CRA-W Career Mentoring Workshop
April 16 - 17, 2005
Washington, D.C.

General Chair: Lori Pollock, e-mail: pollock [at] cis.udel.edu

The goal of the CRA-W Workshop on Research Career Mentoring for Women in Computer Science and Engineering is to provide mentoring activities targeting women in professional research careers. The workshop is structured to provide researchers at all levels with critical information about the culture of and content required for professional research, and contacts with successful role models and mentors.

The fee for attending the workshop is $260. The fee covers the cost of the facilities and meals provided during the workshop. Each participant is responsible for her own travel arrangements and expenses (airfare, local travel, and room costs, etc.)

The workshop will be held at

Jurys Washington Hotel
1500 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington DC 20036
http://www.jurys-washingtondc-hotels.com/jurys_washingtondc

We have reserved a block of rooms at the workshop hotel. Upon receipt of your registration fee, a room in the workshop hotel will be held for you. The workshop room rate is $165/night (plus tax).

The 2005 Career Mentoring Workshop is sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation.

The workshop will cover a variety of topics targeted to "junior" academic researchers and industrial and national laboratory researchers.

For junior academic researchers and graduate students: we will have panels on how to get the best out of attending a conference, getting a job and negotiating a start-up package, getting funding, and surviving the tenure process.

For industrial and national laboratory women: we will have panels on transferring research success into new products, management career options, and the challenges/opportunities raised in today's environment of start-up companies.

2005 Career Mentoring Workshop Agenda
Saturday, April 16, 2005 and Sunday, April 17, 2005

   

Saturday, April 16, 2005  

 

8:00 (Doyle Ballroom)—Continental Breakfast

   

8:30 (Doyle Ballroom)—Welcome and Overview (slides)

 
Speaker:
  • Workshop Chair, Lori Pollock, University of Delaware(pollock [at] cis.udel.edu).

    • 8:45 (Doyle Ballroom)—Panelist Introductions

     

    9:00 (Doyle Ballroom)—Shared Panel Session - "Research as a Career"

      Building a research program in academia, industry, national laboratories

    Speakers:
  • Nancy Amato, Texas A&M University (slides)
  • Carla Brodley, Tufts University (slides)
  • Tessa Lau, IBM
  • Ellen Voorhees, NIST (slides)

    • 10:30—Break

     

    11:00 (Doyle Ballroom)—Shared Panel Session - "Career Paths Contrasted"

      Life in research universities, teaching schools, industrial and national labs

    Speakers:
  • Sheila Castañeda, Clarke College (slides)
  • Faith Fich, University of Toronto (slides)
  • Susan Landau, Sun (slides)
  • Ellen Voorhees, NIST (slides)

    • 12:30 (Burlington Ballroom)—Lunch

      Participants grouped by research area

    2:00 (Doyle Ballroom)—Shared Panel Session- "Strengthening your Research Program through Funding, Networking, and Collaboration" (slides)

     
    Speakers:
  • Carla Ellis, Duke University
  • Mary Jean Harrold, Georgia Tech
  • Susan Landau, Sun (slides)
  • Caroline Wardle, NSF (slides)

    • 3:30—Break

       

    4:00—Parallel Sessions

     
    1. Pre-tenure track: (Westbury B/C)
      The Tenure Process (slides)

      Speakers:
      Lori Clarke, UMass
      Renee Miller, University of Toronto

    2. Industry/National Lab track: (Westbury A)
      Models of Industrial and National Lab Research (slides)

      Speakers:
      Tina Eliassi-Rad, LLNL
      Tessa Lau, IBM
      Joann Ordille, Avaya Labs

    5:30—Break

       

    6:30 (Burlington A)—Practicum in Networking

       

     

     

     

     

    Sunday, April 17, 2005 

    8:00 (Doyle Ballroom)—Continental Breakfast

     

    9:00 (Doyle Ballroom)—Shared Panel Session- "The Job Search Process and Later Job-related Decision Making" (slides)

     
    Speakers:
  • Lori Clarke, UMass
  • Mary Jane Irwin, Penn State
  • Joann Ordille, Avaya (slides)

    • 10:30 (Doyle Ballroom)—Break

       

    11:00 (Doyle Ballroom)—Shared Panel Session- "Time Management, Family, and Quality of Life Issues" (slides)

     
    Speakers:
  • Anne Condon, UBC (slides)
  • Kathleen Fisher, AT&T
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    12:30 (Burlington Ballroom)—Lunch

      Grouped by stage in career

    2:00—Breakout Session

     
    1. Pre-tenure track: (Westbury B/C)
      Directed problem-solving/discussions


    2. Industry/National Lab track: (Westbury A)
      Directed problem-solving/discussions

    3:00—Break

       

    3:30—Parallel Sessions

     
    1. Pre-tenure track: (Westbury B/C)
      Teaching, Mentoring, and Service       (slides)

      Speakers:
      Sheila Castañeda, Clarke College
      Lori Pollock, University of Delaware

    2. Industry/National Lab track: (Westbury A)
      Strategies for Success in Industry and the National Labs       (slides)

      Speakers:
      Tina Eliassi-Rad, LLNL
      Kathleen Fisher, AT&T
      Marina Thottan, Lucent

    5:00 (Doyle Ballroom)—Wrap Up and Evaluation