Join us for a seminar and panel discussions on career paths outside of academia.
Schedule:
11:00am – Panel: Grants, Policy, and Influence
Shachee Doshi, Emerging Technologies Advisor, USAID
Jesse Isaacman-Beck, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, NIH
Samantha White, Office of Neuroscience Communications and Engagement, NIH
12:00pm – Seminar: Ranjani Kirtane, Director of Research, HelioCampus
“Academia from a Different Perspective: Researching Trends in Higher Education”
2:30pm – Panel: Research and the Private Sector
Chris Glaze, AVP, Lead Data Scientist, Chubb
Min Gong, Director of Behavioral Science and Data Science, Walmart eCommerce
Hadas Kotek, Senior Natural Language Annotation Lead, Apple
Rebecca Nappa, Senior Data Specialist, Amazon
3:30pm – Panel: Communicating Science to the Public
Jayatri Das, Chief Bioscientist, Franklin Institute
Julie Sedivy, Writer and Language Scientist
4:30pm – Meet & Greet/breakout rooms
Attendees are invited to meet one-on-one with our panelists for 5-minute speed networking sessions to learn more about their work/research/industry and tips for getting jobs in their space.