Wednesday, 2 November 2005: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM | |||
Cockrell (Peabody Hotel) | |||
Symposium (SYMG) | |||
ACS PROGRESS: Thriving in the Workplace Roadshow | |||
| To help raise the awareness among women chemical professionals, their colleagues, and their employers of the challenges experienced by women in the chemical workforce, the ACS PROGRESS Project will present a half-day symposium. This symposium will present best practices and the challenges facing starting and mid-career women chemists and chemical engineers and tips on how to help them thrive in the workplace, thereby fostering diversification of the workforce. The session will include two presentations and a panel discussion. There will also be a networking reception. • Advancing in Your Career Through Mentoring • Networking: How Chemists Form New Bonds • Creating the Right Chemistry for Women in Industry Panel Discussion • Reception | |||
| Organizer: | Felicia Dixon | ||
| Presider: | Felicia Dixon | ||
| 8:30 AM | 49 | ACS PROGRESS Project Felicia Dixon | |
| 8:50 AM | 50 | Advancing Your Career Through Mentoring and Networking Felicia Dixon | |
| 9:30 AM | 51 | Panel Discussion "Creating the Right Chemistry for Women in Industry" Sara N. Paisner | |
| 10:30 AM | Reception | ||
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