FRIDAY, MAY 20

In addition to the workshops listed below, Flying A Studios in the UCEN will be set up throughout the afternoon for attendees to meet with experts and get hands-on help with resumes and cover letters, LinkedIn headshots and profiles, etc.

12:30 pm Registration. Location: Lower Lagoon Plaza (UCEN).

1:00 pm WORKSHOP Managing Your Digital Reputation. Location: Harbor Room (UCEN). Facilitator: Joe Sabado. Acting Executive Director, UCSB Student Information Systems and Technology.

1:00 pm WORKSHOP Understanding and Articulating Your Transferable Skills. Location: State Street Room (UCEN). Facilitator: Lana Smith-Hale. Graduate Career Consultant, UCSB Career Services and Graduate Division.

2:15 pm Coffee Break. Location: Lower Lagoon Plaza (UCEN).

2:30 pm WORKSHOP Building and Maintaining a Professional Network. Location: Harbor Room (UCEN). Facilitator: Don Lubach. Associate Dean of Graduate Student Initiatives, UCSB Student Affairs.

2:30 pm WORKSHOP Understanding and Articulating Your Transferable Skills. Location: State Street Room (UCEN). Facilitator: Lana Smith-Hale. Graduate Career Consultant, UCSB Career Services and Graduate Division.

3:45 pm Coffee Break. Location: Lower Lagoon Plaza (UCEN).

4:00 pm WORKSHOP Building and Maintaining a Professional Network. Location: Harbor Room (UCEN). Facilitator: Don Lubach. Associate Dean of Graduate Student Initiatives, UCSB Student Affairs.

4:00 pm WORKSHOP Managing Your Digital Reputation. Location: State Street Room (UCEN). Facilitator: Joe Sabado. Acting Executive Director, UCSB Student Information Systems and Technology.

SATURDAY, MAY 21

8:00 am Registration and Coffee. Location: Corwin Pavilion Lobby.

8:50 am OPENING REMARKS. Location: Corwin Pavilion. Speaker: Margaret Klawunn. UCSB Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

9:00 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS A PhDs Transition from Dissatisfaction to Career Renewal. Location: Corwin Pavilion. Speakers: Bill Lindstaedt and Liz Silva. UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development.

9:45 am WORKSHOP Finding and Applying for Research Jobs in Industry. Location: Corwin Pavilion. Facilitator: Bill Lindstaedt. Executive Director, UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development.

9:45 am WORKSHOP ImaginePhD: A Career Planning Tool for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Location: State Street Room (UCEN). Facilitator: Annie Maxfield. Associate Director of Graduate Student Relations and Services, UCLA Career Services.

11:00 am Coffee Break. Location: Corwin Pavilion Lobby.

11:15 am CAREER PANEL Research and Development. Location: Corwin Pavilion. Panelists: Steve Mack, Researcher and Analyst, Riot Games. Mike Grundmann, Rapid Evaluator, X. Abi Sivananthan, Associate Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton. Demis D. John, Researcher, Praevium Research Inc.

11:15 am CAREER PANEL University Administration and Academic Support. Location: State Street Room (UCEN). Panelists: Leslie Edwards, Director of Corporate Business Development, UCSB Engineering Industry Center. Andrew Henkes, Assistant Director of Admissions, Drucker School of Management. Kelly Anne Brown, Assistant Director, UC Humanities Research Institute. Kyra Folk-Farber, Assistant Music Librarian and Evolving Workforce Resident, UCSB Library.

12:30 pm Networking Lunch. Location: Corwin Plaza.

1:30 pm CAREER PANEL Start-Ups. Location: Corwin Pavilion. Panelists: Alexander Fang, CEO and Co-founder, Aurrion. Luca Foschini, Co-founder and Head of Data Science, Evidation Health. Evan Strenk, CEO and Co-founder, Milo Sensors. Shravanthi Reddy, COO, ClearSight.

1:30 pm CAREER PANEL Publishing, Writing, and Communication. Location: State Street Room (UCEN). Panelists: Brandon Fastman, Education and Outreach Coordinator, UCSB Center for Nanotechnology in Society. Michael Joiner, Technical Account Manager, Yardi. Charles Donelan, Arts Editor, Santa Barbara Independent.

2:45 pm Coffee Break. Location: Corwin Pavilion Lobby.

3:00 pm CAREER PANEL Non-Profits, Government, and NGOs. Location: Corwin Pavilion. Panelists: Betty Koed, Historian, United States Senate. Glenn Spencer Russell, Director of Planning and Development, County of Santa Barbara. Kohl Gill, CEO and Founder, LaborVoices. Jai Ranganathan, Director and Co-founder, SciFund Challenge.

3:00 pm CAREER PANEL Industry and Corporations. Location: State Street Room (UCEN). Panelists: Deanne Adams, Lead User Researcher, Studios User Research. Osnat Ben-Shahar, Medical Editor, Motive Medical Intelligence. Gordon Morrell, Executive Vice President, Yardi.

4:15 pm CLOSING REMARKS. Location: Corwin Pavilion. Speaker: Carol Genetti. UCSB Dean of Graduate Division.

4:30 pm Networking Reception. Location: Corwin Plaza.