New England Region F

Conference 2008

Franklin W. Olin, College of Engineering    Saturday, April 12

Needham, MA   

 

 

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Moving SWE Forward

Moving Ahead in the Professional World

Your Next Career Move

Moving Around the World

Juggling Moves

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8:00-9:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Milas Hall

Morning Keynote   9:00-10:00

Keynote Speaker, Rebecca Rhoads, Raytheon CIO "Navigating Your Career Without Losing Yourself"

Session 1
10:15-11:45

Building Membership

Collegiate Business Meeting

From the Classroom to the Boardroom –

10 Kid Tips for Managers

Engineers' Role in Government Affairs

Work Life Balance: Solutions to Fitting it all

Modeling Systems: Understanding the Internet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Career Fair & Lunch - 12:00 - 2:00

Academic Center, 3rd Floor

Intersession A
11:55-12:50

 

 

 

 

Yoga at Work

 

Intersession B
12:45-1:45

SWE Counselor/Faculty Advisor Training

 

 

 

Yoga at Work

SWE Bylaws 

Session 2
2:00 - 3:15

SWE Officer Training

Company Culture: Working at Small vs. Large Companies

15 Minute MBA and Panel

Feng Shui in Business

Power of Professional Protocol

Cell-Biomaterial Interactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 3
3:25 - 4:25

Submitting for SWE Awards

Genderchip Project

Positioning Yourself for Advancement

Engineering for Society: Lessons from Namibia, Africa

 Sorting Coins & Swatting Gnats:  Organizing for      Real Life

Transterpreter: A Little Parallelism for Little Robots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 4
4:40 - 5:40

Event Planning

Technical Grad School Options

6 Minute Presentations: Saying More With Less

Global Business Culture

Financial Retirement Planning

Biomimetics Research (Robotics)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner & Evening Speaker           6:00-8:00

Regina Darmoni, IBM,  "Real Mentors Tell You This"

Campus Center Dining Hall

                                                                          

Our 2008 Corporate Sponsors

 

Executive Level Sponsor:

Raytheon

 

Senior Level

Sponsors:

 

FM Global

 

United Technologies

Corporation

 

Associate Level Sponsors:

 

Sensata Technologies

 

IBM

 

Bose Corporation

 

BBN Technologies

 

Rohm & Haas Electronic Materials

 

Cisco Systems

 

Rebecca Rhoads,

Raytheon CIO