| 12:00 PM |
Opening Remarks (Senator Bob Duff, Majority Leader of the Connecticut State Senate) |
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| 12:10 PM |
Introduction of Keynote Speaker (Jane McBride Gates, Provost & Senior VP Academic & Student Affairs, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities) |
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| 12:15 PM |
Keynote Address: Diversity in Science (Doris Arrington, Dean of Student Services, Capital Community College) |
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| 1:00 PM |
Brief Remarks (Edison T. Liu, President and CEO, The Jackson Laboratory; Mark E. Ojakian, President, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities) |
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| 1:15 PM |
Break |
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| 1:30 PM |
Panel Discussion on Career Options in Science |
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Melanie Sinche, NCCDirector of Education, JAX Genomic Medicine |
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Todd E. ArnoldPh.D. Managing DirectorMount Sinai Genetic Testing Laboratory |
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Josh GeballeVice President, General ManagerDigital Science Business Unit (formerly Core Infromatics) Thermo Fisher Scientific |
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Usha PillaiPh.D. PMP, Founder & PresidentAria Management Consulting LLC |
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Elizabeth Lewis RobertsAssociate ProfessorSouthern Connecticut State University |
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Cleo RollePh.D., Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator, BiotechnologyCapital Community College |
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| 2:30 PM |
Networking Session (Including representatives of The Jackson Laboratory, Mount Sinai Genetic Testing Laboratory, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Aria Management Consulting, Southern Connecticut State University, Capital Community College, Eastern Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State University, Manchester Community College, Housatonic Community College, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and others.) |
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| 3:45 PM |
Break |
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| 4:00 PM |
Establishing an Individual Development Plan |
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| 5:00 PM |
Adjourn |
