Program
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IEEE – Women in Engineering Forum USA East 2019 |
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| Program – Thursday, Nov 21 | ||||
| Registration & Office: 4:00pm – 6:30pm
Networking Reception: 4:30pm-6:30pm |
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| 7:00pm-10:00pm | Social Event 1: Monumental Moonlight Walking Tour 7:00pm-10:00pm (see Social Event page for details) | |||
| Program – Friday, Nov 22 | ||||
| Track 1: Innovation | Track 2: Leadership |
Track 3: Inclusion & Empowerment |
Track 4: Career |
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| 7:15am-9:00am | Breakfast | |||
| 8:00am-8:10am | Opening Remarks Neeta Basantkumar & Felicia Harlow 2019 WIE Forum USA East Conference Co-Chairs |
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| 8:10am-8:40am | Opening Keynote: Monica McManus,VP & CIO, Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems “Pay It Forward: How Family, Champions and Experiences Shaped My Leadership Journey” |
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| 8:40am-9:10am | Keynote: Kendra Moore, President, Boston Fusion “The Greatest Risk is Avoiding Risk” |
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| 9:10am-9:40am | Coffee Break & Exhibits | |||
| 9:40am-10:10am | Panel: “The Role of Cybersecurity and Privacy in the Thriving Smart Cities of the Future”
Moderator: Maryam Rahmani, Cyber Consultant Panelists: Myla Pilao, Trend Micro |
“Leading by Example: Taking a Collaborative Approach and Paying it Forward”
Lauren Thompson, Director, DoD VA IPO |
“Overcoming Feelings of Inferiority”
Zipporah Mondy, KJIW 94.5 FM Radio |
WORKSHOP: “Acing Any Interview”
Anthony Gold, Co-Founder & COO, ROAR for Good |
| 10:15am-10:45am | “Investigating Engineering Leadership Development Opportunities for Women”
Araceli Ortiz, Texas State University |
“Neuroscience of Inclusion”
Asma Abuzaakouk, MITRE Corp |
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| 10:50am- 11:20am | “The Patent Landscape – IoT”
Christopher Turoski, University of Minnesota Law School |
Panel: “DARPA 101 & Enhancing Collaboration”
Moderator: Kendra Moore, Boston Fusion Panelists: Renee Wegrzyn, DARPA BTO |
“Having it all—Navigating Your Way”
Carrie Root, Alpha UMi Inc |
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| 11:25am-11:55pm | “Leveraging the Cloud to Achieve Near Real-time Processing for Drone-Generated Data”
Sayani Sarkar, University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
“Managing Your Career Like A Consultant”
Teresa Allison, |
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| 12:00pm-1:30pm | Lunch & Panel (12:30pm-1:30pm): “Diversity & Inclusion @ Sensata – Walking the Talk in the Smart & Connected Venture”Moderator: Valentina Videva, Panelists: Aditya Balasubramian, Rosanna Heidt, Frank Sienkiewicz, , Jennifer Brenner, Nicole Allen |
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| 1:35pm-2:05pm | “Future of Space Systems”
Nelli Mosavi, Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory |
“Leadership Secrets of an Ex-CEO”
Dean Lane, The Institute of World Politics |
Workshop: “Developing your Personal Brand”
Carrie Root, Nate Hatzie, Alpha UMi Inc, |
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| 2:10pm-2:40pm | “The Internet and Social Media – Toxic or Tonic?”
Veronica Wendt, College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University |
“Accelerate, Pivot, & Lead: The Advantages of Working at Innovative Tech Startup”
Ladan Najafizadeh, Sarah McMillian, Temboo |
Career Fair Exhibits Area (2:00PM – 4:30PM) |
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| 2:45pm-3:15pm | PANEL: “5G Hype has Slowed Downed – What is the Business Case Now For 5G and Why has it Slowed Down”
Moderator: Charlotte Blair, ANSYS Panelists: Jean McManus, Verizon, Maryam Rahmani, Coalfire, Payam Sharifi, Oracle |
“Connect to Lead: Human Skills for Future-Ready Leadership”
Rachel Druckenmiller, Unmuted |
“Smart Career Management: Work to Build A Career, Not Just Pay the Bills!”
Chitra Venkatraman, Nokia (Retired) |
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| 3:20pm-3:50pm | “2020 Leadership: Building High-Performing Teams that Crush It!”
Rhonda Farrell, Booz Allen Hamilton |
“Soar to Your Maximum”
Maple Ucheonye, Aghaeze-Maple Enterprises/JHUAPL |
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| 3:50pm-4:30pm | Coffee Break & Exhibits | |||
| 4:30pm-5:00pm | Keynote: Megan Samford, Global Director of Product Security, Rockwell Automation “Industrial Cyber Security: B Sides Discussion” |
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| 5:00pm-5:30pm | Friday Closing Keynote: Theresa Caragol, Founder and CEO, Achieve Unite* “Leadership By Influence” (*Scholarship available to one lucky attendee – Apply Here) |
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| 5:30pm-5:45pm | Daily Wrap-up WIE Forum Co-Chairs | |||
| 6:00pm-7:30pm | Social Event 2: Treats & Tales (5th Anniversary Reception) | |||
| Program, Saturday, Nov 23 |
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| Track 1 : Innovation |
Track 2: Leadership |
Track 3: Inclusion and Empowerment |
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| 7:15am-8:45am | Breakfast with WIE Forum USA East Conference Co-Chairs | |||
| 8:45am-9:15am | Breakfast and Interactive Panel: “Empowering Future Forum Leaders – Lead Inspire Empower and Network” | |||
| 9:20am-9:50am | “Exploratory Research on the Implementation and Configuration of Wireless Sensors on Heavy Vehicles”
Nicole Allen, |
“Be Honest with Yourself: Capability, Capacity, and Accountability”
Nicole Newmeyer, NSA |
PANEL: “Advocating For Students: Helping Women Thrive in Collegiate Engineering Programs”
Moderator: Mary Ann Saunders, JHUAPL Panelists: Kerri Phillips, |
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| 9:55am-10:25am | “Zero Trust Orchestration – A New Security Paradigm”
Juanita Koilpillal, Waverley Labs |
“Is There Really A STEM Gender Equity Paradox?”
Fahmida Chowdhury, NSF |
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| 10:25am-10:45am | Coffee Break & Exhibits | |||
| 10:45am-11:15pm | Saturday Closing Keynote: Mary Beth Borgwing, President, Standish Cyber Corp “Opting in: Grow, Lead and Innovate- Power of You! Being a Leader at all Levels” |
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| 11:15am-11:30am | AchieveUnite Leadership Education Scholarship Raffle (Attendees Apply Here!) | |||
| 11:30am-11:45pm | Wrap up & Closing Session 2019 WIE Forum Committee |
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| 3:00pm-6:00pm | STEM EVENT Boolean Girls Coding Workshop (Note: Separate Registration Required. Details here) |
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| 6:30pm-8:30pm | Social Event 3: IEEE Young Professionals Meetup: Registration and Details here |
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