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  • Thursday, October 20

Entrepreneurial Engineer: Run Your own Business & Keep Your Sanity

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  • Thursday, October 20

Entrepreneurial Engineer: Run Your own Business & Keep Your Sanity

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Are you wondering if you can have a full-time job and pursue your dreams in a side hustle? Have you always wanted to be your own boss? Are you just looking to do something different? Women engineers are natural business leaders and motivated by unique intentions when heading on a career path. They are resilient, empathic, multi-taskers that create a shared purpose. According to Forbes, 42% of companies are owned by women and one main reason is to seek more independence. This interactive presentation will focus on the desire, decisions, time management, and networking opportunities of business ownership.

Succession Planning: Resist the Urge to Fill in the Blank

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  • Thursday, October 20

Succession Planning: Resist the Urge to Fill in the Blank

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
While succession planning is viewed as futile to some, creating a viable succession plan is a pivotal component to ensure organizational success. The “Great Resignation” has left many well-crafted succession plans void of top talent and highlighted the underdeveloped talent pipeline of many organizations. Now we must redefine how we assess readiness, build future-forward succession plans, and communicate intent to talent. This session will discuss the importance of building future-focused succession plans along with development plans to close experience gaps. In addition, we will discuss succession metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of organizational succession plans in addition to readiness progression.

Greener Futures: Methane Emission Reduction Success Stories

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  • Thursday, October 20

Greener Futures: Methane Emission Reduction Success Stories

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Technical Innovations
Net zero and emission reduction goal announcements by corporations are all the rage these days. But what does it take for a company to actually reduce their emissions in a meaningful way? Listen to two natural gas utility experts describe their journey to build a methane emission reduction program from the ground up, with the goal of reducing methane emissions 20% by 2025 and 40% by 2030, which involved a major culture shift for their organization. Learn about methane emission reduction technologies and the successes and struggles that accompany their implementation. Additionally, identify various obstacles you may encounter in your journey to modernize your company culture, such as change resistance and culture shock at your organization.

A World of Opportunity for a Triple Minority

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  • Thursday, October 20

A World of Opportunity for a Triple Minority

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
As a black immigrant woman, I often find myself to be not a single or a double but a triple minority in most places I go. My work place is no exception. It is almost a habit of mine to look around board rooms and count how many minorities there are that meet my classification. I often find just myself. It is easy to look at that and feel discouraged. It is even easier to give excuses on our color, gender and place of origin for any obstacle we encounter in our career. But there is another side to the coin. At this session, we will hear about how to maximize our potential and rise above to harvest a world of opportunity as a triple minority. We will discuss ways to excel and build support around us.

Actually, I was just Thinking…Make your Words work for you

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  • Thursday, October 20

Actually, I was just Thinking…Make your Words work for you

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
We’re all moving away from being unnecessarily sorry, but do you still catch yourself asking, “Am I making sense”? Do you delegate tasks to others, but your requests are constantly ignored? Did someone else actually say it better in that meeting? We use words all day long, so make them work for you. In this session, you will learn and recognize language patterns used by women in spoken and written communications, identify your own language pitfalls, and get inspired to find better alternatives without diminishing yourself. We encourage you to apply the techniques you learn, so the next time you speak up, give a presentation, or send that quick email, your words are impactful, intentional, and perceived the way you want.

Becoming an Innovator: Capturing and Communicating Your Ideas Effectively

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  • Thursday, October 20

Becoming an Innovator: Capturing and Communicating Your Ideas Effectively

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Self Management
As engineers, we all know how to think creatively, solve a problem, and bring ideas to life in one form or another. But communicating ideas in a way to gather support, invoke action, and just as important… get credit for the idea, can sometimes be more challenging than the idea itself. Often, if an idea isn’t initially well-received, it can be assumed it was a bad idea and abandoned, sometimes creating doubt and future hesitation to share more ideas. But in reality, it wasn’t always the idea, but the timing and the way the vision was communicated. In this session, Christine will share her experience overcoming her own self-doubt to generate dozens of Invention Disclosures and New Project Ideas every year and outline the tools that participants can use to start documenting and communicating new ideas with success.

Cultivating a Women’s Employee Belonging Group (EBG) at Work

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  • Thursday, October 20

Cultivating a Women’s Employee Belonging Group (EBG) at Work

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
For companies in industry, Employee Belonging Groups (EBGs) aim to create a sense of belonging and inclusion for underrepresented groups and ultimately foster employee engagement and retention in the workplace. During this presentation, a guide to cultivating a women’s EBG at your workplace will be shared. The presenters will review lessons learned from recent experience starting and maintaining an EBG for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers at BorgWarner Inc., a mobility solutions provider. Since launching in 2018, this EBG has developed and led 22 events in the categories of social, community outreach, and career development. This year the speakers along with colleagues from human resources and technical departments plan to expand from one local group in Michigan to a global initiative by forming multiple EBG chapters at BorgWarner locations around the world.

Core Conditioning: Exercises to Develop Your Leadership Potential

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  • Thursday, October 20

Core Conditioning: Exercises to Develop Your Leadership Potential

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
We all understand the need to be strong physically, and we need to show as much focus and intention on developing our leadership potential. How do we develop these ‘core’ abilities? Let’s break them up into theoretical muscle groups: building diverse teams, being experts in our subject matter, engaging employees, living company and personal values, and championing the next generation of leaders. Our careers are not just marathons. They are exciting obstacle courses that require training, practicing and coaching. Join Johnson Controls CIO Diane Schwarz and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion leader Denise Malloy to hear about their conditioning methods and experiences.

Accelerate your Career: Maximizing your Personal Brand

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  • Thursday, October 20

Accelerate your Career: Maximizing your Personal Brand

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Self Management
Do you ever wonder why it seems some people achieve their career goals quickly and others stall along the way? The Performance, Image, and Exposure (P.I.E.) Personal Branding Model is a toolkit that will support navigating your career journey whether you are an undergraduate student looking for an internship or a seasoned professional seeking your next career move. This session will provide real-life insights on the importance of interdependencies between Performance, Image, and Exposure and how to leverage them to fuel career advancement and personal growth. Christina will share how she has leveraged the P.I.E. model throughout her career with storytelling and examples from her journey while guiding attendees on how to personalize and put into practice the P.I.E. model themselves. Attendees will walk away with tangible action steps to chart their own unique course to career growth, development, and advancement with Christina’s guidance along the way.

Navigating Allyship and Inclusion in College and the Workforce

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  • Thursday, October 20

Navigating Allyship and Inclusion in College and the Workforce

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
As someone who identifies as nonbinary, I know there are several struggles that members of the LGBTQ+ community experience in professional environments. I am hoping to share my experiences as a college undergraduate who recently went through the internship job application process for the first time. Being out in a professional setting can be terrifying, especially since there are no federal antidiscrimination laws protecting people based off gender identity or sexual orientation. By the end of this session, members of the LGBTQ+ community will have a better understanding on how to navigate professional environments while still remaining true to themselves. Allies of the LGBTQ+ community will also gain insight on how promote inclusion in college and the workforce. Promoting acceptance across all minority groups is crucial for creating healthy workplace environments and will help build the future of professional industries.

Transforming the Future of Work through Reskilling, Upskilling & Mindset

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  • Thursday, October 20

Transforming the Future of Work through Reskilling, Upskilling & Mindset

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
As digital transformation continues to alter the world of work, companies are struggling to recruit talent with the advanced digital skills and mindsets required for an increasing number of jobs. Women are already disproportionately affected by digital transformation and are also currently under-represented in STEM-related professions. Instead of allowing automation and digital disruption to further impact disparities between the genders, the reskilling revolution presents a great opportunity for women to transform their skills and demonstrate their agile mindsets to meet the demands of today’s workplace and for companies to make meaningful progress in the effort for gender diversity.

Inclusive Leadership: A Focus on Self, Others and Systems

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  • Thursday, October 20

Inclusive Leadership: A Focus on Self, Others and Systems

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
Inclusive cultures start with inclusive leaders. What a leader says and does defines the experience of their individual team members. Simmons University’s groups the behaviors of inclusive leaders into six defined actions – becoming aware, becoming an ally and upstander and becoming a change agent. The model spotlights the internal work of appreciating difference and building awareness. The second practices focuses on supporting others. The last practice is all about advocating for impactful, systemic change. Engage in an active session of self-discovery. Discuss ways to show-up as an advocate in your workplace and community. Leverage your relationship capital to drive change in your organization. Identify your next action following the session and resources to keep the learning going after the workshop. This session is a dance between moments of self-reflection, learning and application.

Dress for Success

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  • Thursday, October 20

Dress for Success

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Self Management
The way that we dress can impact how others perceive us and how we present ourselves to the world. The wrong clothes can make us appear uncertain or unprofessional, which can cause our message to be lost or overlooked. The right outfit can help us be viewed as confident and capable and allow our message and good work to be recognized. In this session, you will learn how to select clothing to help you show up as your best self.

Taking a Career Break: Does it Break your Career?

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  • Thursday, October 20

Taking a Career Break: Does it Break your Career?

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Are you considering taking a career break to raise a family or care for an elderly parent, but are concerned that it will permanently derail your career? While this may have been true in the past, companies are beginning to recognize that professionals re-entering the workforce are an untapped source of high quality talent, particularly for difficult-to-fill technical roles. Fortunately, taking a career break no longer has to be the death knell of a promising career. This session provides strategies for successfully managing a career break from two women with real world experience in engineering career re-entry. Topics include how to effectively exit the workforce, what to do while on a break to maintain employability, steps to take when you are ready to return to work, and how to survive your first year back. Don’t let a career break break your career!

Yes, an MBA Can Help

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  • Thursday, October 20

Yes, an MBA Can Help

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Self Management
Engineers today tend to stick to their technical area of expertise and are anxious about venturing beyond. This mindset limits their overall potential to advance their career. The purpose of the session is to motivate the participants to expand their knowledge into business interface. Many engineers have great ideas for products or business, but can’t turn them into reality because of the lack of necessary skills. An MBA can help unlock an engineer’s business acumen by introducing knowledge regarding marketing, finance and commercialization. With the introduction of people development, management and leadership skills, an MBA can help improve an engineer’s communication and collaboration; as well as their competency when dealing with conflict or negotiation. In the session, Rachel will visit the different opinions about whether an engineer needs an MBA, pros and cons; she will also share her personal experience of how an MBA helped her technical career in Verizon.

Diversifying Your DE&I: Emphasis on the “E”

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  • Thursday, October 20

Diversifying Your DE&I: Emphasis on the “E”

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
As many organizations continue to improve their diversity and inclusion efforts, it is important to emphasize the “E” and make equity the end goal. Through this session, we will explore what we can do as leaders and changemakers to create equitable environments that empower everyone to succeed. We will examine what it means to build teams and workplaces where Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are not just buzzwords – they are engrained in the culture. The session will incorporate activities focused on developing a deeper understanding of how to drive inclusive organizational change.

You’ve Got This! Setting Goals that Stick.

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You’ve Got This! Setting Goals that Stick.

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
Goal setting can seem daunting and spiral out of control into an epic “to do list” before you know it. We know strategies like New Year’s resolutions and good intentions don’t work. Get ahead of the whirlwind by having a strategy to get the outcome you want. In this talk, I’ll share some tips I use successfully with my teams and myself to keep goals balanced, focused, and forward moving. Learn what resources and strategies can help in the goal setting process, keeping on track, and getting moving again when things aren’t exactly going as planned. Don’t let past or current challenges get you down, You got this!

Finding Directive and Belonging in Interdisciplinary Fields

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Finding Directive and Belonging in Interdisciplinary Fields

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Self Management
What happens when you are the only engineer in the room? In school, engineering students are surrounded by other engineering students. It takes guidance and mentorship from other engineers for a new grad engineer to learn and develop technical and career skills, especially in an industry that is new to them. Entering a group full of PhD-level scientists as a new grad engineer was a daunting task, and I want to share my story about how I navigated my transition into my first full-time engineering role. I want to share how to find mentors in what can feel like an isolating role, as well as how to communicate effectively with colleagues from different educational backgrounds. Finding directive and belonging is an important piece of the transition from school to industry, and I believe there are lessons learned I can share to other new grad engineers joining interdisciplinary teams.

Build The Team That Will Get You Hired

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  • Thursday, October 20

Build The Team That Will Get You Hired

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Advancing your career takes more than having a good resume and well-rehearsed responses to interview questions. In fact, to get ahead, many professionals enlist the help of others — a coach, headhunter, resume writer, to name a few — to strategize career mobility. While it is important to find those who can support and guide you, quite often, the people best positioned to help you elevate your career are much closer than you think. In this presentation, we will discuss how you can build your very own Personal Board of Advisors for your career. We will take a look at how to identify who your most powerful champions and advocates are, and how to engage them as you elevate your career trajectory.

State Engineering Boards: My Experience Serving the State of Wisconsin

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  • Thursday, October 20

State Engineering Boards: My Experience Serving the State of Wisconsin

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
Each state has its own state engineering board that oversees licensure and rule-making related to licensure in its state. But what do these boards really do? How do the various state boards interact? And how does one go about getting appointed to a state board? The speaker will share her path through the nomination and appointment process and discuss her experiences while serving on the Wisconsin State Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Professional Land Surveyors for the past several years.

Clean Water and Wastewater Equity for Vulnerable Communities

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  • Thursday, October 20

Clean Water and Wastewater Equity for Vulnerable Communities

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
Water is one of the most basic and critical resources for sustaining life and economies. The delivery of safe, reliable drinking water and the responsible handling and treatment of wastewater are major responsibilities of local government. This can be a challenge for many vulnerable communities as the costs for maintaining water systems continue to rise while the burden increasingly falls on those less able to afford it. The infrastructure needed to deliver clean drinking water and to treat wastewater is complex. Recent water-related events highlight institutional and management challenges faced by underserved communities. This session explores four questions: What is the infrastructure needed to deliver clean drinking water and treat wastewater? What are some engineering challenges associated with that infrastructure? What are the impacts of water inequity on underserved communities? What are example solutions industry and government are introducing to address the inequities associated with access to clean water?

How To Diversify Your Self-care Routine

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  • Thursday, October 20

How To Diversify Your Self-care Routine

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Self Management
Do you feel like you’re jumping from one task to another? Do you want to bring balance back into your life? Does it feel like there is not enough hours in the day? I can relate and I’m here to help you by showing you some tips that I’ve used to diversify my self-care routine. As a Diversity Leader and Business Owner I constantly have an ever-growing To-Do List. I’ve learned over the years that I must make sure that I’m taking an active role in my self-care routine. In this session, I will share how to be strategic to design a plan that will benefit your life today! By the end of this session my goal is to enable you with some tools, resources & support to ensure that you feel empowered and encouraged to look at self-care routine in a new light.

Women Leaders: Lessons From The Pandemic and What’s Next

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  • Thursday, October 20

Women Leaders: Lessons From The Pandemic and What’s Next

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
Are women better leaders during crisis? What the data tells us about women leading during crisis, how the pandemic provided sudden new leadership opportunities for women across industries, and how can we ensure that these gains aren’t lost in a post-pandemic world.

Power of the P.E.

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  • Thursday, October 20

Power of the P.E.

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
More agencies and institutions are requiring licensed professional engineers (P.E). A professional engineer is a person who is licensed to practice engineering in a particular state or U.S. territory after meeting all the requirements of the law. Even when a P.E. is not required for your role there are many powerful reasons both professional and personal for earning and maintaining a P.E. license. This session will give you the information you need to obtain the professional licensure and an understanding of the responsibilities to maintain it. Come hear our speakers’ diverse journeys and reasons for obtaining and maintaining their Professional Engineer licenses.

Future Leaders: What I Learned From my Teenage Daughter

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Future Leaders: What I Learned From my Teenage Daughter

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Self Management
Learning is bidirectional. As I watch my daughter grow, it is humbling how much I have also grown as a person along with her. Today’s youth and tomorrow’s leaders are more aware of the world around them, engaging in both the real & virtual world. They are both isolated and connected. As I raise her, I find myself constantly balancing her academic success with instilling human values. The pressure to succeed, as a young adult, is so immense that they forget to be alive and enter the work force often burnt out. As a parent, leader and mentor, one must pause and reflect on finding the optimum equilibrium in pursuing academic/technical excellence and nurturing kindness, sharing and empathy. In this snap session, I will discuss how as leaders we get caught in our own web creating barriers, becoming averse to risk taking and often forget to value success holistically.

Time to Play: Building Inclusion Using LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Methodology

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  • Thursday, October 20

Time to Play: Building Inclusion Using LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Methodology

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
You’re sitting in a meeting when your mind starts to wander; the presenter has lost your attention. Use serious play to reinvigorate your meetings and make sure that all attendees want to participate, have a voice that matters, and feel fully engaged. Serious play sounds like a contradiction but allows us to use our imaginations and aspects of past experiences to develop solutions together. It allows us to reimagine the possible, take on new roles, feel empowered and a sense of belonging, and dynamically address both complex challenges and day-to-day changes. We’ll explore one of the best-known mechanisms for serious play – the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® method – including how it encourages group problem-solving for complex topics and relies on the inclusion and input of every participant while creating a memorable experience through creative expression using LEGO® bricks.

Making the Leap to the VP Seat

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  • Thursday, October 20

Making the Leap to the VP Seat

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
Many working professionals are seeking positions in executive leadership. Many already have highly successful careers as senior leaders within their companies but struggle to attain their next career milestone. This can be frustrating, especially for accomplished, hardworking, skilled leaders. It can be even more frustrating if you are facing the barrier to entry as a female leader. In this panel, you will hear from four Vice Presidents from different industries and work-life situations on how they made the leap to VP and the challenges they faced both before and after gaining that elusive seat. There will be open Q&A from the attendees, as well as some pre-set questions.

Being Different is a Superpower!

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Being Different is a Superpower!

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Self Management
Have you ever had the experience of feeling different? Are you the only female engineer on a team full of men or the only woman at the leadership table? Unfortunately, many women get the message in the workplace that they need to blend in, downplay their gender, age, background, accent, being a mother, a career woman, and suppress their uniqueness. We wear our differences in the workplace like scars. Most of us will have a moment in our lives that changes everything, when we’ve had enough, when we realize we’re strong enough to be different. We realize that what makes us different, disguised as weakness, is actually our superpower. It’s the reason why you got that project, that job, you offer a much-needed perspective, unique skills and innovative ideas. What makes you different or weird? Convert that into fuel. Make it your strength. Then, it can never be your weakness.

¡She Se Puede!

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  • Thursday, October 20

¡She Se Puede!

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
This snap session will focus on the first-generation Latina/x-American experience in engineering. Learn about the cultural struggles of pursuing a degree in a male-dominated industry while being told, “eso no es para las mujeres”. Being the jefas that we are, we are dismantling the machismo culture just by pursuing a career in engineering. Making the transition from college into the workforce has it’s own struggle, you might find one or two other people that look like you. With Latinas making up only 2% of the engineering workforce, we might sometimes feel like the Selenas of engineering, which we are! Join me in celebrating the intersectionality of all Latinas/Latinxs in engineering and experiencing all the Bidi Bidi Bom Boms along the way!

Unlock the Power of Data to Transform the Customer Experience

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  • Thursday, October 20

Unlock the Power of Data to Transform the Customer Experience

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Technical Innovations
Customer data is a powerful tool and cornerstone to successful business strategies. Understanding your customers’ digital habits and demographic data is just a snapshot into who each customer is. Winning companies must learn how to successfully unlock data and transform it into a 360-degree view of the customer to enhance their overall experience. The possibilities for collecting data are endless, but the information needs to be leveraged across platforms to provide the personalized experiences customers have come to expect, without compromising their privacy. This session will explore: 1. How digital transformation and unified experiences across channels unlock an organization’s full potential 2. Ways to leverage advanced analytics to gain an end-to-end view and better deliver for customers 3. Techniques for ensuring inclusivity in products and services for a diverse customer set Data is a differentiator. Join to learn more about how to use it to win in the digital age.

Career Fair Tips and Tricks

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  • Thursday, October 20

Career Fair Tips and Tricks

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Back by popular demand! Join the Early Career Professionals Affinity Group to learn tips and tricks to be well-prepared for the Career Fair and subsequent interviews. We will discuss practical examples to improve your resume, perfect your elevator pitch, and ace the interview to succeed at the career fair and help you secure your dream role. We will follow the discussion with rounds of speed networking to practice our learnings and meet one another. This interactive session will be a great opportunity for everyone ranging from first-time attendees at WE22 to career fair pros.

Check Your Engines: A 12-Point Inspection for Mental Hygiene

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  • Thursday, October 20

Check Your Engines: A 12-Point Inspection for Mental Hygiene

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Self Management
Race, sexual preference, and life experiences play critical roles in our well-being, and bias can pose potential roadblocks to our success. In this session we will explore social stigmas thrust upon us by society and how they can affect the mental and physical well-being of an individual. In our panel today, we have 3 individuals who come from various backgrounds such as single motherhood, high-stress work life, and diversified ethnicities who will vulnerably share their challenges, coping mechanisms, and successes to thrive in a challenging environment. In addition, we will bring in a Phillips 66 Employee Assistance Program (EAP) expert who will elaborate on common obstacles seen in the work force along with tools to overcome them.

Throw Away the Bandaids: Implementing Change with Minimal Pain

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  • Thursday, October 20

Throw Away the Bandaids: Implementing Change with Minimal Pain

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
Ouch! Organizational change can be very challenging and painful, even when there is planning upfront. Some people embrace it with open arms and accept the benefit of the ever-evolving universe, while others push back until their back is facing the wall and there is no way out! Change does not have to be severe and intimidating though. This session will arm you with useful new tools, like the Design Sprint method, to enable you to quickly implement effective changes with minimal pain and suffering. Design Sprint allows teams to embrace change by translating art into solutions.

Understanding Visa Woes/ Breaking Model-Minority Myths: Allyship International #WomenEngineers Need

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  • Thursday, October 20

Understanding Visa Woes/ Breaking Model-Minority Myths: Allyship International #WomenEngineers Need

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
Non US-citizens made up 17% of the US workforce in 2019, according to the American Immigration Council. In STEM, this percentage is much higher, with the number in 2020 being closer to 40%. Thus, chances are high that as a student or professional in STEM, you have either studied or worked with someone born, brought up, or looking to move back to another country. As our classrooms and workforce get more global, it is not enough to merely be accepting of individuals from diverse countries and backgrounds, but also important to educate oneself of the trials they may have faced. This panel will unpack several challenges, biases, and stereotypes that immigrating and non-immigrating foreign nationals may face in the US. At the end of the panel, attendees will leave with resources to better equip and develop themselves as allies and advocates for an important group contributing to a global economy.

The Devil is in the Details

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  • Thursday, October 20

The Devil is in the Details

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Technical Innovations
Design of Experiments (DOE) is a branch of Applied Statistics and it is one Six Sigma Quality tools. Although this scientific method is often used behind the scenes for decision making, it has limitless applications in a wide field of industries. For example, we could determine the effect of stress and anxiety on performance of a team of astronauts in Space. In Marketing it can allow a company to gain an insight into the vital factors influencing a customer’s buying decision. In Cosmetic and Toiletries Formulation we could determine how raw materials have impact on the product performance (Hair Care Products, Face Mask, Perfume, Skin Lotions, etc.). As technology advances, processes will likely become more complex. This requires techniques to identify the “vital few” factors to directs the processes to its best setting to exceed quality and productivity. The power of DOE provides an effective tool to achieve these objectives.

Living Your Purpose and Passion in Your Role at Work

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  • Thursday, October 20

Living Your Purpose and Passion in Your Role at Work

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Our employees are more cognizant of how quickly their lives and the world can change. COVID has snapped us out of inertia and forced us to take the time to BE with ourselves and we could actually hear that voice that we drowned out…”Am I doing want I truly wanted to do or living the life I want? This job, that I dedicate so many hours of my life, is it aligned to my purpose and passion?” And the answer, is not exactly what we want to hear. This session is a guided journey that I had to take that allowed me to align my purpose and passion to my roles in corporate America. We spend the majority of our lives at work and many are struggling on how to make that time more meaningful not only to others that make decisions about our careers, but even to ourselves.

Leadership in the New World of Work

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  • Thursday, October 20

Leadership in the New World of Work

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
With ongoing political unrest, technological disruption, global pandemic, the ‘great resignation’ and the rise of an increasingly diverse and multigenerational workforce, a new kind of leadership is required for success. Today’s leaders must shift from fostering hierarchical, product-focused, profit-driven, office-based cultures to creating democratic, people-focused, people-driven cultures that empower teams across a myriad of locations. Those who master Modern Leadership skills will thrive in the new environment and draw the best talent to their teams. This session is designed for leaders who are eager to step up and increase their impact. We will focus on the six competencies of Modern Leaders, we call the HEARTI(TM) Leadership model: humility, empathy, accountability, resiliency, transparency, and inclusion. You’ll get three activities from our Leader Tool Kit to help you increase your skills. Applying these skills will help you and your team succeed in the new world of work.

Dealing with Life’s Challenges…Successfully

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  • Thursday, October 20

Dealing with Life’s Challenges…Successfully

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Self Management
As we move through life and our careers, difficult personal situations come up along the way that challenge how we approach work and life. This could be managing the challenges of caring for an elderly parent, dealing with infertility, or raising a child with special needs. Join us for a panel discussion to hear stories of how women were able to successfully integrate work and life (including fun) and how you can apply their strategies to better enjoy your life today.

Using Data Analytics: Would an Electrified Vehicle Work for You?

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  • Thursday, October 20

Using Data Analytics: Would an Electrified Vehicle Work for You?

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Technical Innovations
As many automakers transition to selling all electrified vehicles, customers will need additional knowledge to support their future transportation decisions. This session will show you how to use your personal data to determine if an electrified vehicle would meet your transportation needs and additionally educate you of the different electrified powertrains on the road today. The personal data study will utilize Google Maps and a Python script which will be provided to the audience for self-study purposes. Additionally, common electrified vehicle concerns will be answered with data and industry expertise.

How Inclusive Classrooms Can Transform Industry Culture

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  • Thursday, October 20

How Inclusive Classrooms Can Transform Industry Culture

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
By creating inclusive classrooms, it will provide entry-level engineers the skills to transform industry culture. We can begin to understand microaggressions from students’ perspectives so when we enter our professional careers, we may recognize these behaviors and act accordingly. In this session, we want to create awareness of microaggressions experienced by students and faculty. We hope to transform industry culture at the source by promoting inclusivity in the classroom. This student-facilitated workshop will define the various types of microaggressions, share situational examples, describe their residual effects, and provide techniques to dismantle them as a witness, perpetrator and/or recipient. Students will discuss their experience delivering CGCC’s first student facilitated faculty workshop and provide suggestions on how other SWE members can coordinate a training for their faculty or employer.

Negotiating Your Worth in a Male Dominated Field

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  • Thursday, October 20

Negotiating Your Worth in a Male Dominated Field

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
When it comes to negotiating, women do it less than men. But the cost of not negotiating could add up to years of additional work to catch up to the salary of men who negotiate. You have worked hard to earn your degree and become an engineer; don’t let off the gas when the time comes to evaluate an offer and advocate for your worth. In this session, you will hear why it’s critical that we as women negotiate to help close the pay gap, understand common pitfalls to a successful negotiation, and learn how to develop and execute a negotiation strategy.

Machine Learning – Intersecting Health, Comfort, and Efficiency

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  • Thursday, October 20

Machine Learning – Intersecting Health, Comfort, and Efficiency

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Technical Innovations
Dynamic variable air volume optimization (DVO) is a software driven technology that uses machine learning to improve performance and realize energy savings in buildings. The DVO application works with an existing building automation system to optimize heating, ventilation, and cooling (HVAC) datapoints. Proactive adjustments to these setpoints reduce energy usage while meeting occupant comfort. DVO also incorporates control strategies recommended by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Epidemic Taskforce which are intended to reduce indoor transmission of viruses, like Covid-19. This session will explain the challenges being solved and discuss key metrics. It will include why machine learning technology is superior to traditional control systems. The presentation will provide an overview of the technology and highlight the many benefits to building owners and occupants. An animation utilizing actual data will visually show the impact DVO can have, and a case study overview will quantify the opportunity.

How to Build Successful Mentor and Mentee Relationships

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  • Thursday, October 20

How to Build Successful Mentor and Mentee Relationships

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
We all need mentorship as we navigate school, career and life. It does not always have to be a formal or top-down relationship. Expertise and people who want to help are all around you. It’s about finding whom you connect well with and building on that relationship to succeed. I will talk about mentorship, about finding mentors, preparing well to learn from your mentor, and also giving back to mentors. It does not have to be a one-way street and can be a very enriching experience for both the mentor and mentee.

Digital Accessibility for Disability Inclusion: What, Why, How, and When?

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  • Thursday, October 20

Digital Accessibility for Disability Inclusion: What, Why, How, and When?

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
In this digital age access to technology is crucial to fulfill basic daily needs. Whether it’s attending a virtual meeting, texting a friend, using apps to pay bills, or applying for jobs online the use of technology for daily activities has become the new normal for most. Access to digital environments to perform these basic activities comes easy to most, but how do people with disabilities experience inaccessible technology? With over 1 billion people reported globally with a disability it is essential to ensure that digital environments are inclusive to people with disabilities. If you have ever wondered how a person with a disability navigates technology or are unsure of the importance of digital inclusion then join this session to learn how to achieve a more inclusive digital environment.

Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees – It Grows in Investments!

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  • Thursday, October 20

Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees – It Grows in Investments!

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Self Management
Did you know that on our current trajectory, it is estimated to take 170 years to achieve gender financial parity? That’s a long time. One of the ways that has been identified to bridge this gap sooner is to welcome women to the world of investing. The investing world is male-dominated and research shows that the most common reason women are hesitant toward investing is because they are unsure about how to get started! This session will give you the information that you need to understand how investing works, how to get started and different ways to keep track of your investments. We also aim to address the risk involved with investing and advise on how diversification can help dampen the risk. By the end of this session, we hope you feel more confident to start your investing journey, grow your savings and own your future.

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Guidance for Landing the Job You Deserve

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  • Thursday, October 20

Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Guidance for Landing the Job You Deserve

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Have you ever read a job description and thought, “Wow, that sounds like a great opportunity!” Then you read further and the self-doubt started to creep in? You start to think, “There’s no way I’d qualify with all of these requirements. I can’t do it.” It’s time to quiet that internal narrative and instead, get organized! I will guide participants through a method of interview preparation that builds confidence and arms you with skills and evidence to tackle the process. Then, we’ll look beyond the interview process to make sure this role is the best fit for you – starting with identifying a company that is going to support your growth. In this session, you’ll learn tools to make sure you’re asking the right questions to make the most informed decisions. Remember: it’s your job to interview them, just as much as they’re interviewing you.

WANTED: Leaders of the Future

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  • Thursday, October 20

WANTED: Leaders of the Future

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
The future of work is here and we are not ready. We may believe that we can survive, even thrive, with less direct interactions because that’s what we have done in 2020. We have changed our working environment because we had to…because it made business sense…because people’s lives have changed forever. The hybrid work is not just a logistical, human resource and IT challenge and companies may be overlooking an existential threat. In this transformational moment in history, we need to reinvent leadership. We need leaders who can compel us not just to embrace and live through change but to create a future that will shape the industry for generations to come. Who are these leaders? What key traits will they need to possess? How will they bring about the self-sustaining and long-lasting engagement that will enable us to thrive in the infinite game of business?

Less is More: a Five-step Algorithm to Streamline Engineering Designs

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  • Thursday, October 20

Less is More: a Five-step Algorithm to Streamline Engineering Designs

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Technical Innovations
This session shares a five-step algorithm used to streamline products and processes at SpaceX: question the requirements, delete the process/step, optimize, accelerate, and automate. This algorithm encourages engineers to identify their core contribution to a project or team and what is absolutely needed for success, as opposed to following questionable requirements that create inefficiencies and obscure the true goal of a project. Using diverse experiences in design, development, manufacturing, and operations, the speaker will share concrete examples of how they have implemented and benefited from this algorithm.

Succeeding as an “Only” in the Workplace

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  • Thursday, October 20

Succeeding as an “Only” in the Workplace

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
According to a study by McKinsey, since 2015, the first year of this study, corporate America has made almost no progress in improving women’s representation. From the outset, fewer women than men are hired at the entry level. Women of color are the most underrepresented group of all—behind white men, men of color, and white women. You will hear from a few female engineers, who are also of color, on their experiences with how they succeeded as an “only” in the workplace.

An Overseas Assignment – Is it for You?

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  • Thursday, October 20

An Overseas Assignment – Is it for You?

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Self Management
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to work in another country? Does the unknown create hesitation? Come hear about some of the rewards, challenges, lessons learned and perspectives from women who have worked all around the globe. We will share our experiences of travel, rotational, and residential assignments at differing stages of life; providing insights on being more than an expat. Come learn about the adventures and experiences that await.

Dual Careers – Fact or Fiction?

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  • Thursday, October 20

Dual Careers – Fact or Fiction?

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
The prospect of a dual-career marriage can seem impossible to manage without having access to role models who can share their experiences and offer guidance. For women in science and engineering fields, it is uncommon to find examples of couples that have a successful dual-career relationship as well as a family. Bec and Allan Giumelli are such an example – both are senior level leaders at a major energy company and are married with a 3-year-old son and 2-year-old twin daughters. In this session, Allan and Bec will share their story, what they’ve learned along the way, and what advice they have for others who also want a dual career and a family, or just want to hear about some of the challenges dual-career families can face.

Don’t Leave: How to Retain Minority Women Leaders in STEM

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  • Thursday, October 20

Don’t Leave: How to Retain Minority Women Leaders in STEM

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
Many minority women do not stay in technical fields and therefore do not take on leadership roles in STEM. As a Black female leader, Tiffany will leverage personal experience entwined with scenarios for you to examine and discuss the current working environments for minority women. Through this engaging discussion, you will receive insight and guidance on how you can support and be more aware, understanding, and advocating for your minority colleagues.

Engineer to Leader

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  • Thursday, October 20

Engineer to Leader

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Engineers tend to be task driven individuals who are frequently identified for promotional opportunities into leadership based on their success in individual contributor roles. The initial leadership roles are often primarily task execution-based roles. However, as you progress to higher leadership levels, the roles become more about guidance, coaching, and talent development and less about task management, requiring you to put the skills that made you successful to the side. Understanding the differences between management and leadership is key to identifying the skills you need to be successful as your career evolves. This session will help you recognize when and how to start making that shift.

Our Unity is our Strength and Diversity is our Power

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  • Thursday, October 20

Our Unity is our Strength and Diversity is our Power

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
Diversity means that everyone is invited to the party. Equity means that everyone gets to contribute to the playlist. Inclusion means that everyone has the opportunity to dance. When organizations prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), it encourages a more innovative, positive environment, which, in turn, creates a more profitable company. And most importantly, through ally ship in the workplace, it means we all get to dance! This session will promote knowledge of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), enable recognition of unconscious patterns of one’s behavior with respect to DEI, and discuss simple, actionable ways to foster true diversity, equity, and inclusion at work.

A Day in the Life of an Extraordinary Engineer

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  • Thursday, October 20

A Day in the Life of an Extraordinary Engineer

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
A lot can be learned in a day. In this interactive session, a fictitious engineer gets the “Groundhog Day” treatment as she repeatedly goes back in time to orchestrate a perfect day at work. As she gains valuable lessons in communication, collaboration, design, and documentation, our engineer meddles with time to fix mishaps as she goes. But with so much to learn, will she ever snap out of her infinite time loop? This session will help guide audience members in their own quests to be extraordinary engineers every day.

You Have Your Engineering Degree. Now What?

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  • Thursday, October 20

You Have Your Engineering Degree. Now What?

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
You have your engineering degree; now what? Engineering degrees open several opportunities, and it is difficult to decide which path to take as there is no one-size-fits-all definition of success. Included in the session will be a breakdown of different engineering roles within the specialty vehicle and access industry. Formal technical engineering paths can include design, systems, supplier quality, test, safety, or industrial engineering, yet many engineers find their calling within project management, program management, or even marketing and sales and procurement. This session’s purpose is to detail out not only our personal paths but also different potential roles within the specialty vehicle and access industry to help with this decision. While these roles will vary based on the business, this session will highlight the variety of engineering positions in an innovative manufacturing environment.

Thriving in a Global Supply Chain Crisis

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  • Thursday, October 20

Thriving in a Global Supply Chain Crisis

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
The global supply chain crisis has impacted all industries, from manufacturing to hospitality and everything in between. This “crisis” has also provided an opportunity for engineers to stretch into new roles and responsibilities. We will have several women engineers discuss how this difficult time has led them to be creative, learn new skills, and work differently as companies balance serving their customers and advancing their innovations despite material and labor shortages.

Take Your Presentations From So-So to Pro

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  • Thursday, October 20

Take Your Presentations From So-So to Pro

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
We have all been to a presentation that was so dry, all you wanted to do was fall asleep. We don’t want anyone to doze off or start scrolling through funny cat videos during our presentations. We want them engaged and excited about our message. In this session, you will learn tips and tricks to make your presentations not only effective, but interesting. You will be introduced to tools and techniques for active audience engagement through polls, word clouds, and anonymous questions. You will recognize how to identify your audience to apply proper diction. You will be able to devise a presentation that is visually interesting and aesthetically pleasing without being busy or illegible. And finally, you will be exposed to some theatre tricks for your voice and stance to ensure your audience is captivated with every word you say.

Strategies for Building Robust Careers and Restarting After a Break

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  • Thursday, October 20

Strategies for Building Robust Careers and Restarting After a Break

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Years of dedication invested in a career in a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) field are not lost just because you take a career hiatus. You can take steps to construct a robust career that can withstand life changing events by building expertise, making meaningful contributions, and growing your networks. There are many non-traditional careers that value your knowledge and experience even after a career break. Success is and has always been based on your ability to adapt to the changing workplace. Restarting a career does take effort, but knowledge and experiences can be refreshed. And restarting does not mean having to start from square one. You can engage your networks, interview purposefully, and restart where you left off. Join us to learn about these strategies, and be in the know.

Engineering Your Career Path

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  • Thursday, October 20

Engineering Your Career Path

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Have you ever felt at a loss for words when someone asks, what are your short-term and long-term career goals? Was the first thought in your mind, wish I knew that? Are you unsure how to figure that out or do you struggle not knowing where to start, what to do or who to ask? If you answer yes to any or many of these questions, you are welcome to this session to learn how to take charge of your future and engineer your professional career path. You will also hear some helpful processes and tools that can help you in this journey and sustain momentum.
  • Friday, October 21

DEI: More Than Good Intentions, Embed Into Fabric Of Organization

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  • Friday, October 21

DEI: More Than Good Intentions, Embed Into Fabric Of Organization

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives have been around for years. Originally, these initiatives focused solely on increasing diversity numbers, but as the years have progressed, companies have grown to appreciate the importance of DEI, both in their numbers and in their practices. In 2022, however, many are still not doing the work authentically. In fact, recently it has been reported only 15 to 20 percent of S&P 500 companies tie DEI goals to executive performance reviews. Beyond just good intentions, it requires a program-level strategic framework that builds accountability. In this session, we share how to develop a 3rd party mindset to assess your current state and create a more impactful DEI practice. You will learn how to embed DEI into the fabric of your organization. You will also learn key components of a dashboard, which can be shared within your organization and with those whom you conduct business.

Connect the Dots… Become an Integrator!

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  • Friday, October 21

Connect the Dots… Become an Integrator!

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Career Management
In today’s world, almost all of the projects we work on are cross-functional. We interact with people from all different disciplines – engineering, finance, supply chain, etc – and success only comes when we work together. You have a choice: you can be a member of the team, contributing only what is expected of you, or you can be an integrator! An integrator is someone who can see the big picture as well as the details, and these are the people that really make things happen. They connect the dots between people, activities, and outcomes. They have the ability to alter the course of a project on any given day, and springboard the project to success.

Manufacturing is Harder than Prototyping: Strategies to Design Cutting-Edge Factories

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  • Friday, October 21

Manufacturing is Harder than Prototyping: Strategies to Design Cutting-Edge Factories

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Technical Innovations
The difficulty and value of manufacturing is underappreciated. It is relatively easy to make a single prototype but extremely difficult to mass-manufacture something reliably and at scale. Three areas that pose notable challenges in manufacturing engineering include: • Designing a product or system with manufacturing in mind • Scaling a production line from low to high volume • Sustaining a high-efficiency, low-maintenance operation In this talk, engineers who have built successful manufacturing systems and teams from the ground up will discuss core principles that guide their development process as it relates to the three areas listed above. The speakers come from diverse engineering backgrounds and will offer different perspectives on the best strategies for success in the manufacturing space.

Male Allyship from Above: a Senior Leadership Perspective

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  • Friday, October 21

Male Allyship from Above: a Senior Leadership Perspective

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
When it comes to supporting gender equity, good intentions aren’t enough. Real, sustainable change requires men to become full partners and allies in championing gender equity. “Evidence shows that when men are deliberately engaged in gender inclusion programs, 96% of organizations see progress — compared to only 30% of organizations where men are not engaged.” In this session, three male allies in senior-level positions from Merck, Air Products, and Keysight, each of whom have demonstrated strong inclusive leadership throughout their careers, will share insights on how they have been able to empower women in their organizations and build diverse teams. These leaders will discuss the critical colleagues, movements, and initiatives that have guided them in their journeys to becoming effective allies, recommend actions that individuals and organizations can take to advance gender equity, and help everyone in the audience answer the question “How can I be a better ally?”

What Are We Missing, From College To Starting Your Career

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  • Friday, October 21

What Are We Missing, From College To Starting Your Career

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
From late college to starting your career, what are some of the things you should know or would like to know to help make that transition? This panel is comprised up of scientists and engineers who have recently progressed from college to their professional career. They will share things they did (or learned not to do) to ease that adjustment. The panel will discuss various topics that all future scientists and engineers will find helpful as they navigate from college student to a career (i.e., confidence, continual learning and networking.) What should you be doing in college to help prepare you for your future career? What will be expected of you at your first job? These questions and so much more will be discussed by our panel. Come and ask our successful early career professionals any questions you have to help you prepare for life after graduation.

Intersectionality: Understanding Inequity Complexities Driven by Multiple Social Identities

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  • Friday, October 21

Intersectionality: Understanding Inequity Complexities Driven by Multiple Social Identities

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
Join members of employee resource groups representing different dimensions of diversity to explore inequalities associated with gender bias influenced by multiple social identities. This panel will explore how understanding the intersection of gender with other facets of diversity (i.e. race, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, etc.) can help organizations better understand and address gender inequality and its complexity. Additionally, the personal stories will touch on lessons learned from remaining quiet or speaking-up; the critical role of allies; and managing personal internalizations of biases and stereotypes.

The Highly Technical Side: Tech Support for Complex Analysis Tools

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  • Friday, October 21

The Highly Technical Side: Tech Support for Complex Analysis Tools

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
There are many roles within the industry of software engineering, from architecting a software stack to writing device drivers. Most of these roles require specialization and expertise in particular software stacks, whether it’s computer vision, streaming video, high performance computing, or machine learning. But what about technical support? The term “tech support” is not typically found in descriptions of advanced software engineering jobs, and may bring to mind an image of workers in a call center reading from a script. This session is presented by 2 members of the support team for Intel’s oneAPI toolkits, which enable all the domains mentioned above on cutting-edge hardware. More than just troubleshooting problems, learn how we work directly with developers in leading high-tech companies and research labs to understand and solve their performance issues, so we can help build best-in-class software.

Cultivating Sisterhood Amidst Growth

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  • Friday, October 21

Cultivating Sisterhood Amidst Growth

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
Society of Women Engineers has a core set of values and strategic goals, but how do these translate to running a SWE section? How does a SWE officer team expand on their programs while prioritizing member diversity, equity, and inclusion? In this workshop, two former SWE collegiate section leaders will discuss the steps to form an inclusive environment for women to transform their dreams into reality and release their inner G.I.R.L (go-getter, innovator, risk-taker, leader). We will discuss ways other sections can collaborate to build solid foundations for everyone involved, while creating new programs to benefit SWEsters and women across the globe. Attendees will have opportunities to ask questions, engage, and share their own experiences.

MentHER: How I Met My Mentor at the SWE conference

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  • Friday, October 21

MentHER: How I Met My Mentor at the SWE conference

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Self Management
In this session, Smruthi Sandhanam and her mentor Perri Nejib discuss how a fateful meeting at a speaker session at the SWE Conference in 2018 led to a mentorship opportunity that changed both of their lives. Smruthi and Perri will take you on the journey both of them went through from 2018 til now in 2022 as mentor and protégé and how that relationship has transpired over that time and the impact it has had on both of their careers and personal lives. Each speaker will reflect on their experiences and discuss the importance of networking at conferences and establishing a diverse collaborative environment as part of an overall professional toolkit. In addition the positive impact of mentorship for both mentors and mentees will be examined by this successful relationship use-case.

The Great Reimagination: Envisioning the Future of the Engineering Profession

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  • Friday, October 21

The Great Reimagination: Envisioning the Future of the Engineering Profession

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
As we transition to a post-pandemic world and sort through the long-term impacts of the Great Resignation, the engineering community has a profound opportunity to define the future of work within our profession. To make the most of this opportunity, we must consider four Ws: workforce, workplace, work time, and work style. By taking a fresh look at these four pillars and taking into account the lessons we learned navigating a pandemic, each of us will be empowered to bring the best version of ourselves to work and maximize the long-term impact of our profession. Join us as we explore the four Ws – as well as one bonus W – and look ahead to the trends that will shape the future of our profession.

Create a Diverse Network of Allies for Gender Equality

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  • Friday, October 21

Create a Diverse Network of Allies for Gender Equality

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
It takes more than dialogue and collaboration among women to achieve true gender parity. It takes a network with male and female allies to accelerate inclusion and advancement of women in the workplace to make change happen. Becoming an ally for equality—especially in STEM fields where men make up much of the workforce—is an opportunity to drive change and remove barriers. But what does it mean to be an ally? During this session, Christina Bosserd, Senior Vice President, Internal Audit, Eaton will discuss Ally Advocacy in the workplace and how you can actively support the advancement of women by putting action over words. Allies challenge the status quo, stand up for gender equity, raise awareness for bias and serve as organizational role models. Learn the skills to be an effective ally, while building a network of advocates that will help you drive transformative change.

Getting it Done – How to Accomplish an Impossible Goal

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  • Friday, October 21

Getting it Done – How to Accomplish an Impossible Goal

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Self Management
In this session, you will choose a goal that you believe is impossible to achieve. Ellen will teach you a method you can follow which will guarantee success even if you have no idea how to achieve the goal. Get ready to brainstorm all the reasons the result is impossible, and then prove yourself wrong! You will be able to apply this method to a personal goal you have for yourself, such as: “Double your income” “Afford college tuition for your kids” or a professional goal like, “Deliver the key business commitment in half the expected time.” “Invent the game-changing product”

Opportunity Within: Pursuing the Job You Didn’t Know You Wanted

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  • Friday, October 21

Opportunity Within: Pursuing the Job You Didn’t Know You Wanted

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Career Management
Whether you’re about to graduate or considering a change, finding your next role can be a challenge. In this session, the speaker will present several tools for participants to identify personal strengths, skills, and passions by reflecting on their previous experiences. The speaker will also discuss strategies for identifying and finding job roles that may deliver a fulfilling work experience based on these reflections. Using examples from her own career path, the speaker will illustrate how opportunities can be found in unlikely places in order to inspire participants to think outside the box when considering their next career move. Participants will leave the session with heightened self-awareness and a plan of action for identifying and pursuing their next role.

Authentic Self-Advocacy – Reclaiming Your Voice!

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  • Friday, October 21

Authentic Self-Advocacy – Reclaiming Your Voice!

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Career Management
Advocating for yourself can be challenging, especially as a woman in a male-dominated field like STEM. Concern about being seen as self-absorbed, boastful or inauthentic holds many women back from speaking up about their successes, interests, needs and wants. Self-advocacy elevates your voice in the workplace and gives others visibility to your unique perspective. This session will introduce a set of reliable self-advocacy prompts to help you spot opportunities in the moment. Apply a dependable formula to help you evaluate different communication methods to engage your target audience. Walk away with the confidence and capability to speak up in a voice that you and your leaders recognize.

Intersectionality in the Workplace: From Education to Action

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  • Friday, October 21

Intersectionality in the Workplace: From Education to Action

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
Over the last several years, many companies have made great strides in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion of marginalized groups in the workplace, but these efforts are frequently targeted towards singular identities; for instance, female, black, or disabled employees. While these initiatives have undoubtedly improved company culture and employee engagement, they risk leaving some behind. What good is a robust mentoring program if none of the mentors speak your language? How can someone take advantage of expanded healthcare coverage if they can’t even get to the doctor? By learning about intersectionality and applying it in a wholistic manner to DE&I initiatives, companies can ensure that the time and money directed towards making the workplace more inclusive is well spent. This applies on a personal level tool! Culture is built and felt on an individual level, and when individuals feel empowered to work towards clearing roadblocks, everyone benefits.

Can you have it all? A World of Opportunity Awaits

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  • Friday, October 21

Can you have it all? A World of Opportunity Awaits

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Self Management
You only have one life – should you have to choose between family and career? Have you ever wondered if you could reach your career goals and have a successful personal life? Do you want to be a strong professional while raising a family? Is it possible to progress in your career when both partners have professional aspirations and demanding careers? Can you actually have it all? If you want to learn more about balancing life and career goals in a #worldofopportunity come join us! During our session we will present tips and tricks learned from Program Management and Lean Manufacturing Operations applied successfully at home, and how they can benefit our children. We will share our life learnings as two women engineers balancing career and families in households where our partners and children also have big goals!

Seven Critical Lessons We Learned as First Time Engineering Managers

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  • Friday, October 21

Seven Critical Lessons We Learned as First Time Engineering Managers

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
As first-time female managers, Chelsea and Sara learned critical lessons in their first year of management. Sara manages a diverse team as the Engineering Certification Manager, responsible for certification of aerospace products in accordance with all regulations. Chelsea leads the Advanced Technology Design and Product Definition team focused on the conceptual development phase. Shifting from Engineers to Managers created unique challenges and lessons everyone should know when making this career shift. The first of seven lessons is: It is essential to understand the unique requirements and needs of each of your employees. Everyone requires differing leadership styles, levels of recognition, and frequency of communication. The next six lessons in this presentation will set up first time engineering managers to start off on the right foot and give employees an idea of what their new manager may be working towards.

Addressing Challenges in Community College Transfer to Promote Equity

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  • Friday, October 21

Addressing Challenges in Community College Transfer to Promote Equity

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
Transferring from a community college to a four-year university is a critical transition for women in engineering. The process can be problematic for students and institutions alike, with transfer students often viewed as underprepared and universities perceived as unwelcoming and impervious to challenges facing transfer students. While efforts to support students have grown, an honest discussion of experiences, perceptions, expectations, and biases around transfer is needed. These topics go directly to the issues of equity and inclusion in engineering, as community college women are disproportionately women of color, first-generation, and socioeconomically disadvantaged. This panel includes transfer students and community college and university faculty with knowledge of the transfer process. With audience input, the panel will explore underlying issues around transfer. Students will openly discuss their transfer experiences. Programs that show promise in supporting transfer students will be discussed. Anyone interested in broadening the participation of women in engineering is welcome!

Doing It All – Learning to Pivot by Setting Priorities

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  • Friday, October 21

Doing It All – Learning to Pivot by Setting Priorities

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Self Management
The “Great Resignation” of 2021 sparked an upheaval in the job market with 54% more women making job transitions than in 2020, according to LinkedIn. Women in the workplace are increasingly assessing their career goals against a number of benchmarks including pay, work life balance, flexibility and more. In this talk, I will provide some insight to challenges I faced during my career as I struggled with work life balance and setting my personal priorities. I’ll review how I pivoted my career to meet the needs of my family while learning some of the best soft skills that still serve me well today.

Managing Excuses: An Essential Leadership Skill

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  • Friday, October 21

Managing Excuses: An Essential Leadership Skill

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Self Management
We hear excuses almost every day from ourselves, colleagues, customers, friends and family alike. We may hear why something has or has not been done, or a reason to avoid doing something. More often than not, the given reason is not the real reason. Being able to identify and work through the real reason will lead to enhanced outcomes, more effective leadership, and stronger relationships. This session will introduce “Excuse Management” as an essential leadership skill and provide you with an actionable framework to diagnose the “Excuses”, engage with yourself and others to remediate the excuse for a win-win outcome.

Your Career Journey: Overcoming the Obstacles

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  • Friday, October 21

Your Career Journey: Overcoming the Obstacles

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Many female engineers’ career paths take circuitous routes. We work hard. We do well. We hit roadblocks. We face cultural difficulties. This session focuses on lessons I learned through my journey and how you can benefit from my naivete. You will learn how to successfully navigate some potential pitfalls you may face on your career path, so that when you hit a brick wall, you too can get yourself up, brush yourself off and find your way around that brick wall as you navigate through a successful career journey. I will tell you about my circuitous career path and several of the roadblocks I encountered along the way. How I blindly missed pitfalls that were clearly in front of me, and then how I progressed from failure – not knowing how to deal with those pitfalls – to picking myself up to try again, and then achieving success.

Overlooked Talent: Women of Color in Engineering

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  • Friday, October 21

Overlooked Talent: Women of Color in Engineering

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
According to the Women of Color in the Engineering Workplace study published by SWE and NSBE, only 4% of engineering degrees are earned by women of color. Furthermore, women of color make up less than 2% of all engineering professionals. This session will address intersectionality in engineering as it applies to women of color and the distinct disadvantages they experience as their race and gender overlap. We will discuss why they are underrepresented and undervalued in engineering and identify ways to rise above and build a community of support that invests in their potential. Come listen to the panel speakers talk about their experiences as women of color in engineering and how they have been able to overcome unique challenges and make their voices heard.

I’m not Superwoman! Conquering Exhaustion of Having to Be Flawless

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  • Friday, October 21

I’m not Superwoman! Conquering Exhaustion of Having to Be Flawless

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Self Management
The pressure to be perfect can cause additional stress in our already hectic lives. The expectations in carrying multiples roles has led to many believing the career woman is also SuperWoman. This workshop will explore strategies for effectively setting boundaries and expressing needs both at work and at home. Join for an authentic discussion as Carron Gibbs shares her journey to leadership at Accenture and the struggles she has conquered along the way, including being the only ethnic diverse woman on a technical team, being a single mother and maintaining a rewarding career, and balancing the needs of her family with the requirements in running large implementation teams.

Transitioning in a Semi-Virtual World: Early Careers in Manufacturing

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  • Friday, October 21

Transitioning in a Semi-Virtual World: Early Careers in Manufacturing

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Over the past few years, the ways in which new manufacturing engineers have had to adapt to the full time working environment has drastically changed. Many companies are reshaping previously hands-on roles into ones that are partially or fully remote, which can impact a new engineer’s ability to transition comfortably into their job. In this session, we will discuss how the audience can identify, mitigate, and grow from common pitfalls that arise from beginning a full-time manufacturing role in a partially virtual space. Topics will include imposter syndrome, network building, setting boundaries in the workplace, relocation, learning techniques, amongst others.

Don’t Go Hacking My Heart

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  • Friday, October 21

Don’t Go Hacking My Heart

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Technical Innovations
Understand a day in the life of a Security Engineer in the medical device industry. Learn about the skillsets, daily interactions, and activities required to effectively create and protect life-altering medical devices against cybersecurity attacks.

Authentic Leadership: Building on What You’re Exceptional At

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  • Friday, October 21

Authentic Leadership: Building on What You’re Exceptional At

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
As the saying goes, it’s better to be a first rate version of yourself than a second rate version of someone else. This is especially true for leaders who need to build trust with people and motivate others. In recent years authenticity has become one of the most valued qualities of leaders. How do we amplify our strengths to better lead teams, projects, and initiatives? In this interactive session, you will reflect on your hidden superpowers and how they contribute to your unique leadership style.

Being the Youngest Leader in the Room: Leading Across Generations

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  • Friday, October 21

Being the Youngest Leader in the Room: Leading Across Generations

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
It can be intimidating to be the youngest person in a room and be expected to lead the team. It is easy to question our abilities, feel imposter syndrome and the pressure of being in a role that, on paper, our experience may not necessarily qualify us for. This workshop will pull from the experiences of two Northrop Grumman technical professionals who stepped into leadership roles following graduation and navigated being young women in these roles. Attendees will leave this workshop understanding what ageism can look like in the workplace, how to combat it, and how to use their age as a strength.

Did You Take the Trash Out?? Bringing Job Equity Home

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  • Friday, October 21

Did You Take the Trash Out?? Bringing Job Equity Home

  • Type: Engaged Exchange Panel, On Demand
  • Track: Self Management
​​Integrating work and life is one of the most challenging balancing acts in a partnership. How do you decide who cooks dinner or does laundry this week, who leaves work early to take kids to basketball or dance, who takes a high visibility demanding job while the other takes more of the homecare responsibilities? Finding balance with a partner in each phase of life and career can be overwhelming. Come hear perspectives from four incredible women on how they’ve adapted to this evolving challenge while pursuing inspiring careers. This session is not just for parents! Learn how knowledge of shared values and priorities with your partner sets the foundation for successful communication and decision making. Explore creative strategies and tools to manage life logistics around two full time careers. Lastly, discover how you really can “have it all” – once you define what “all” means for you and your family.

Jedi Bootcamp: Leadership Lessons from the Women of Star Wars

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  • Friday, October 21

Jedi Bootcamp: Leadership Lessons from the Women of Star Wars

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Career Management
Attention Padawan Learners: the Force will be strong in this session! In a world of technical precision and worst-case scenario planning, is there room for hope and optimism in engineering leadership? In the words of General Leia Organa: “Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you see it, you’ll never make it through the night.” In this session, we’ll explore how leadership lessons applied by women warriors and Jedi Masters in the Star Wars universe are not so different from those used by fearless leaders right here on Earth. Taken from the actions of iconic female characters in the beloved Star Wars films and examples closer to home, learn 5 simple yet profound lessons to refine your leadership skills, build your expertise, and take decisive actions, no matter where in the galaxy you find yourself. So, join us and may the Force be with you!

Influence: An Essential Skill for a Team Lead

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  • Friday, October 21

Influence: An Essential Skill for a Team Lead

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
We have the people, set the vision, and decided what needs to be accomplished. How do we ignite the intrinsic motivation within the team to make it happen? How do we breakthrough stalemates? As a leader, developing our ability to influence others helps rally teams towards an aligned direction and aids in the collective ability to tackle challenging problems and reach lofty goals. During this Snap Session we will unpack three practical ways to build influence to effectively move teams forward, even in the face of disagreements. We will walk through how to develop and maintain relationships, the importance of preparation, and how to resolve disagreements in a team setting.

Resiliency From Coast to Coast

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  • Friday, October 21

Resiliency From Coast to Coast

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Technical Innovations
Humans have lived and thrived on coasts for thousands of years, but only in the past 50 years has a formalized engineering for the coasts evolved. With sea levels rising, the need for coastal engineering rises with it. Why is this important? Over half of the globe is affected, directly or indirectly, by what happens at the shore, whether it be commercial, environmental, or recreational; there are a lot of demands to satisfy. Traditional engineering solutions historically take a brute force approach to design, while the modern philosophy of coastal engineering works with nature, mimicking coastal processes within the solutions. This means considering the entirety of the ecosystem impacted by coastal work and designing the best solution for all parties, including Mother Nature. As we transition from “STEM” to “STEAM”, we emphasize the importance of creativity in coastal engineering, making our designs as aesthetically pleasing as they are practical.

Opportunities for Growth and Leadership through Expert Witness Work

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  • Friday, October 21

Opportunities for Growth and Leadership through Expert Witness Work

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Diversity‚ Equity‚ & Inclusion (DEI)
This session highlights the benefits and opportunities of working as a highly credentialed technical expert for litigation. Often, attorneys seek 3rd party expert witnesses with degrees and experience in all fields of engineering to review and opine on the technical aspects of a case to defend a client’s position. During our presentation, we will discuss the litigation process, provide examples of the types of cases that retain engineers, and the monetary and professional value of being an expert witness. In addition, you will hear first-hand from an engineer doing expert witness work about her experience working on a case. It is our belief that women and minorities in engineering have an opportunity not only to drive diversity within engineering but also within the expert witness space. In addition, it is an opportunity for more diverse academics and professionals to represent their industry and skill in an authoritative leadership position.

Giving Back by Going Back to Academia

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  • Friday, October 21

Giving Back by Going Back to Academia

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Career Management
Low representation of women who work in STEM industries but also in higher education STEM programs. SWE has highlighted tenure/tenure-track female faculty data in the research section of the swe.org website. The challenge in recruiting qualified faculty to teach in engineering is becoming even more difficult as colleges and universities compete with industry six figure salaries and high demand. So, why and how should you transition from industry to academia? Attendees will hear the inspiring story of a 20-year industry professional who made the fulltime transition to academia, 10-years in the making! Learn about the sacrifice and the reward of making the transition to academia. The session will highlight the benefits her industry experience has had in the classroom, the engineering program, and administration as well as share her steps to prepare, apply, and assimilate into academia.

STEM Slay Love: My Self-Discovery While Volunteering in Africa

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  • Friday, October 21

STEM Slay Love: My Self-Discovery While Volunteering in Africa

  • Type: On Demand, Snap Session
  • Track: Self Management
Listen to how Andrea’s dream to work in STEM outreach abroad turned into her (much less romantic) version of Eat Pray Love. She spent 5 months volunteering in Africa after she graduated with her degree in engineering in 2021. Andrea shares how she turned her inspiration into a plan and things she learned along the way, such as giving herself the highest level of permission, discovering she was a closeted people pleaser, and learning to appreciate the power of established support networks while not having one.

Creating a Badass Mentoring Program

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  • Friday, October 21

Creating a Badass Mentoring Program

  • Type: Listen & Learn Lecture, On Demand
  • Track: Strategic Leadership
According to Cornell University, mentoring programs dramatically improved promotion and retention rates for minorities and women – 15% to 38% as compared to non-mentored employees in 2016. However, only 37% of all professionals have a mentor. Clearly, there is a need for more mentoring programs within academia and industry! Today, we will be discussing how to create and sustain a robust mentoring program no matter your organization type. In this session, representatives from Colorado State University with a well-established mentoring program of seven years will cover in-depth techniques to create and develop your own program, whether in a collegiate or professional setting. Topics include defining the scope, creating a plan, recruiting and finding participants, creating life-giving matches, and maintaining the program for years to come.

Engineering a Better Community: Civic Engagement Close to Home