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 AMACS PROGRESS Project
Felicia Dixon
8:50 AMAdvancing Your Career Through Mentoring and Networking
Felicia Dixon
9:30 AMPanel Discussion "Creating the Right Chemistry for Women in Industry"
Sara N. Paisner
10:30 AMReception

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