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Women's 2008 Leadership Symposium |
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It's Your Responsibility: How to Lead and Impact Policy: Enhancing the Role of Women in Medical and Biological Engineering
December 4-5, 2008
Chicago Airport Hilton
Chicago, IL
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Registration Form
For a room at the Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport, please call 877-865-5322 and mention code AIB or go online at www.hilton.com and use code AIB in the group/convention box. The cutoff date for reservations is November 21, 2008.
AIMBE Fellows are invited to come to Chicago to discuss how to positively influence change for women in medical and biological engineering. The Symposium is open to all AIMBE Fellows as well as all senior women in medical and biological engineering. The Symposium will be held at the Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport.
Agenda
Day One
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4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Welcome Reception and
Networking Event
Mix and mingle with Colleagues
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5:00 pm - 5:15 pm
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Welcome and Introductions
Susan Blanchard, Ph.D.
Co-Chair, Women in Medical and Biological Engineering Committee
Founding Director and Professor
U.A. Whitaker School of Engineering
Florida Gulf Coast University
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5:15 pm - 6:00 pm
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Keynote Address
Mrinalini (Meena) C. Rao , Ph.D.
Vice President for Academic Affairs
University of Illinois
Meena Rao's Bio
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Facilitated Discussion and Dinner
Facilitated by Jacqueline Johnson, Ph.D.
Jacqueline Johnson & Associates, LLC
Management & Higher Education Consulting
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Day Two
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7:30 am - 8:15 am
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Continental Breakfast
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8:15 am - 9:00 am
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Keynote Address and Discussion
Kristyn Scott, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Toronto
Kristyn Scott's Bio
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9:00 am - 10:30 am
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Panel Discussion
Being an Agent of Change
Semahat Demir, Ph.D.
Program Director
Biomedical Engineering Program
National Science Foundation
Semahat Demir's Bio
Betty Shanahan, CAE
Executive Director
Society for Women Engineers
Betty Shanahan's Bio
Carol Muller, Ph.D.
Founder
MentorNet
Carol Muller's Bio
Cathy Krier, MBA
Senior Principle Talent Source Consultant
of Quality, Clinical and Regulatory
Medtronic, Inc.
Medtronic Women's Council
Maria Siebes, Ph.D.
Chairman
Women in Medical and Biological
Engineering Committee
International Federation for Medical
and Biological
Engineering
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10:30 am - 11:00 am
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Break
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm
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Panel Discussions
Learning to be an Effective Organizational and Public Policy Leader
Joye Purser, Ph.D.
Senior Legislative Assistant
Office of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Stacie Propst, Ph.D.
Vice President
Senior Policy and Outreach
Research!America
Stacie Propst's Bio
Phoebe Leboy, Ph.D.
President
Association for Women in Science
Phoebe Leboy's Bio
Vivian Pinn, M.D.
Associate Director for Research on Women's Health
Director, Office of Research on Women's Health
National Institutes of Health
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
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Lunch and Facilitated Discussion
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
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Conclusion and Action Items- Priorities for AIMBE and You : Steps You Can Take at Home
Rebecca M. Bergman, Co-Chair
Vice President, Science and Technology
Medtronic, Inc.
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