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Industry-WIE-YP-Academia Networking/Mixer
Date: October 18, 2019
Time: 5:30pm – 9:30 pm
Summit Program
| Leadership & Empowerment | Entrepreneurship & Emerging Technologies | Humanitarian Initiatives & Education | |
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| 8:00 | Registration | ||
| 8:30 | Summit Opening | ||
| 9:00 | Keynote: "Women in STEM: Riding the Third Wave to New Opportunities" Dr. Elizabeth Cannon - President Emerita and Professor, Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary |
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| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 | What to say when your daughter doesn’t believe she needs math or science Arylene Reycraft - Executive Director, Techsploration | Women in Water Research - Perspectives from Lab to Market Dr. Graham Gagnon - Associate Vice President Research, Dalhousie University | Sink or swim: shark conservation in Atlantic Canada Dr. Heather Bowlby - Research Scientist, Department of Fisheries and Oceans |
| 11:00 | Women in Leadership: Lessons from Construction Jessica MacLean - Project Manager, Bird Construction | Entrepreneurship as a Practice Emily Tipton - Beer Engineer and Co-Founder, Boxing Rock Brewing Company | Wireless communication in challenging economies: promoting women's emancipation and access to education Dr. Francois Gagnon - Professor of Electrical Engineering, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) |
| 11:30 | From Student Leader and Equity Activist to Dean of Science: My Journey as an Out Lesbian Ph.D. Student and Academic Dr. Nola Etkin - Interim Dean of Science and Professor of Chemistry, University of PEI | Secrets to (Actually) Engaging Customers in a Digital World Sheena Smith - Vice President Client Services and Managing Director, Azul Partners | The Fate of Plastics in the Marine Environment: An Incomplete Lifecycle Krista Beardy - MSc Candidate, University of New Brunswick |
| 12:00 | Lunch & Keynote: "Where from Here?" April Howe - Executive Director of People and Culture, Public Service Commission |
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| 13:00 | Panel: "Transitioning Roles and Mindsets" ( Read more -->) Moderator: Donna Clark - Founding Leadership Partner, Courage Group International April Howe - Executive Director of People and Culture, Public Service Commission, Dr. Nola Etkin - Interim Dean of Science and Professor of Chemistry,University of PEI, Sarah Devereaux - Partner, Dillon Consulting Limited, Emily Tipton - Beer Engineer and Co-Founder, Boxing Rock Brewing Company |
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| 14:30 | Coffee Break & Exhibits | ||
| 15:00 | Identifying and Leveraging your Personal Brand Katherine Risley - Partner, Meridia Recruitment Solutions | From ocean tech to med tech - a journey from a technology start-up perspective Dr. Franziska Broell - CEO, Motryx | Education Workshop Innovative Ways and Means to Support STEM Education Read More --> |
| 15:30 | Career Path Curves and Bumps? Embrace Them to become a Fierce Empowered Leader! Dr. Diane Ingraham - Principal, Stantec | New kid on the deck – the Cyclone helicopter LCol Tara Willis - Commanding Officer, 12 Air Maintenance Squadron |
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| 16:00 | On Being Queer in STEM: Anecdotes, Data, and Mitigation Landon Getz - PhD Student, Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University | Assistive Robotics Georgeta Bauer - Killam Laureate & Doctoral Candidate in Robotics Control, Dalhousie University |
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| 18:00 | Banquet |
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| Leadership & Empowerment | Entrepreneurship & Emerging Technologies | Humanitarian Initiatives & Education |
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| 9:00 | Keynote: "Technological Stewardship" Dr. Janna Rosales - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland |
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| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
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| 10:30 | Unconscious Bias; How we Are Wired Carol Dayment - Human Resource Specialist, Nova Scotia Power | Marine Robots: A Manifestation of Industry 4.0 in the Ocean Dr. Mae Seto - Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Irving Shipbuilding Research Chair, Dalhousie University | Building Smart Villages in Rural India - Challenges and Opportunities Tara McCartney - Director, United for Hope and Shakti Empowerment Solutions |
| 11:00 | Building a Community to Empower the Women in Tech of Tomorrow Alicia Wong - President, Dalhousie Women in Technology Society (WiTS) | Panel: "Navigating Emerging Technologies through Entrepreneurial Waters" Moderator: Chris Hornberger - Executive Coach, Management Consultant and Founding Partner, Halifax Global Inc. Anindita Gupta - Business Development Manager, Sona Nanotech, Shelley Hessian - Executive Director, Start-Up Yard, COVE, Paula Minnikin - Partner and Principal, Minnikin Resources Inc. & Board and Community Leader, Dr. Franziska Broell - Chief Executive Officer, Motryx |
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| 11:30 | Stepping up and Paving the Way for Internationally-Educated Women Engineers Donna Safatli - Head of Employment Specialists Denise Callahan - English as an Additional Language Instructor, ISANS | Internet for Nova Scotia Initiative Monique Arsenault - Director of Innovation, Develop Nova Scotia |
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| 12:00 | Lunch & Keynote: "An Ocean of Information: Challenges and Opportunities of a Data-rich Seascape" Dr. Anya Waite - Associate Vice-President Research (Ocean), Dalhousie University, and Scientific Director, Ocean Frontier Institute |
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| 13:00 | Panel: "Ocean Technology" ( Read more -->) Moderator: Anna Naylor - Manager of Learning and Development, Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship Dr. Anya Waite - Associate Vice-President Research (Ocean), Dalhousie University, and Scientific Director, Ocean Frontier Institute, Dr. Mae Seto - Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, and the Irving Shipbuilding Research Chair, Dalhousie University, Maggie Nate - Survivability Engineer, Gibbs & Cox LCdr Sarah Roberge - Senior Staff Officer Materiel Readiness Program, MARLANT, Fleet Engineering Readiness |
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| 14:30 | Coffee Break | ||
| 15:00 | Courage and Grit: Essential Tools in your Toolbox Eva Parada - Senior Manager Infrastructure Projects, Develop Nova Scotia | Buzzwords and Bottomline Sreejata Chatterjee - Co-Founder and Head of Product, LeadSift | How My Science Fair Project Created Opportunity and Positive Change in a Nova Scotia Community Stella Bowles - Young Citizen Scientist, LaHave River, Nova Scotia |
| 15:30 | Engaging Students to see themselves as Engineers Karyn Hemsworth - Student Engagement, Dalhousie Faculty of Engineering | Working toward impactful climate change mitigation and adaptation in the Marine sector Dr. Sue Molloy - President, Glas Ocean Electric | Bioresorbable Bone Glue Dr. Amyl Ghanem - Associate Professor of Process Engineering and Applied Sciences, Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion, Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University |
| 16:00 | Keynote: "Many Shades of Personalization in Persuasive Technology for Health and Wellness" Dr. Rita Orji - Professor of Computer Science, Dalhousie University |
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| 17:00 | Closing Remarks | ||