| 1:30 p.m. | Afternoon Career Development Workshop: "COAChing in the Art of Strategic Negotiation" | Ernestine Taylor & Jane Tucker/COACh |
Room 105 |
| 5:30 | Registration and reception | Founders |
| 8:00 a.m. | Opening Comments | Anne Kinney/NASA GSFC | Auditorium |
| 8:15 | Keynote Welcome | Ed Weiler/NASA Associate Administrator, Science Missions Directorate | |
| 8:30 | Longitudinal Study Status | Rachel Ivie/AIP | |
| 9:00 | NRC Study on STEM Faculty | Claude Canizares/MIT | |
| 9:30 | IAU Study on Statistics | Catherine Cesarsky/IAU | |
| 10:00 | 30 MINUTE BREAK | ||
| 10:30 | Addressing Unconscious Bias | Abigail Stewart/UMich | Auditorium |
| 11:15-12:00 | Building the Next Generation of Astronomers | Joyce Winterton/NASA HQ | |
| 12:00 p.m. | LUNCH | ||
| 1:15 | Introduction | Nick White, NASA/GSFC Sciences & Exploration Director |
Auditorium |
| 1:30 | Panel Discussion: How the Professional Community can Impact Percentages and Retention | Chair: Meg Urry Panelists: Jim Ulvestad Debra Elmegreen Matt Mountain Lee Anne Willson |
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| 2:30 | HBCU Perspectives and Research Programs | Lily McNair/Spelman College | |
| 3:30 | 15 MINUTE BREAK | ||
| 3:45 | Poster Session | Grand Concourse | |
| 6:00 | Networking Event/Dinner Film celebrating Beth Brown's life will be shown at the beginning of dinner. |
Sponsored by AURA | Founders & Ft. McHenry |
| 8:00 a.m. | Women in Science and Engineering: Exploring what A-MAZEs Us | Kathie Olsen/NSF, Senior Advisor | Auditorium |
| 8:45 | Preserving our Intellectual Capital: An Institutional Perspective | Mark Sykes/PSI Director | |
| 9:15 | Panel Discussion: To Boldly Go: Paths to Non-Academic Careers | Chair: Colleen Hartman/GW Panelists: Orlando Figueroa/NASA GSFC Ron Polidan/Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Kathleen Flint/ National Postdoctoral Association Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides/ Executive Director, Yuri's Night Renetta Tull/UMBC |
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| 10:15 | 30 MINUTE BREAK | ||
| 10:45 | Dedication to Dr. Beth Brown | James Lindesay, Howard U. | Auditorium |
| 11:15 | Generational Issues in the Scientific Workplace | Paula Rayman/U Mass, Lowell | |
| 12:15 p.m. | LUNCH | ||
| 1:45 | Re-Entry: Career Breaks in Physics | Elizabeth Freeland/Washington U. | Auditorium |
| 2:30 | Panel Discussion: Parenthood: The Elephant in the Laboratory | Chair: Anne Douglass/NASA GSFC Panelists: Heidi Newberg/RPI Mark Olsen/NASA GSFC, UMBC Emily Monosson, Author |
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| 3:30-4:10 | Meyerhoff Scholars Program at UMBC | Earnestine Baker/UMBC | |
| 4:15-4:45 | Hubble's Diverse Universe | Film by Jarita Holbrook, U. of Arizona | |
| 4:45 - 6:30 | Poster Session | Grand Concourse | |
| 6:30 | DINNER | ||
| 7:00 | Topic to be determined | Christopher Scolese/NASA HQ | Founders & Ft. McHenry |
| 8:00 a.m. | Introduction | Rob Strain, NASA/GSFC Director | Auditorium |
| 8:15 | Keynote Address | Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards | |
| 8:30 | Unearned Advantage and Disadvantage as Work Impediments | Peggy McIntosh/Wellesley College | |
| 9:30 | Work Environment Parallel Sessions: | ||
| 1. Research is not Enough: Negotiating all the Rest | Fran Bagenal/U. of Col., Catherine Mavriplis/U. of Okla., Jim Green/NASA HQ |
Founders | |
| 2. Panel Discussion: What it takes to become a PI, Project Scientist or Instrument Scientist | Chair: John Mather/NASA GSFC Panelists: Julie Mc Enery/NASA GSFC Jean Swank/NASA GSFC Sally Heap/NASA GSFC Joanne (Joe) Hill/NASA GSFC |
Auditorium | |
| 3. How to be a Mentor | Mark Goldman/NASA GSFC | Ft. McHenry | |
| 4. Leveraging Partnerships with Minority Serving Institutions | Keivan Stassun/Vanderbilt U. and Kelly Holley-Bockelmann/ Vanderbilt U. |
Chesapeake | |
| 10:15 | 15 MINUTE BREAK | ||
| 10:30 | Summaries of Parallel Session Breakouts | Group Leads | Auditorium |
| 11:30 | Closing Remarks | Amy Simon-Miller/NASA GSFC | |