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AWIS Networking Workshop
Tuesday May 20 6:00-8:00 PM
Children's Hospital
Karp Building
Eighth Floor Conference Room
Can *you* build a Network?
LAN, WAN, MAN .... CHECK
Hubs, Switches, Repeaters, Routers .... CHECK
CAT 5e, NIC, IEEE 802.11 ... CHECK
Ports, Sockets, Frequencies ... CHECK
Nodes, Edges, Shortest Path ... CHECK
Business Cards, Introductions, Employment Opportunities ... WHAT?!?
Getting computers online is a cinch for many in the technological field, but how well can we build connections with our colleagues? Join AWIS Tuesday May 20th to bring yourself up to speed on social networking! Find out who, what, where, when, why and how. You'll also be given the opportunity to start building your own personal network right then and there!
Food will be provided.
Register at: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=159004
Free for Mass-AWIS members/ $10 non-members
Driving directions to Children's Hospital can be found at:
http://www.childrenshospital.org/patientsfamilies/Site1393/mainpageS1393P87.html
There is a parking garage directly across from the Karp building, entrance on Blackfan Circle
Children's Hospital can also be easily accessed via the T Green Line D or E trains.
http://www.childrenshospital.org/patientsfamilies/Site1393/mainpageS1393P87sublevel91.html
2008 Mass-AWIS Mentoring Circle
There is still time to join the MASS AWIS Mentoring Circle Program!
2008 AWIS Mentoring Program Calendar
April 1—July 15: Surveys open for enrollment
July 16—August 15: Mentoring Committee reviews surveys and assigns circles
August 16—September 5: Mentoring Circles are informed that they have matched a circle
Week of September 8, 2008: Mentoring Circle Orientation for all participants
Date to be set soon. This meeting is mandatory for participants
Sept, 2008—April, 2009: Circles meet as often as they can/want (at least 1X month)
April 2009—Wrap up event and celebration for all participants
HOW DO I JOIN THE MENTORING CIRCLE PROGRAM?
-You must be a MASS AWIS chapter member to participate as a Mentee (student rates are available)
-Join AWIS and MASS AWIS at www.awis.org
-Apply online by filling out the
Here are the links:
o Survey for potential MENTEES
o Survey for potential MENTORS
Other Announcements:
MassBioEd and the
WHAT: An Educational Offering entitled, "Biotechnology Project Management"
This educational program is designed to provide a practical hands-on environment in which to learn the responsibilities, activities, and competencies required for the Project Management position in the Biotechnology environment. This course utilizes experiential teaching techniques, class participation, and real life examples to maximize learning. This course also helps executives, researchers, technicians, and managers in understanding the role of the project manager in the product development arena.
WHO: Candidates must possess at least a BS/BA, and can be working in a clinical research setting, within industry or academia, exploring the course for a career change into clinical research, or looking to understand the clinical research process in relation to other jobs in the biopharmaceutical industry.
WHEN: Wednesday Evenings, May 28 through June 25, 2008, 5:30 to 9:00pm
(The next offering of this course will not take place until September 2008.)
WHERE:
COST: $1400 for Employees of MBC Member Companies, $1550 for All Others
Register Soon! Spaces are filling up quickly!
For more information or to register, visit the course website:
https://secure.massbioed.org/courses/index.php?page_function=detail&course_id=4
Or, contact Hannah Yun at hannah.yun@....
2008 WEST Leadership Awards Celebration
DATE: Wednesday, June 4
LOCATION: Law Offices of Foley Hoag,
TIME: 6:00pm-9:00pm
HOST: WEST/Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology
COST: Advance registration: $40 Members, $55 Non-Members ($20 more at the door). Refreshments included.
REGISTRATION AND MORE INFO: www.westorg.org
DESCRIPTION: An evening celebration overlooking Boston Harbor with refreshments, time for networking, an awards presentation, and awardees sharing their success stories. The honorees have demonstrated notable entrepreneurial leadership in science and technology by starting their own companies, or achieving success within larger organizations.
2008 Award Recipients:
--Abbie Celniker, PhD, Global Head of the Program Office for the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR). Abbie has been entrepreneurial throughout her career, and has shown an outstanding commitment to helping other women reach their full potential.
--Irene Greif, PhD, Director, Collaborative User Experience,
--Ivana Magovcevic-Liebisch, PhD, JD, Executive Vice President of Administration and General Counsel at Dyax Corporation. Ivana has successfully leveraged rigorous training in biomedical science and law to become a corporate leader and dealmaker for an innovative biotech company.
--ML Mackey, CEO and Co-Founder of Beacon Interactive Systems. ML has built a company in the "man's world" of government contracting, and earned the respect of those in private and government circles.
Thursday, June 26. 5:30-8 pm Broad Institute ***Honoring Judy Ozbun, VP of Strategic Partnerships, New England Healthcare Institute and Lydia Villa-Komaroff, CEO, Cytonome, Inc.*** Remarks by Dr. Susan Hockfield, MIT President.
Event details, sponsorship and program book advertising information:
http://scienceclubforgirls.org/catalyst/2008/
Tickets: $75 & $200. www.acteva.com/go/SCFG
SCFG's mission is to increase the self-confidence and science literacy of K–12th grade girls belonging to groups that are underrepresented in the sciences, through free, after school programs that provide experiential learning, mentorship, and leadership opportunities. Girls work with mentor-scientists who model and foster leadership, affirm college as an expectation, and promote careers in science and technology as goals and options.
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