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6th Annual
Mentoring Program & Lunch:
Opening Doors: Networking and Professional Visibility
Chaired:
C.T. Chu & A. Hamburger
Sunday, April 2, 2006
12:10pm - 1:50pm
San Francisco Marriott, Golden Gate Ballroom B1/B2
Sponsored by the ASIP Committee for Career Development, Women & Minorities,
the
FASEB Minority Access to Research Careers
(MARC) Program
and the
Supported by unrestricted educational grants from:
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Ever Wonder...
Why are networking and visibility important for scientific/research careers?
Can professional service to societies and review boards contribute towards
tenure?
What is an "elevator speech," and what can scientists learn from the business
world?
How to approach a potential mentor or collaborator?
These and
related questions will be addressed from the perspectives of leaders in
academia, research institutes, and industry. Learn to identify the rewards of
networking, potential barriers to professional visibility and strategies to
overcome them. Plan to attend and begin weaving your own scientific network!
| 12:15
pm |
Welcome and
introduction - "The Elevator Talk"
C.T. Chu, Univ. of Pittsburgh
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| 12:30
pm |
Rewards and
challenges of academic networking.
Dorothy Bainton, UCSF
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| 12:45
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Networking
lessons: the scientific industry/business perspective.
Joni Stevens,
Gilson, Inc.
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| 1:00
pm |
Research
institutes: opportunities and challenges.
Julie Andersen,
Professor, Buck Institute for Age Research
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| 1:15
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Questions and
answers.
A. Hamburger,
Univ. of Maryland at Baltimore
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| 1:40
pm |
Sharing of
elevator talks. |
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