| 10:00 - 10:50 Session 1 |
| Time Management - Negotiating for Your Time, Room 1201-1202 |
| Professional Track |
| Speaker: Darryl Harris, The Carroll-Keller Group |
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Each day we are bombarded with an overwhelming amount of information, asked to make hundreds of decisions, required to juggle countless projects and expected to meet numerous personal demands. Our lives cry out for balance, and yet few can identify, let alone practice, the skills needed to bring things under control. This workshop will identify the essential personal effectiveness skills needed in today’s fast paced environment, and focus on applying these key skills utilizing the process you choose (paper based, e-tools or both).
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| Project Management 101, Room 1203-1204 |
| Technical Track |
| Speaker: Janet Tramposch, PMP, Senior Project Manager, Exelon |
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This session will cover skills needed to run a project successfully, from popular tools and processes, to influencing and leadership skills. Learn about the project management lifecycle and how to manage schedules and budgets effectively.
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| WEEE, RoHS and ELV Standards Overview, Room 1219 |
| Environmental Track |
| Speaker: Deanna Heffron, P.E., CEF, Scientific Control Laboratories, Inc. |
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In this informative session, learn about WEEE, RoHS and ELV standards and their requirements for environmental safety. Discuss issues and testing methods related to ensuring compliance with these standards.
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| Hints for Being a Successful Mom and Engineer, Room 1220 |
| Personal Track |
Panelists:
Diane LaFortune, Northrop Grumman
Debra Evans, MPM, PMP, Baxter
Phyllis Corcoran, Northrop Grumman
Christina M. Magerkurth, P.E., First Environment |
| Think you need to be a super woman to handle both work and motherhood? Learn how several successful engineers have found the secret to balancing both work and family without forgetting to take care of themselves along the way.
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| 11:00 – 11:50 Session 2 |
| Modern Woman’s Guide to Communication Skills, Room 1220 |
| Professional Track |
Panelists:
France Pitera, GM Specialty Care Businesses, GE Healthcare
Lisa Strama, Director for Operations, Northrop Grumman
Mari Laino, VP Strategy, Planning and Performance for BP America |
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For female engineers in a male dominated career, the right communication skills are more important than ever. In this session, you will pick-up tips about male versus female communication styles, discover how to show your assertiveness without alienating your team and how to navigate in the world of corporate politics.
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| Going Beyond the Ordinary – Developing Innovative Products and Services, Room 1201-1202 |
| Technical Track |
| Kathy Morrissey, Co-Founder and Partner, Strategy 2 Market |
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The process of creating a better-engineered product is pretty well understood, and you might think that good ideas and better products always get adopted. But that isn’t true. Do you know about the gas refrigerator? The Dvorak keyboard? In this session, learn how diffusion, adoption and innovation concepts can be used to create new products and services – with a better chance of being successful!
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| Sustainable Design – Environmentally Sound Construction and Procurement, Room 1203-1204 |
| Environmental Track |
| Speaker: Martha VanGeem, PE, LEED Accredited Professional, Prinicpal Engineer & Manager, Building Science and Sustainability |
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Discover how advances in engineering have led to cleaner construction and sustainable design.
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| Managing Your Green – Sounds Concepts for Women Investors, Room 1219 |
| Personal Track |
Speakers:
Glen Simmonds, Financial Consultant, Wachovia Securities
Gary Hedge, Financial Consultant, Associate Vice President-Investments, Wachovia Securities |
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In today's world, women play a large role in the workforce and in the family's investment strategy. At this session, learn tips and tricks to manage your personal finances effectively and discuss financial issues that are relevant to female investors.
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| 1:00 – 1:50 Session 3 |
| Working with Generation Y, Room 1201-1202 |
| Professional Track |
| Speaker: Yvonne F. Brown, JAD Communications |
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Generation Y is moving into the labor force during a time of major demographic change, as companies around the U.S. face an aging workforce. Much less likely to respond to traditional command-and-control type of management still popular in much of today’s workforce, Generation Y employees require a new type of leadership. Learn the tricks for recruiting, retaining and interacting with high-performing 20-somethings in this insightful session.
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| Climate Change as a Technology Driver, Room 1203-1204 |
| Technical Track |
| Speaker: Christina M. Magerkurth, P.E., First Environment |
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As individuals, organizations and nations struggle to address climate change, new technologies are being introduced or becoming cost effective. This session will examine the drivers behind this innovation as well as examples of the technologies involved.
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| Corporate Greening Initiatives – How Your Company Can Invest in a Sustainable Future, Room 1219 |
| Environmental Track |
| Speaker: Kimberly Worthington, P.E., LEED A.P., Deputy Commissioner, Urban Management and Brownfield Redevelopment for the City of Chicago |
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With their recent green roof project on City Hall, the City of Chicago is joining organizations around the county in a commitment to sustainable future. Learn about the latest corporate greening initiatives and take back ideas that your company could leverage.
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| Laughter Yoga – Laughing All the Way to Relaxation, Room 1220 |
| Personal Track |
| Speaker: Tanaz Bamboat |
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Laughter Yoga is a very powerful technique for improving health, wellness and job performance – especially in high stress occupations like engineering. If a simple smile can bring happiness, strengthen relationships, reduce tension, cure depression, improve health and turn work into fun – imagine what laughter can do.
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