Undergraduate Students

TIME

TRACK

EVENT NAME

8:00 – 10:00pm

Conference Highlights

Ice Cream Social

9:30am – 2:30pm

Sightseeing Tour

KC City of Fountains, Jazz, Negro League Baseball

9:30am – 2:30pm

Sightseeing Tour

Masterpiece Day: Kemper Gallery and Nelson-Atkins Art Gallery

4:30 – 7:30pm

Sightseeing Tour

Boulevard Brewing Company

7:00pm – 12:00am

Sightseeing Tour

A Taste of Kansas City

7:45 –- 10:30am

Technical Tour

General Motors Fairfax Plant

9:15 – 11:30am

Technical Tour

Harley Davidson Tour

9:30am – 12:30pm

Technical Tour

KC Scout Highway System

1:00 – 4:00pm

Technical Tour

Ford Motor Company Claycomo Plant

1:15 – 4:30pm

Technical Tour

Hallmark Cards

1:30 – 3:30pm

Technical Tour

Stowers Institute

2:15 – 5:45pm

Technical Tour

Sprint Nextel Campus

5:00 – 6:00pm

Technology

Birds of a Feather Reception

TIME

TRACK

EVENT NAME

1:15 – 2:15pm

Academic

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

3:45 – 4:45pm

Academic

Graduate School Panel

5:00 – 6:00pm

Academic

Options for Graduate Students in Industry

10:15 – 11:15am

Career Transition

Career Development: Take Control of Your Career

10:15 – 11:45am

Career Transition

Examples of Winning Interviews

10:15 – 11:45am

Career Transition

How to Work a Career Fair

10:15 – 11:45am

Career Transition

Using your Engineering Degree In a "Patent"-ly Interesting Career

10:15 – 11:45am

Career Transition

What I Wish my Mother Told Me Before I Started Work

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Career Transition

How to Get the Job You Want - Tips from a Corporate Recruiter

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Career Transition

Interviewing Skills

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Career Transition

Operations Management: Making The Most of a Great Opportunity

2:30 – 3:30pm

Career Transition

Backpack to Briefcase

2:30 – 3:30pm

Career Transition

Finding the Right Fit

2:30 – 3:30pm

Career Transition

Résumé Writing

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Career Transition

Successfully Starting Your Career

3:45 – 4:45pm

Career Transition

Perspectives of Upward Mobility - Women in Aerospace

3:45 – 4:45pm

Career Transition

From Good to Great! How to Land Your Dream Job

3:45 – 4:45pm

Career Transition

Work 101 - Things They Never Taught You in Engineering School,
But you Need to Know

5:00 – 6:00pm

Career Transition

Interviewing the Company

5:00 – 6:00pm

Career Transition

Interviewing Savvy: How to Get the Job

8:00am – 12:00pm

Collegiate Competitions

Team Tech Practice

8:00 – 10:00am

Conference Highlights

Keynote by Mary Armstrong
President, Shared Services, The Boeing Company

11:45 am – 1:15pm

Conference Highlights

Collegiate Welcome Luncheon

5:00 – 6:00pm

Conference Highlights

President's Reception (invitation only)

6:00 – 8:00pm

Conference Highlights

Career Fair and Exhibits Opening and Reception

8:00 – 10:00pm

Conference Highlights

Company Hospitality Suites

8:00 – 10:00pm

Conference Highlights

Life Members Hospitality Suite

10:15 – 11:45 am

Diversity

Empowering Women II – An Interactive Workshop for Women and Men

10:15 – 11:45 am

Diversity

Female Students & Negotiation: The Cost of Not Asking People

10:15 – 11:45 am

Diversity

Tools of Excellence for Effective Engineers and Other Professions

10:15 – 11:45 am

Diversity

Women Leaders Leading Change

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Diversity

Flexibility Is an Important Tool in Recruiting

2:30 – 3:30pm

Diversity

Working with a Global Team

3:45 – 6:00pm

Diversity

Hispanic Women Engineers Panel and Welcome

5:00 – 6:00pm

Diversity

What’s Your I.Q.? (Inclusion Quotient)

10:15 – 11:45am

Leadership Coaching-

How to Attract & Retain Women Engineers in
Non Traditional Roles

2:30 – 3:30pm

Leadership Coaching

Program Development Grants Workshop

3:45 – 4:45pm

Leadership Coaching- Collegiate

Effective Personal Communications

5:00 – 6:00pm

Leadership Coaching- Collegiate

Event Planning and Advertising

5:00 – 6:00pm

Leadership Coaching

Professional and Student Treasurers Workshop

10:15 – 11:45 am

Professional Development

Consulting and Engineering: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

10:15 – 11:45 am

Professional Development

Globalizing Yourself -
Gaining a Competitive Advantage in a Globalizing World

10:15 – 11:45 am

Professional Development

Role of Engineers in the Entrepreneurial Economy

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Professional Development

Globalization and Outsourcing

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Professional Development

The Written Word in Today's Technology

2:30 – 3:30pm

Professional Development

Pervasive Leadership

2:30 – 3:30pm

Professional Development

Preparing for an International Work/Study Abroad Experience

2:30 – 3:30pm

Professional Development

The Art of Speaking: What Are You REALLY Saying?

2:30 – 4:45pm

Professional Development

The Cost of Assimilation

3:45 – 4:45pm

Professional Development

Mastering Leadership Styles to Help Each Employee

Reach their Full Potential

3:45 – 4:45pm

Professional Development

The Angel on your Shoulder

3:45 – 6:00pm

Professional Development

Leaders of Today Inspiring Leaders of Tomorrow

5:00 –- 6:00pm

Professional Development

Business Leadership Model

5:00 – 6:00pm

Professional Development

Coaching for Success

5:00 – 6:00pm

Professional Development

The Challenges and Opportunities of Working in a
Global Environment

1:00 – 5:00pm

SWE Meetings

Region A Meeting

1:00 – 5:00pm

SWE Meetings

Region B Meeting

1:00 – 5:00pm

SWE Meetings

Region C Meeting

1:00 – 5:00pm

SWE Meetings

Region D Meeting

1:00 – 5:00pm

SWE Meetings

Region E Meeting

1:00 – 5:00pm

SWE Meetings

Region F Meeting

1:00 – 5:00pm

SWE Meetings

Region G Meeting

1:00 – 5:00pm

SWE Meetings

Region H Meeting

1:00 – 5:00pm

SWE Meetings

Region I Meeting

1:00 – 5:00pm

SWE Meetings

Region J Meeting

2:00 – 4:00pm

SWE Meetings

Corporate Partnership Council Meeting

TIME

TRACK

EVENT NAME

11:00am – 12:00pm

Academic

To Post Doc or Not to Post Doc: That is the Question!

1:15 – 2:15pm

Academic

Secrets of Success in Academia

2:30 – 3:30pm

Academic

Demystifying Academia

3:45 – 4:45pm

Academic

Obtaining Tenure in Academia

5:00 – 6:00pm

Academic

Tips for Grant Writing

1:15 – 2:15pm

Career Transition

Careers in Technical Marketing

1:15 – 2:15pm

Career Transition

How Can We All Just Get Along?

2:30 – 3:30pm

Career Transition

Are You Looking to Understand the Offer Process?

2:30 – 3:30pm

Career Transition

Quantum Leap: Do You Have What is Takes to Be a Manager?

2:30 – 3:30pm

Career Transition

Value of an MBA

3:45 – 4:45pm

Career Transition

Small Fish in a Big Pond

3:45 – 4:45 pm

Career Transition

Transitioning from College to Work at a Fortune 500 Company

3:45 – 4:45pm

Career Transition

Why Should I Participate in College Internships?

8:00am – 12:00pm

Collegiate Competitions

Team Tech Competition

8:00 –- 10:00am

Conference Highlights

Plenary Session: Women Blazing Technology Trails

10:00am – 4:00pm

Conference Highlights

Career Fair and Exhibits with Lunch

6:00 – 7:00pm

Conference Highlights

Achievement Awards Reception

7:00 – 10:00pm

Conference Highlights

Achievement Awards Banquet

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Diversity

Generation Gaps in the Workplace

2:30 – 3:30pm

Diversity

African-American Women Engineers Panel

2:30 – 3:30pm

Diversity

He Says, She Says

3:45–- 4:45pm

Diversity

The Value of a Diverse Workforce

3:45 – 6:00pm

Diversity

Homeward Bound, Part II, Welcoming the Whole You

3:45 – 4:45pm

Leadership Coaching- Collegiate

Finding Your Inner Leader

3:45 – 4:45pm

Leadership Coaching- Collegiate

Utilizing Collegiate Section Bylaws

5:00 – 6:00pm

Leadership Coaching- Collegiate

Benefits and Knowledge of SWE

5:00 – 6:00 pm

Leadership Coaching- Collegiate

Collegiate Upgrade Workshop

5:00 – 6:00 pm

Leadership Coaching- Collegiate

Nuts and Bolts of SWE

5:00 – 6:00 pm

Leadership Coaching- Collegiate

Transfer Your SWE Experience Into a Company Leadership Role

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Professional Development

Boost Up Your Engineering Career

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Professional Development

Confidence with CLASS

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Professional Development

Consulting vs. Manufacturing: Differences and Alliances

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Professional Development

Taming of the Shrew: Assertive and Aggressive

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Professional Development

Dress for Success

1:15 – 3:30 pm

Professional Development

Financial 101

2:30 – 3:30pm

Professional Development

Leadership Traits Past and Present

2:30 – 3:30pm

Professional Development

Productive Communication in the Face of Conflict

2:30 – 3:30pm

Professional Development

Why Can't Women Stop at 5?

2:30 – 4:45pm

Professional Development

Speed Mentoring

3:45 – 4:45pm

Professional Development

Align and Motivate Your Team

3:45 – 4:45 pm

Professional Development

Fundamentals of Engineering Licensure

10:00am – 12:00pm

SWE Meetings

Collegiate Strategic Planning

TIME

TRACK

EVENT NAME

10:15 – 11:30am

Academic

Engineering Deans Panel

1:15 – 2:15pm

Academic

I'm in Grad School, Now What?

2:15 – 4:45pm

Academic

Engineering Faculty Recruitment Fair and Reception

3:45 – 4:45pm

Academic

Outreach Recommendations for Academic Institutions

12:30 – 2:00pm

Career Guidance

Career Guidance Fair

10:15 – 11:30am

Career Transition

So You've Landed the Offer - Now What?

1:15 – 2:15pm

Career Transition

Avoiding the Top Ten Mistakes Made by Recent
College Grads and Interns

8:00am – 12:00pm

Collegiate Competitions

Collegiate Poster Presentation

1:15 – 4:45pm

Collegiate Competitions

SME Bowl

8:00 – 10:00am

Conference Highlights

Executive Plenary Session

11:45 am – 1:15pm

Conference Highlights

Collegiate Member Networking Luncheon

6:00 – 10:00pm

Conference Highlights

Celebrate SWE!

10:15 – 11:30am

Diversity

Diversity Practices

10:15 – 11:30am

Diversity

Leveraging Your "Diversity" to Help Your Employer
Innovate and Produce Results

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Diversity

The Project Management Approach to Leading Change in Diversity

2:30 – 3:30pm

Diversity

Overcoming Cultural Differences

3:45 – 4:45pm

Diversity

SWE Regional Programming Excellence Award

10:15 – 11:30am

Leadership Coaching – Collegiate

How to Write an Outstanding Collegiate Section Report

10:15 – 11:30am

Leadership Coaching

Managing A Volunteer Workforce

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Leadership Coaching- Collegiate

Building Membership

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Leadership Coaching

Engineering with Elementary Children

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Leadership Coaching

Professionalism in Your SWE Section

2:30 – 3:30pm

Leadership Coaching- Collegiate

Learning Leadership Styles

2:30 – 3:30pm

Leadership Coaching

SWE Connections: Shaping Careers Through Networking

2:30 – 3:30pm

Leadership Coaching

SWE Section Leadership: Dealing with Leadership Burnout

3:45 – 4:45pm

Leadership Coaching- Collegiate

Strategic & Tactical Planning

3:45 – 4:45pm

Leadership Coaching

Challenges of Geographically Large SWE Sections Your SWE Section

3:45 – 4:45pm

Leadership Coaching

Utilizing the Professional Section Bylaws Template

10:15 – 11:30am

Professional Development

An Engineering Battle of the Sexes-Social Styles

10:15 – 11:30am

Professional Development

Work/Life Balance

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Professional Development

Effective Presentations

1:15 – 2:15 pm

Professional Development

Selling Your Ideas to Upper Management

2:30 – 3:30pm

Professional Development

Effective Recognition

2:30 – 3:30pm

Professional Development

Engineering Organization Leadership

2:30 – 3:30pm

Professional Development

Making Memorable Presentations: Audience Centered Speaking

3:45 – 4:45pm

Professional Development

Becoming an Entrepreneur

9:00am – 12:30pm

Sightseeing Tour

National Agricultural/Hall of Fame

9:30am – 3:30pm

Sightseeing Tour

Fort Leavenworth

9:30am – 2:30pm

Sightseeing Tour

Independence Tour: Truman Home and
Presidential Library and Museum

9:30am – 2:30pm

Sightseeing Tour

KC City of Fountains, Jazz, Negro League Baseball

9:30am – 2:30pm

Sightseeing Tour

Masterpiece Day: Kemper Gallery and Nelson-Atkins Art Gallery

10:30am – 3:30pm

Sightseeing Tour

Roasterie Coffee Plant and Union Station

1:15 – 4:30pm

Sightseeing Tour

Steamboat Arabia Museum

1:30 – 3:15pm

Sightseeing Tour

Kansas Speedway

2:00 – 4:15pm

Sightseeing Tour

Kansas City Ballet

9:30am – 12:00pm

Technical Tour

Linda Hall Library

2:00 – 4:30pm

Technical Tour

Women in Design