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The inaugural STEAMPowered Leadership Conference is an innovative educational and networking event for women currently working or interested in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) fields or traditionally male-dominated careers. Attendees will leave the conference powered with tools, knowledge and actionable insights to be leaders for change and progress in STEAM positions.
Women continue to be under-represented in STEM occupations. Women filled 47% of all U.S. jobs in 2015, but held only 24% of STEM jobs (Women in STEM Update, Office of the Chief Economist (OCE), November 2017).
| 7:30 - 8:15 A.M. | Registration |
| 8:20 - 8:35 A.M. | Opening Speaker via WebEx: Tiffany Shlain Emmy-nominated filmmaker, author, founder of the Webby Awards |
| 8:35 - 8:50 A.M. | Screening of Film: The Adaptable Mind The Adaptable Mind asks the question: what are the skills we need to flourish in the 21st century? Of the hundreds of inspiring stories that flooded in from social media, one stood out: Los Angeles-based professor and artist, Mary Beth Heffernan, was listening to coverage of the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and how isolating and traumatic it must be for patients to interact only with hazmat suits for weeks on end. She thought, "what if they put pictures of their faces on the front of the suits?" Thousands of letters, grants, and hurdles later, Mary Beth's story reveals that, while there is a lot of fear that technology is displacing our jobs, the skills we need most in the 21st Century - curiosity, creativity, taking initiative, multi-disciplinary thinking, and empathy - happen to be skills that machines don't have; only humans have. |
| 8:50 - 9:05 A.M. | Discussion of Film |
| 9:05 - 9:20 A.M. | Values-Based Leadership |
| 9:20 - 9:25 A.M. | Negotiation Skills |
| 9:25 - 9:35 A.M. | Giving Too Much or Not Enough |
| 9:35 - 9:50 A.M. | Speaker TBD |
| 9:50 - 10:05 A.M. | Getting More Women in the Pipeline - A Man's Viewpoint |
| 10:05 - 10:35 A.M. | Break |
| 10:35 - 11:30 A.M. | Interactive Panel on Working Across the Generations |
| 11:30 - 1:30 P.M. | Lunch and Keynote: Olympia LePoint Hailed the "Modern Day Hidden Figure" by PEOPLE Magazine and "The New Einstein" by her fans, Olympia LePoint is an award-winning rocket scientist who is unleashing audiences' brainpower. |
| 1:30 - 2:30 P.M. | Interactive Panel: The Power of Diverse Voices in STEAM: Breaking the Gender Barrier and Overcoming Stereotypes |
| 2:30 - 2:45 P.M. | Speaker TBD |
| 2:45 - 3:00 P.M. | Understanding the Role of the Ally/Sponsor |
| 3:00 - 3:15 P.M. | Advocating for Yourself and Building Your Community (networking) |
| 3:15 - 3:30 P.M. | Conference Closing Discussion |
| 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. | Networking |
