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WE08 Conference Schedule
By Time

*as of 10-21-08 subject to change

Monday, November 3
Tuesday, November 4
Wednesday, November 5
Thursday, November 6
Friday, November 7
Saturday, November 8

Monday, November 3, 2008

Time Event Type Event Name
8:00am - 5:00pm SWE Meetings Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Time Event Type Event Name
 7:00 - 8:00am  SWE Meetings  BOD/BOT Breakfast
8:00am - 5:00pm SWE Meetings (concurrent events)

  • Board of Directors
  • Board of Trustees
12:00 - 1:30pm SWE Meetings BOD/BOT Luncheon
5:00 - 7:00pm Conference Services Volunteers Meet & Greet
6:00 - 8:00pm Conference Services Registration and Member Services

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Time Event Type Event Name
7:00am - 6:00pm
Conference Services (concurrent events)

  • Career Resources Center
  • Registration
  • Speaker Ready Room
  • Volunteer Central
8:00 - 9:30amSWE Meetings (concurrent events)

  • Awards & Recognition Committee - Individual Awards
  • Professional Development Committee
  • Leadership Coaching Committee
8:00 - 11:30am SWE Meetings

Collegiate Interests Committee

8:00am - 12:00pm

Career Enhancement Series (concurrent events)

  • Building Organizational Capacity
  • Creating Your Next Big Idea
  • Risk and Requirements
  • The Art of Negotiation: Strategies for Women
  • Women and Organizational Savvy: How to Increase Your Influence and Make an Impact
8:00am - 5:00pm

SWE Meetings
(concurrent events)

  • Board of Trustees
  • Editorial Board
  • SWE Boutique
  • WE08 Activity Center
8:15 - 11:45am Tours-Technical Baltimore Aircoil
8:15am - 4:30pm Tours-TechnicalConowingo and Muddy Run Hydro Stations
10:00 - 11:30am
SWE Meetings
(concurrent events)

  • Awards & Recognition Committee - Section Awards and Collegiate Competitions
  • Finance Committee
  • Government Relations & Public Policy
  • Program Development Grants Committee
  • Scholarship Committee
  • Work/Life Balance Committee
 10:30am - 3:30pm Tours-Technical Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
10:45am - 2:45pm
Tours-Sightseeing Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum
11:30am - 1:30pm
SWE Meetings SWE National Committee Luncheon
12:45 - 3:45pm Tours-Technical Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
1:00 - 5:00pm
Career Enhancement Series Becoming a Person of Influence
1:30 - 4:00pm Tours-Sightseeing (concurrent events)

  • Basignani Winery
  • Historic Electronics Museum
1:30 - 4:15pm
Tours-Technical DuClaw Brewery
2:00 – 3:30pm
SWE Meetings
(concurrent events)

  • Membership Committee
  • Audit Committee
  • Multicultural Committee
  • Strategic Planning Committee
  • Women in Government SIG
2:00 - 5:00pm SWE Meetings

(concurrent events)

  • Nominating Committee
  • Outreach Committee
2:00 - 5:30pm
SWE Meetings
Region Governors Meeting (invitation only)
2:00 - 6:00pm SWE Meetings Leadership Inclusion Training
8:00 - 10:00pm
Special EventWelcome to Baltimore Ice Cream Social

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Time Event Type Event Name
7:00am - 7:45am
Special Event
Halo Coffee Reception (invitation only)
7:00am – 6:00pm
Conference Services
(concurrent events)

  • Career Resources Center
  • Speaker Ready Room
  • Volunteer Central
7:00am – 7:00pm Conference Services Registration, Member Services
8:00 - 10:00am Special Events

Keynote Breakfast and Presentation

8:30am - 1:00pm
Tours-Technical (collegiates only)
Procter & Gamble Hunt Valley Plant
8:30am - 5:00pm Tours-Technical U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center
9:00am - 11:30am
Collegiate Competitions
Team Tech Practice
8:00 - 9:30am
Career and Life Transitions (concurrent events)

  • Not Just Words on a Page
  • Recipe for Success: What Do You Do When You Grow Up
  • Take Control of Your Career
8:00am - 5:00pm
Conference Services(concurrent events)

  • SWE Boutique
  • WE08 Activity Center

 

8:30am - 4:30pm
Tours-Sightseeing
Washington D.C. National Air & Space Museum
9:30am - 5:00pm Conference Services
Lava Lounge
10:00 - 11:30am Career and Life Transitions
(concurrent events)

  • Career Fair Savvy
  • Charting Your IT Career: Don't Be Afraid to Take the Rotation Risk
  • What's in SWE for Me?
10:00 - 11:30am Careers in Academia and Government (concurrent events)

  • Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Academia
  • U.S. Navy Government Session
10:00 - 11:30am Inclusion and Cultural Awareness (concurrent events)

  • Encouraging Your Peers Returning to Work After Cancer Treatment
  • Men as Diversity Partners
  • On-Ramp Your Career: Understanding Obstacles and Maximizing Opportunities for Your Comeback
  • Writing SWE Section Histories
10:00 - 11:30am Innovation in Technology and Business (concurrent events)

  • Art of Engineering 
  • Evolution of User Interfaces for Wireless Data
  • How to Patent a Technology Idea
  • Visual Workplace Within the Lean Journey
10:00 - 11:30am Professional Development
(concurrent events)

  • Difficult Conversations 
  • Fitting in Fitness with Business Travel (Mid Manager Series)
  • Smart Travel Tips for Women on the Go
  • Succeeding in a Remote Environment
  • Strategies for Innovation: Going from Inspiration to Market Sensation
  • Yoga as a Power Tool for Women to Handle Mental and Physical Challenge in Balancing Work and Home (Mid Manager Series)
10:00am - 12:00pm
SWE Meetings
Corporate Members Meeting
10:00am - 12:45pm
SWE Meetings Council of Representatives (COR) Mega Issues
11:45am - 1:15pm
Special Event (collegiate only) Collegiate Welcome Lunch
12:15 - 4:15pm
Tours-Technical
BP Solar
1:00 - 3:00pm
SWE Meetings
International Members Meeting 
1:00 - 5:00pm
SWE Meetings (concurrent events)

  • Region A Meeting
  • Region B Meeting
  • Region C Meeting
  • Region D Meeting
  • Region E Meeting
  • Region F Meeting
  • Region G Meeting
  • Region H Meeting
  • Region I Meeting
  • Region J Meeting
1:15 - 4:15pm Tours-Sightseeing USS Constellation
1:30 - 3:00pm
Career and Life
Transitions
(concurrent events)

  • Engineer of 2020: Raising the Bar
  • Ethics and Choosing Your Career
  • How to Work a Career Fair
  • Translating Your Degree into a Career
  • Women Leaders Leading Change
1:30 - 3:00pm Careers in Academia and Government (concurrent events)

  • Engineering Staff Positions in Academia

 

1:30 - 3:00pm
Inclusion and
Cultural Awareness
  • Expectations of Successful Latina Engineers
  • Women of Color Workshop
1:30 - 3:00pm Innovation in Technoloy and Business (concurrent events)

  • Medical Device Regulation in a Global Market
  • Quality Systems for Here and Now
  • Technology Careers in Traditional Fields: A Day in the Life of a Woman Engineer
  • Risk Management: Engineering and Wall Street
  • Women in Technology
1:30 - 3:00pm Professional Development (concurrent events)

  • Delegation and Time Management
  • Innovation: How to Make it Work in Your Organization
  • Finding Your Fit as an Individual
  • Presenting the Best You: Leveraging SWE Membership to Highlight Your Company
  • Résumé Writing for Mid Managers (Mid Manager Series)
  • Revolutionizing the Financial Industry Through Innovation
  • Trendy Stress? (Mid Manager Series)
1:30 - 3:00pm Tours-TechnicalUPS Burtonsville Facility
   
1:30 - 5:00pm
Innovations in Technology and Business Reclaim Control of Your Projects: Stop the Surprises and Be Prepared Using Risk Management 
2:00 - 5:00pm SWE Meetings
Corporate Partnership Council Meeting and Networking Reception
3:30 - 5:00pm Career and Life Transitions (concurrent events)

  • A Quality Career
  • Career Advancement: What Women Need to Know About Accelerating Their Careers in Engineering (Mid Manager Series)
  • Expanding Your Horizons: Seeking Job and Study Opportunities Abroad
  • Extreme Engineering Makeover
  • Rotational Programs
3:30 - 5:00pm Careers in Academia and Government (concurrent events)

  • Different Paths to Success: Succeeding in an Academic Environment
  • The Cost of Not Asking: Women and Negotiation in the Academic Environment
3:30 - 5:00pm Inclusion and Cultural AwarenessHow to Get the "Dis" Out of Disability: Working with a Deaf Employee
3:30 - 5:00pm
Innovations in Technology and Business (concurrent events)

  • Requirements Development and Management
  • Technology Careers in Traditional Fields: A Day in the Life of a Woman Engineer
3:30 - 5:00pm Professional Development (concurrent events)

  • Curtsies in the Office: A Frank Discussion on Office Etiquette
  • Introduction to MySWE Online Communities
  • Leadership Changes in an Ever Changing Global Economy
  • Navigating Life: One Woman's Path to Professional and Personal Success
  • Speed Mentoring
  • The Art of Caring Leadership (Mid Manager Series)
  • Why Women Opt Out of the Rat Race and How to Catch Up Again
4:15 - 5:00pm SWE Meetings Treasurer and Finance Chairs
4:00 - 5:00pm Special Events (invitation only) President's Reception
5:00 - 6:00pm Special Events Opening Ceremony - Harlem Gospel Choir
6:00 - 8:00pm
Special Events
(concurrent events)

  • Career Fair Opening Reception
  • Collegiate Poster Competition
8:00 - 9:00pmSpecial Events (invitation only) Past President's Reception
8:00 - 10:00pm Special Events Company Sponsored Hospitality Suites and Life Member Hospitality Suite

Friday, November 7, 2008

Time Event Type Event Name
7:00am - 8:30am SWE MeetingsRCR, RCNE & Collegiate Section Presidents
7:00am - 6:00pm
Conference Services
(concurrent events)

  • Career Resources Center
  • Registration and Member Services
  • Speaker Ready Room
  • Volunteer Central
 7:30am - 8:30am SWE Meetings Leadership Pipeline Task Force
7:30 - 9:00am
SWE MeetingsCollegiate Leadership Coaching Committee
8:00am - 5:00pm Conference Services (concurrent events)

  • SWE Boutique
  • WE08 Activity Center
8:30 - 10:00am Special Events (concurrent events)

  • Technical Plenary Session: Women Engineers as Change Agents
 8:30 - 10:00am SWE Meetings
  • Graduate Student Community
  • Women in Academia Community
8:45am - 5:00pm Outreach Engineering Your Future
 9:00am - 11:00am Collegiate CompetitionsTeam Tech 
9:00 - 11:00am SWE Meetings COR Parlimentarian Office Hours
9:30am - 5:00pm Conference Services
Lava Lounge
10:00am - 2:00pm
SWE Meetings
MAL Meeting
10:00am - 4:00pm Special Event Career Fair and Career Fair Lunch
10:00am - 4:00pmCollegiate Competitions Collegiate Poster Competition
1:00pm - 2:00pm SWE Meetings
COR Governance FIG Meetings
1:30 - 3:00pm Career and Life Transitions (concurrent events)

  • Getting Dirty and Loving It: Career Opportunities in the Engineering & Construction Industry
  • Leading Versus Following a Career Path
  • Leaving College and Entering Real Life
  • The Power of Passion: Taking the Road Less Traveled
  • What Do I Want To Do With My Life?: How to Collide Passion, Talent and Lifestyle to Identify Your Dream Job
  • Your Future as a Grown Up: What Will It Be?
1:30 - 3:00pmCareers in Academia and Government
  •  Academic Leadership Panel
1:30 - 3:00pmInclusion and Cultural Awareness (concurrent events)

  • How to Be a Woman in a Flat World
  • F1 to H1 and Beyond: Challenges of Foreign Nationals
1:30 - 3:00pm
Innovations in Technology and Business
(concurrent events)

  • Building An Innovative Culture: I Wish I Had a Blueprint
  • Energy in the 21st Century
  • Web 2.0
1:30 - 3:00pm
Professional Development
(concurrent events)

  • Developing Your Own Personal Board of Directors (Mid Manager Series)
  • Emotional Intelligence and Women at the Workplace
  • Experience Talking: Working Mom as CFO (Day in the Life)
  • Leadership Derailers (Mid Manager Series)
  • Learning Leadership Styles
  • Memoirs of a 20-Something Female Engineer
 2:00 - 3:00pmSWE Meetings COR Communications Committee Meeting
3:00 - 4:30pm Inclusion and Cultural Awareness SWE Public Policy Session 
 3:00 - 5:00pm SWE Meetings COR Mega Issue Task Force
3:00 - 5:00pm Special Events  SWE Fellows Reception (fellows only)
3:30 - 5:00pm Career and Life Transitions
Career Readiness: Things You Need to Know Before Entering the Real World
3:30 - 5:00pm Careers in Academia and Government
(concurrent events)

  • Career Paths for Government Engineers
  • Faculty & Graduate Student Networking Reception
  • Technical Professionals and Managers Providing Maximum Contribution on a Part-time Schedule
3:30 - 5:00pm Inclusion and Cultural Awareness LGBT's and Allies in the Workplace: The Conversation Continues
3:30 - 5:00pm Innovations in Technology and Business (concurrent events)

  • Cleaner Electricity Solutions
  • Engineering and Technology: Meeting the Energy Challenge
  • Virtual Worlds and the Workplace
3:30 - 5:00pm
Professional Development (concurrent events)

  • A "Broad" Experience Panel Discussion on Living and Working Outside of the U.S.
  • "Can You Hear Me Now?" Becoming an Awesome Communicator
  • Consulting/Professional Services: The Challenges and Benefits of the Profession for Women
  • How to Use Six Hat Thinking in Problem Solving
  • Membership Workshop: The Value of SWE Membership in Your Company
  • MySWE Online Communities for SWE Leadership
  • Oh the Places You Will Go: Trips for Relocation
  • Strategic and Tactical Planning
  • Surviving and Prospering When Faced with Middle Manager Issues (Mid Manager Series)
  • Telling Tales at Work: The Power of Corporate Storytelling
4:00 - 5:00pm  SWE Meetings
SWE Town Hall Meeting 
4:00 - 5:30pm Special Events Exhibitor/Sponsor Reception (invitation only) 
 4:30 - 6:00pm SWE Meetings RCR, RCNE Meeting
6:00 - 7:00pm
Special Events (invitation only- collegiate)
Collegiate Section President Reception (invitation only)
6:00 - 7:00pm
Special EventAchievement Award Reception
7:00 - 9:00pm
Tours-Sightseeing
Fells Point Walking Ghost Tour
7:00 - 10:00pm
Special Event Awards Banquet

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Time Event Type Event Name
7:00am - 12:00pm
Conference Services
Career Resources Center
7:00am - 5:00pmConference Services(concurrent events)

  • Volunteer Central
  • Speaker Ready Room
7:30am - 12:00pm Conference Services
Registration and Member Services
8:00 - 9:30am SWE Meetings SWE Counselors and Faculty Advisors Meeting
8:00am - 12:00pm
Career Enhancement Series
  • Breakdown, Breakthrough: The Professional Woman's Guide to Claiming a Life of Passion, Power and Purpose
  • Don't Hit Snooze: Managing Your Performance Review
8:00am - 12:00pm Conference Services (concurrent events)

  • SWE Boutique
  • WE08 Activity Board
8:30 - 10:00am
Special Events

Executive Plenary Panel

9:00am - 12:00pm Inlcusion and Cultural Awareness
AWE Registration and Workshop
9:00am - 3:00pm
Tours-TechnicalAnnapolis Naval Academy
9:00am - 3:00pm Tours-Sightseeing Baltimore Historical Trolley Tour
9:30am - 12:00pm
Conference Services
Lava Lounge
9:45am - 2:00pm
Tours-Sightseeing
National Aquarium of Baltimore
10:00 - 11:00amSWE Meetings Membership Meeting
10:00 - 11:30am
Careers in Academia and Government (concurrent events)

  • Making the Choice to Attend Graduate School: What You Need to Know 
  • Preparing for, Obtaining, and Succeeding in a Career in Research
  • Women in the Armed Forces
10:00 - 11:30am Innovations in Technology and Business
(concurrent events)

  • Regulatory Affairs for Engineers
  • Technical to Management
  • Why Should You Consider a Career in Energy?
10:00 - 11:30am
Professional Development (concurrent events)

  • Managing Effective Meetings
  • Developing Global Competencies (Mid Manager Series)
  • Enchanting Customers: Creating the Pathway for Superior Service
  • Tools to Become a Super Supervisor
  • Yes, You Can Have it All!
10:00am - 12:00pm Innovations in Technology and Business
Technical Poster Session
11:30am - 1:30pm
Special Events
Launching into Leadership Collegiate Lunch
12:00 - 5:00pm
SWE Meetings
Council of Representatives (COR) Meeting
1:00 - 5:00pm
Career Enhancement Series
(concurrent events)

  • Effective Win-Win Strategies in the Work Environment
  • People Physics 101: I Can Do Engineering, It's the People I Don't Understand
1:15 - 3:15pm Tours-Sightseeing
Baltimore Orioles Camden Yards
1:30 - 3:00pm Career and Life Transitions
  • Getting the Interview You Deserve 
  • How to Develop Your Career Within the First Five Years
  • What AAAS Can Do For You and Your Career
1:30 - 3:00pm Careers in Academia and Government(concurrent events)

  • Jobs of the Future: Defense of the U.S.
  • Surviving the First Year of Graduate School
1:30 - 3:00pm Inclusion and Cultural Awareness (concurrent events)

  • In Search of the Androgynous Manager
  • Managing Your Career Like a Business: Finding Your Networks
1 :30 - 3:00pm
Innovations in Technology and Business
(concurrent events)

  • Engineering Life: A Closer Look at the World of Medical Devices
  • Lean Manufacturing and How to Apply It to Your Work
1:30 - 3:00pm Professional Development (concurrent events)

  • Collegiate Leadership Coaching: Building Membership
  • How to Write Smart Goals
  • Women Managers: Making a Mark, Learning Lessons Strategy and Execution
2:00 - 4:00pm
Outreach
Outreach Expo
2:00 - 5:00pm Collegiate Competitions SME Bowl
3:30 - 5:00pm Career and Life Transitions

Stories from the Oilfield

 3:30 - 5:00pm Careers in Academia and GovernmentCreating a Successful Partnership with your Advisor
3:30 - 5:00pm Inclusion and Cultural Awareness

(concurrent events)

  • Diversity: A Challenge
  • What Difference Do Women Make?
3:30 - 5:00pm Innovations in Technology and Business

(concurrent events)

  • How Does SOA Relate to EA, and Where is Systems Engineering in This Relationship?
  • New Reactor Design Reviews and Engineering Design Issues
3:30 - 5:00pm
Professional Development (concurrent events)

  • Collegiate Leadership Coaching: Dealing with Leadership Burnout
  • How to Become a Fellow in Your Engineering Profession
  • IBM Excellence Session: Effective Communications
  • President or Entrepreneur
  • Reality Check and the Glass Ceiling
  • The Simple Statements Your Mother Made to You: Why They Still Apply in Your Career
5:30 - 6:30pm
Special Event2008 Class of Fellows Reception
6:30 - 10:00pm Special Event Celebrate SWE!
 
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