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 SWE Membership

Darlene Yerdon, IBM, SWE

Leadership Coach

Collegiate Business Meeting

From the Classroom to the Boardroom –

10 Kid Tips for Managers

Celia Couture,

CC Consulting, LLC

Engineers' Role in Government Affairs

Maura Greene, Keegan Werlin LLP

 

Work Life Balance: “Solutions to Fitting it all” Panel

Modeling Systems: Understanding the Internet

Allen Downey, Olin College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Meli Dinglasa, SWE Region F Collegiate Interests Rep.

 

 

 

Yoga at Work

SWE Bylaws

Susan Best and Lori Kermel,

SWE Bylaws Committee

 

Session 2
2:00 - 3:15

SWE Officer Training

Jennifer Wang,

SWE Leadership Coach

Company Cultures: Working at Small vs. Large Companies Panel

15 Minute MBA and Panel

Feng Shui in Business

Christine Wojnar,

Feng Shui & Space Clearing

Power of Professional Protocol

Winston Jenkins, Mannersmith

Cell-Biomaterial Interactions

Alisha Sieminski,

Olin College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 3
3:25 - 4:25

Submitting for SWE Awards

Angela Moynihan, Massachusetts General Hospital & SWE Boston

Genderchip Project

Jean Donohue, Producer/Director, Media Working Group

 

Positioning Yourself for Advancement

Nan Langowitz,

Babson College

 

Engineering for Society: Lessons from Namibia, Africa

Emily Anesta,

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Sorting Coins and Swatting Gnats: Organization for Real Life

Maxine Gautier,

Out From Under Organizing

Transterpreter: A Little Parallelism for Little Robots

Matthew Jadud,

Olin College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 4
4:40 - 5:40

SWE Event Planning

Andrea Ippolito, SWE Leadership Coach

 

Technical Grad School Options Panel

6 Minute Presentations: Saying More with Less

Michelle Holmes, Creative Strengthening Strategies

Global Business Culture & Etiquette  Panel

 

Financial Retirement Planning

Lisa Tursi,

Financial Planner

Biomimetics  Robotic Research

Gill Pratt,

Olin College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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