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Track #1: Entrepreneurship: Inventing Your Own Path
  ¯ Opportunity versus Choice, Product Development versus Services, Commercial versus Military:  How to make the right decisions for your New Business
Presented by: Layne Simmons
   ¯ Panel of Entrepreneurs
Presented by: Vanessa Fox, Serena Glover, and Sharelle Klaus
   ¯ How to become your own boss!  Tips for choosing, starting, and growing your own business
Presented by: Diana Laboy-Rush
   ¯ How to make the most of a new idea by acquiring and leveraging intellectual property assets, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets
Presented by: Carla Todenhagen and Elizabeth Tedesco

Track #2: Professional Development
  ¯ The Pedagogy of Podcasting
Presented by: Paul Jackson, Ph D
   ¯ MBA Panel
   ¯ Presentation by US Navy

Track #3: Engineering Your career

  ¯ 7 Irrefutable Laws of Feminine Leadership
Presented by: Laurinda Bellinger
   ¯ Sink or Swim: 12-Weeks to get it Right Guide
Presented by: Danette Hilton
   ¯ Engineering A Career
Presented by: A. N. Abdelmessih, Ph.D
   ¯ Entrepreneurial issues in Alternative Energy
Presented by: Ernie Bootsma and Joel Paisner

Track #4: Celebrate SWE
  ¯ IBM Presentation: Bridging the Generations
Presented by: Rachel Brennan
   ¯ IBM Presentation: Reflections from 2009
Presented by Terri Morse
   ¯ Presentation by the Collegiate Leadership Coaches

Track #5: Personal Development
  ¯ Job Interviewing Skills
Presented by SWE-PNW
   ¯ 10 Tips for Women in Science
Presented by Ione Fine
   ¯ Work/Life Balance
Presented by Dawn Lehman

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Region J Conference Call for Papers

As we continue with our plans for the Region J conference in April 2009 "Entrepreneurship, Inventing your own Path", we are asking for your participation by presenting.

The conference will be held during the weekend of April 17th, 18, and 19th at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Speakers are being solicited for the following potential topics and panels for the upcoming 2009 SWE Region J Conference and Career Fair. Please consider presenting or recommending someone to present at our conference.

This year the conference tracks are:
      - Entrepreneurship
      - Professional Development
      - Engineering a Career, Collegiate Track

If you are interested in speaking at this event or need more information, please contact Alisha Babbitt (
ambabbitt@gmail.com) .

Include a summary of what you would like to present and a brief biography (3 – 5 sentences). The call for papers ends January 31st, and speakers will be notified by February 17th to confirm whether or not their submission has been selected for inclusion in the conference program.

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