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MONDAY, JUNE 25

Conference Highlights & Registration
 
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Registration at the Denver Marriott City Center

TUESDAY, JUNE 26

Conference Highlights & Registration
 
7:00 am - 8:00 pm Registration at the Colorado Convention Center
 
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Career Resources Center
 
7:00 am - 8:00 pm Shuttle between Marriott, Hyatt, Holiday Inn and Colorado Convention Center
 
8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Shuttle between Marriott, Hyatt, Holiday Inn

Student Conference Activities
 
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Technical Presentation Competition & Boeing Team Tech Competition Practices
 
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Student Dinner and Ideas Exchange
 
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Student Region Meetings A-J
 
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Graduate Student Meeting

Student Workshops
8:00 am - 10:00 am Selecting a Job Offer
10:00 am - 11:00 am How to Choose a Graduate Program
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Co-ops and Internships Discussion
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm Wardrobe Transitions: Student to Professional
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Success Model - Transition from School to Career
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Networking Skills for Students
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Is an MBA in Your Future?
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Public Speaking
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Resume Writing

Career Enhancement Series (CES)
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Beginning Project Management Training
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Reinforcement-Based Leadership - Day 1 of 2
12:30 pm - 5:30 pm Risk Management
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Business Writing

Seminars, Panels & Workshops
8:00 am - 12:00 pm The DuPont Six Sigma Experience
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Projecting a Powerful and Confident Presence
11:00 am - 12:00 pm MS in Engineering or MBA - Why Not Both?
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Stress Management
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Thriving with Change When Thriving Doesn't Feel Like An Option
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Is an MBA in Your Future?

SWE Business
 
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Board of Directors Orientation
 
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Board of Trustees Meeting #1
 
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm BOD and BOT Lunch/Joint Meeting
 
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Student Activities Committee (SAC) Meeting
 
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Board of Trustees Meeting #1 Continued
 
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Goal Managers Meeting CANCELLED
 
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm New Committee Chairs Orientation
 
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Student Region Meetings A - J

Technical Tours
 
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation
 
8:30 am - 4:30 pm United States Air Force Academy
 
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Wisdom Industries CANCELLED
and Sterling-Overland Trail Museum
 
9:15 am - 5:00 pm New Belgium Brewery & Xcel Energy Ponnequin Wind Farm
 
12:00 pm - 3:30 pm AT&T National Digital Television Center CANCELLED
 
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Denver International Airport

Non-Technical Tours & Family Programs
 
6:00 am - 5:00 pm Golf Outing at Arrowhead Golf Club
 
8:00 am - 12:30 pm Horseback Outing
 
8:30 am - 4:30 pm Mountain Biking in Summit County, Colorado
 
8:30 am - 4:30 pm U.S. Olympics Complex & World Figure Skating Hall of Fame and Museum, and the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27

Conference Highlights & Registration
 
7:00 am - 7:00 pm Registration at the Colorado Convention Center
 
7:00 am - 8:30 pm Shuttle between Marriott, Hyatt, Holiday Inn and Colorado Convention Center
 
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Career Resources Center
 
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Student Opening Lunch
 
1:30 pm - 8:00 pm Explore Engineering
 
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm Exhibits Opening Reception and Exhibits and Career Fair
Sponsored by Ford Motor Company
 
8:00 pm. - 10:30 pm Shuttle between Marriott, Hyatt, Holiday Inn
 
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm Ice Cream Social

Student Conference Activities
 
8:00 am - 11:45 am Technical Presentation Competition
 
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Student Opening Lunch
 
1:45 pm - 5:30 pm Boeing Team Tech Competition
 
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm SME Bowl
 
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Graduate Student Meeting

Student Workshops
8:00 am - 9:00 am Resume Writing
8:00 am - 9:00 am Networking Skills for Students
9:00 am - 10:30 am Panel: What I Wish I'd Known When I Graduated from College
 
9:00 am - 10:00 am Panel: What is a PE and Why Should I Get One?
10:30 am - 11:45 am How to Work a Career Fair
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm Interview Skills
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm Co-ops and Internships
3:45 pm - 5:30 pm Beginning Smart Money Moves for Students

Career Enhancement Series (CES)
7:30 am - 11:45 am Reinforcement-Based Leadership - Day 2 of 2
8:00 am - 11:45 am Techniques of Effective Presentations
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm Engineering Ethics
2:00 pm - 5:30 pm Exploring Personality Diversity
with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Handling Information Overload

Seminars, Panels & Workshops
8:00 am - 9:00 am Mentoring and Today's Woman
8:00 am - 10:00 am Woman to Woman - Sabotage to Support
8:00 am - 10:00 am Recruitment and Retention
8:00 am - 11:45 am Cashing In on Great Ideas
9:00 am - 10:00 am Panel: What is a PE and Why Should I Get One?
9:00 am - 11:45 am Dealing with Difficult People
10:00 am - 11:00 am How to Survive a Technical Interview
 
10:00 am - 12:00 pm With Courage your Passion Cannot be Doused
11:00 am - 11:45 am Panel: Volunteerism
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm Integrative MS in Engineering and Business
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm How to Start and Run Your Own Business
1:45 pm - 3:30 pm Smart Money Moves
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Bridging the Generations Gap
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm What's a Medical Device?
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm IT Professional Certifications
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Panel: Women in Government
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Panel: Entrepreneurship

SWE Business
 
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Board of Trustees Meeting #2 with Lunch
 
8:00 am - 10:00 am Career Guidance Committee Meeting
 
8:00 am - 10:00 am Membership Committee Meeting
 
8:00 am - 9:00 am Multicultural Committee Meeting
 
9:00 am - 11:00 am Awards & Recognition Committee Meeting
 
9:00 am - 11:00 am Finance Committee Meeting
 
9:00 am - 10:30 am Multicultural Concerns Workshop - Session 1
 
9:00 am - 10:30 am Women in Academia Meeting
 
10:00 am - 11:00 am Student Newsletter Editors Meeting
 
10:30 am - 11:30 am Scholarship Committee Meeting
 
10:30 am - 11:45 am Multicultural Concerns Workshop - Session 2
 
11:00 am - 11:45 am SWE Counselors and Faculty Advisors Meeting
 
1:45 pm - 3:30 pm Pre-CSR Finance Meeting
 
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm ExxonMobil Program Grant Presentations
 
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Electronic Communications Committee Meeting
 
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Continuing/Professional Development Committee
 
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Family Issues Workshop
 
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Student Region Representatives Meeting
 
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Nominating Committee Meeting
 
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm SWE Section Development: Membership Workshop
Sponsored by ExxonMobil
 
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm New Student Section Coordinators Meeting
 
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Procedures Committee Meeting
 
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Conference Management Programming Board
 
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Girl Scouts Task Force
 
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm New Professional Section Formation Workshop
 
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm New Student Section Vitality Workshop
 
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Publications Committee Meeting

Technical Tours
 
7:30 am - 12:00 pm NIST & NOAA
 
8:15 am - 5:00 pm Fort Collins Water Treatment Facility CANCELLED
and Horsetooth Reservoir
 
8:30 am - 12:00 pm Caroba Plastics, Inc. and Unicircuit, Inc.
 
8:30 am - 4:30 pm United States Air Force Academy
 
9:15 am - 5:00 pm New Belgium Brewery and Xcel Energy Ponnequin Wind Farm
 
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Coors Brewing Company
 
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm Metro Wastewater Reclamation District (MWRD)

Non-Technical Tours & Family Programs
 
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Day Hike for Adults
 
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Hammond Candy Factory
 
9:30 am - 5:00 pm Hyland Hills Water World CANCELLED
 
9:30 am - 12:00 pm Walking Tour of Denver

THURSDAY, JUNE 28

Conference Highlights & Registration
 
7:00 am - 6:00 pm Registration at the Colorado Convention Center
 
7:00 am - 8:00 pm Shuttle between Marriott, Hyatt, Holiday Inn and Colorado Convention Center
 
8:00 am - 9:30 am Keynote Breakfast
 
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Career Resources Center
 
9:45 am - 3:30 pm Exhibits and Career Fair
(Lunch at 12:00 noon, sponsored by Ford Motor Company)
 
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Student, Graduate Student, and Alumni Reception
 
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Student Awards Banquet
 
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Shuttle between Marriott, Hyatt, Holiday Inn

Student Conference Activities
 
9:00 am - 2:30 pm IBM Mentoring Cafe
 
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Student, Graduate Student, and Alumni Reception (Sponsored by Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. )
 
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Student Awards Banquet

Career Enhancement Series (CES)
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Team Building for Managers
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Communication Skills
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Diversity: Management's Role in Implementing Change

Seminars, Panels & Workshops
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Career/Family Balance
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Job Search Using the Internet
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Evaluating Job Offers
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Am I the Only Woman Who Works Here?
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Burnout
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Managing Men and Men Who Are Older Than You
 
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Technical Paper Presentations
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Computers as Tools
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Let Go, Lighten Up, & Get On With It
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Graduate Degrees in Manufacturing through the NCML
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Engineer to Manager
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Internetworking and Internet Privacy
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Why a Women's Network in Your Company?
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Humor in the Workplace

SWE Business
 
9:30 am - 11:00 am CSR Advisory Team Task Force (name change)
 
9:30 am - 11:30 am Fellows Meeting
 
9:30 am - 12:00 pm Bylaws Committee Meeting
10:00 am - 12:00 pm SWE Section Development NEW
- Electronic Communications Workshop
 
10:00 am - 11:00 am Archives Committee Meeting
 
10:00 am - 11:00 am Section Vitality Task Force Meeting
 
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Family Issues Committee Meeting
 
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Fund Development Techniques
for SWE Professional Sections
 
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Membership Survey Review
 
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm SWE Section Development: Public Relations Training Workshop
 
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm SWE Section Vitality Forum
 
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm MAL Meeting
 
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm SWE Section Development: Career Guidance Workshop
 
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Communications Task Force Meeting
 
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Girl Scouts Workshop (Sponsored by Bechtel Foundation)
 
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm How to be a CSR Workshop
 
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Finance Workshop for Treasurers
 
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Tellers Committee Meeting
 
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Family Issues Social (sponsored by Merrick & Company)
 
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Life Members Reception

Technical Tours
 
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center at University of Colorado at Boulder
 
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm National Ice Core Laboratory and U.S. Geological Survey Core Laboratory
 
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Coors Brewing Company
 
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Denver International Airport
 
1:15 pm - 4:30 pm Lockheed Martin

Non-Technical Tours & Family Programs
 
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Natural Wonders CANCELLED
 
9:15 am - 12:00 pm Butterfly Pavilion
 
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Wings Over The Rockies - Air & Space Museum CANCELLED
 
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Paradise Rock Gym
 
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Colorado Brew Pubs

FRIDAY, JUNE 29

Conference Highlights & Registration
 
7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration at the Colorado Convention Center
 
7:00 am - 5:30 pm Shuttle between Marriott, Hyatt, Holiday Inn and Colorado Convention Center
 
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Career Resources Center
 
9:30 am - 4:00 pm Open Technical Exchange (Lunch at 12:00 noon)
 
5:30 pm - 10:00 pm Shuttle between Marriott, Hyatt, Holiday Inn, Convention Center, and Seawell Ballroom
 
6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Networking Night

Career Enhancement Series (CES)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Influential Leadership (name change)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Conflict in the Workplace
9:00 am - 12:00 pm What Every Manager Needs to Know About Employment Law
9:30 am - 10:30 am Intellectual Property Protection
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Negotiating
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Supervisor Basics

Seminars, Panels & Workshops
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Time Management
 
9:30 am - 12:00 pm Technical Paper Presentations
9:30 am - 11:30 am Panel: Dual Careers
9:30 am - 10:30 am The Automated Internet
- Stop Watching and Get Involved!
9:30 am - 11:30 am Resilience: Keys to Optimal Personal Effectiveness
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Mid-Career Changes
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Travel Safety and Business Etiquette for Women
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Surviving a Layoff or Downsizing
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Global Product Development
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Panel: Networking
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Panel: Changing Careers
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Communication Differences Between Women and Men
 
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Technical Paper Presentations
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Women's Health
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Life-Long Learning
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Explaining Technical Things to Non-Technical People
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm International Protocol and Business Customs
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Panel: Elder Care
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Panel: Women in Academia

SWE Business
 
7:15 am - 9:15 am Region Meetings A - J
 
9:30 am - 10:30 am International Membership Task Force
 
10:30 am - 5:00 pm Council of Section Representatives Meeting
 
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm SWE Magazine Editorial Board Meeting #1

Technical Tours
 
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm Coors Brewing Company
 
12:30 pm - 5:00 pm National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
National Wind Technology Center
 
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm AT&T National Digital Television Center CANCELLED

Non-Technical Tours & Family Programs
 
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Hummingbirds, Columbine, and Buffalo
 
8:30 am - 4:30 pm Historic Georgetown Loop Railroad and Lebanon Silver Mine Tour
 
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm Denver Bike the River Tour
 
12:30 pm - 5:00 pm Celestial Seasonings (Hain Celestial Group) CANCELLED
and Leanin' Tree Museum of Western Art

SATURDAY, JUNE 30

Conference Highlights& Registration
 
7:30 am - 1:00 pm Registration at the Colorado Convention Center
 
7:30 am - 5:30 pm Shuttle between Marriott, Hyatt, Holiday Inn and Colorado Convention Center
 
8:00 am - 11:00 am Membership Breakfast
 
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Achievement Award Reception
 
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Awards Banquet
 
8:00 pm - 10:30 pm Shuttle between Marriott, Hyatt, Holiday Inn

Career EnhancementSeries (CES)
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Mid-Level Manager Skills
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Advanced Project Management Training:
Taking it to the Next Level

Seminars, Panels & Workshops
9:00 am - 11:30 am Therapeutic Touch -
An Energy Medicine (Hands-On Workshop)
10:00am - 11:00am E=mc2 : Engineers Managing
Exponential Career Growth
11:00 am - 1:00 pm Panel: Glass Ceiling Perspectives
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Career Success in High Tech Industry:
Expert Advice from Key Executives
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Technical Paper Presentations NEW
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Panel: What to Do With Your Time When You Retire
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Wireless Home Office
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm Telecommuting & Flexible Work Schedules and Discussion
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm How to Select Home Computing and Entertainment Equipment
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Fellows Panel
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Panel: CEO Forum
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Future Visions (Living in a Wired World) CANCELLED

SWE Business
 
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Goal Managers E & O
 
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm SWE Magazine Editorial Board Meeting #2
 
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Leadership Institute
 
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm SWE Section Development: Continuing Development
 
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Past Presidents' Reception

Non-Technical Tours& Family Programs
 
8:00 am - 3:00 pm Anheuser Busch Brewery and Clydesdale Hamlet CANCELLED
 
8:15 am - 4:00 pm Clear Creek Rafting for Beginners and Intermediate
 
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Pikes Peak Cog Rail and Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs