Consulting and Business Strategy

Location: Corwin Pavilion
Panelists:
Anna Trester (Career Linguist)
Emily Garcia (Medical Writing Consultant)
Jamil Abo-Shaeer (Vice President, Strategic Planning at AOSense)
CAREER PANEL
Curriculum Development, Education, & University Administration

Location: State Street Room
Panelists:
Lolli Lucas (Head of Upper School, Laguna Blanca)
Sean O'Brien (‎Director of Exhibits, MOXI Museum)
Meredith Murr (Assistant Vice Chancellor of Research Development and Strategic Planning, UC Santa Barbara)
Malaphone Phommasa (Director of Academic Services Initiatives, UC Santa Barbara)
Graciela Fernandez (Director of Student Outreach and Retention Center, UC Irvine)
4:00 pm CLOSING REMARKS
Location: Corwin Pavilion
4:15 pm Networking Reception
Location: Lagoon Plaza