Conference Agenda

8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.

Networking and Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions (Auditorium)

  • John Wasilisin (Emcee), Vice President, TEDCO
  • Lori M. Conlan, Ph.D., Director, Office of Postdoctoral Services, Office of Intramural Training and Education, National Institutes of Health
  • Pradeep Ganguly, Director, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development
  • Sandra J. Miller, Senior Fellow, The Kauffman Foundation

Keynote Speaker:

  • Dr. Chad Womack, Founder, President and Executive Director of the Philadelphia Biotechnology and Life Sciences Institute; Co-founder, President and Chair of the National Association for Blacks in BIO (NABB)

9:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Career Expo Open
9:45 a.m - 3:30 p.m.

Resume Doctors Available (Room F)
9:50 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Morning Breakout Sessions

Entrepreneurial Opportunities (Balcony A)

Moderator: Ronald Kaese, Senior Program Manager, Federal Lab Partnerships, TEDCO

Panelists:

  • Edgar C. Harrell, President, Edgar C. Harrell Associates
  • Dr. Bhavesh Joshi
  • Ronald Kaese, Senior Program Manager, Federal Lab Partnerships, TEDCO
  • Carol Nacy, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sequella, Inc.
  • Lawrence Sita, Ph.D., Professor, University of Maryland, College of Chemical and Life Sciences

Careers Beyond the Bench: Journalism, Law, Government, & Non-Profits (Balcony B)

Moderator: Ian King, Assistant Director, Science Careers

Panelists:

  • Kimberly A. Benton, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Office of Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration
  • Laura Bonetta, Freelance Science Writer
  • Betsy Haanes, Ph.D., Director, Biotechnology/Chemical Group, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein, & Fox, P.L.L.C.
  • Chuck Schultz, Ph.D., Program Officer, International Program of the Office of Grants and Special Programs, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Working in Established Companies (Auditorium)

Moderator: Hugh Bailey, Montgomery County Department of Economic Development Division of Workforce Services

Panelists:

  • Audrey Chang, Ph.D., Director of Laboratory Services, Fisher BioServices
  • Steven Coates, Ph.D., Director of Oncology Research, MedImmune

11:20 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Morning Breakout Sessions Repeated
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Lunch (Tent outside the Natcher Center)
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Interviewing Skills (Auditorium)

Moderator: Brianna Blaser, Ph.D., Project Director, Outreach, Science/AAAS

Panelists:

  • Meredith Leader, Recruiting Manager, Kelly Scientific Resources, Government Solutions Group
  • Joanne Peters, Recruiting Manager, Kelly Scientific Resources, Government Solutions Group

Opportunities for Career training (Balcony A)

Moderator: Mojdeh Bahar, Technology Licensing Specialist, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health

Panelists:

  • Stephen Auvil, Director, Office of Technology Development and ACTiVATE Program, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  • Steve Ferguson, Director, Division of Technology Development and Transfer, NIH Office of Technology Transfer
  • Frederick Provorny, Director, Center for New Technology Enterprise

Making the Transition (Balcony B)

Speaker: Lori M. Conlan, Ph.D., Director, Office of Postdoctoral Services, Office of Intramural Training and Education, National Institutes of Health
2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Afternoon Breakout Sessions Repeated
3:30 p.m.

Career Expo Close