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New England Region F

Conference 2009

Smith College    Saturday, April 4

Northampton, MA   

 

 

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Our 2009 Corporate Sponsors

 

Trail Blazer:

Raytheon

 

Pioneer:

US Navy

CIA

 

Explorer:

Rohm and Haas

 

 

 

 

SWE "Rodeo Roundup"

Collegiate "Young Pioneers"

Prof Development "Panning For Gold"

Technical  "Wild Wild West"

Work/Life Balance "Continental Divide"

Global "Big Sky"

Registration 8:30-9:30

Registration and Continental Breakfast,      Wright Hall

Welcome Keynote 9:30-10:45

 

Welcome Keynote, "The State of SWE Address", Virginia Connolly, SWE National President,     Wright Hall Auditorium

 

Morning Keynote, “Overfed But Undernourished; Bloated at the Banquet of Life”,

5 strategies to stop busying yourself out of your life and start loving it! – Lois Barth,                            Wright Hall Auditorium

Session 1 11:00-12:00

Online Networking and SWE Communities

Interview and Career Fair Preparation

Strategic Communication

Lean Manufacturing Six Sigma

Advice Your Mother Gave You

Panel:  Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: Working in a Global Company

Career Fair and Lunch 12:00-2:00

Career Fair and Lunch     Campus Center, 2nd Floor

Intersession1

12:15-1:00

SWE Bylaws Workshop

Intersession2

1:00-1:45

SWE Faculty Advisor and Counselor Training

Action You Can Take in a Volatile Market

Session 2  2:00-3:30

Government & Public Policy

Collegiate Business Meeting

Managing Managers

Smith Electricity & Heat Cogeneration

Plant Tour

Working Across Generations

Women's Leadership in Environmental Change

Break      3:30-3:45

Break

Session 3 3:45-4:45

Get involved in SWE/ SWE career paths

Panel:  Making the Most of your Internship

Job Search Techniques in Uncertain Times

Detecting Changes in Intracranial pressure…from the inner ear

The All-Natural, Low-Stress, No-Gimmick Solution for all the Energy You Will Ever Need

Challenges and Lessons in Humanitarian Construction Overseas

Break      4:45-4:55

Break

Session 4 4:55-5:45

Fund Development for SWE Sections

Panel:  Life After Undergrad

Advocating for Yourself

Students Redesigning the Automobile - Smith College Vehicle Design

50 Tricks You Need to Know about MS Office

Engineering with a Global Perspective

Break     5:45-6:00

Break

Dinner     6:00-8:00

Dinner and Evening Keynote, Dr. Linda Jones, Smith College, "Engineering in the 21st Century",         College Club