Just Announced! Women in STEM Summit Speakers

At the Women in STEM Summit, taking place October 22 at Bentley University, you will have the opportunity to make one-to-one connections with potential employees, feed the pipelines for your mentoring and internship programs, maximize ROI of STEM investments, increase STEM retention rates, as well as promote your internal initiatives in support of women in the workplace.

Women in STEM Summit

October 22, 2015

Boston, MA

We are excited to introduce the major players, influencers and inspirers in the Northeast that have joined our speaking faculty to engage in discussion, debate the issues and help you make a difference.

Hear from and collaborate with the 2015 Women in STEM Summit speakers:

• Amy Van Kirk, Director, University Relations, Talent Acquisition, PAREXEL International
• Anne-Marie Dorning, Founding Director, Olin College of Engineering
• Betsy Myers, Director, Human Resources, Center for Women and Business, Bentley University
• Cecily Kovatch, Sr. Director Ash Reuse Applications & Innovation, Covanta
• Claire Duggan, Director for Programs and Operations, The Center for STEM Education, Northeastern University
• Courtney Tanenbaum, Senior Researcher, American Institutes for Research
• Tiana Veldwisch, Technical Marketing Manager, Daktari Diagnostics
• Denise A. Sabolcik, Vice President, Application Development, FedEx Services

• Janice Mazzallo, Executive Vice President and CHRO, PeoplesBank
• John Brooks, President and CEO, Joslin Diabetes Center
• Julie Silard Kantor, Chief Partnership Officer, STEMconnector MillionWomenMentors
• Lisa Freed, P.E., LEED AP, STEM Program Manager, iRobot
• Sally Phelps, Olin Career Center Director, Olin College of Engineering
• Susan Vroman, Organizational Effectiveness Advisor, SmartPak
• Yvonne M. Spicer, Ed.D, DTE, Vice President of Advocacy & Educational Partnerships, National Center for Technological Literacy®, Museum of Science, Boston

Click here to view the complete agenda: http://bit.ly/1VdZ0nv

Register today to secure your seat! Each registration sponsors the attendance of students.  Invest in the future women of the industry, while increasing your organizations long-term competitive advantage.

You get $100 off the current rate when you use code WISBL. For more information or to register, click here: http://bit.ly/1VdZ0nv

Cheers,

The Women in STEM Summit Team

@WISSummit

#WISExchange15

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Women in STEM Stories: Betsy Myers

What does it take to keep kids engaged in STEM coursework and retained in STEM jobs?  Maybe it used to be easier and there wasn’t such an urgent need for discussion, but right now in America it’s hard to have a conversation that doesn’t touch on this topic.  Those conversations are full of passion, opinion, and sometimes controversy but always seem to end with optimism that if the rightpeople are working together to create change…it will happen. 

The IIR Women in STEM Idea Exchange Summit taking place on October 21, 2014 at the Center forWomen and Business at Bentley University in Massachusetts is convening the people who are dedicated to making a difference and being part of changing the current paradigm.

One iconic woman in STEM, Betsy Myers, Founding Director, Center for Women and Business, Bentley University will be the featured speaker at the Summit and will kick off the day with a provocative presentation tracing her own career path from the work she is currently doing at the Center for Women & Business at Bentley University, to her roles in the Clinton Administration, the Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership, and the Obama Presidential Campaign. 

She will help attendees better understand what it will take to continue closing the confidence gap for women, how to confront the balance question, (“Is it really possible?”), the different leadership styles of men and women, and leadership necessary for the next generation of women.  She will address why engaging men as full partners to advance women in business is the next best step towards action. “Men are not the problem, but the key factor for a productive solution.”

Learn more about the summit here: http://bit.ly/1mEROAf

Register for Women in STEM today to listen, learn, discuss and be inspired by Betsy Myers and many other leaders looking to close the gender gap and promote women in STEM careers: http://bit.ly/1mqaWQO

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