29th Annual Meeting - Sunday, April 27, 2008

• 8:30am - CCR REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
  Location: Arch View Foyer
   
• 9:00am-5:00pm PROFESSIONAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
  Location: Grand Ballroom , Salon E
  Facilitators: Nancy Houfek and Lee Warren
  This workshop helps graduate students be more effective in advancing their Salon E careers. Topics include theatre concepts of expression and communication, personal strategic behavior concepts, participant stories of ineffective moments in meetings and/or negotiations, role paying of 1-3 stories chosen to illustrate and common theme among group stories. The stories, which are chosen to speak to the larger needs of all, will be played, coached and replayed with new behaviors in place. Topics commonly include relationship to advisor, getting recommendations, getting along in the lab, interviewing for jobs, dissertation defense, balancing personal life, and teaching skills. More information about COACh can be found at: http://coach.uoregon.edu. The CCR Annual Meeting organization committee is working with Dr. Geraldine Richmond, COACh Chair to develop the workshops for the Annual Meetings.
   
• 9:00am-3:00pm LEADERSHIP SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR NEW FACULTY CHAIRS, INSTITUTE AND CENTER DIRECTORS
  Location: Grand Ballroom, Salon F
  Facilitators: Barbara Butterfield, Jane Tucker and Hilary Godwin
  The workshop will include presentations, discussions in small groups and practice with case studies. A discussion of what works in leading scientists includes information from current leaders. Appreciative Inquiry is introduced as a group problem-solving and planning approach during this discussion. Participants are introduced to decision-making techniques and practice communication and listening skills. Strategies for leading change and managing effective meetings are discussed and practiced.
  LEADERSHIP WORKSHIOP FACILITATORS: COACh was formed in 1998 by a group of senior women faculty in the chemical sciences from across the U.S. with a common concern about the gender-based obstacles women scientists face in trying to attain their career goals. They have expanded their program to include professional skills and leadership training for both men and women in the sciences that help empower scientists and engineers to achieve their full potential at the undergraduate, graduate and professional level.
   
• 3:30-6:00 pm SECTOR SESSIONS (parallel sessions)
  Round table discussions of issues of mutual interest such as presentations of the results of surveys of departments nationwide, and presentations from federal program officers.
  • Chemistry Chairs
    Location: Grand Suites 1 and 2
    Led by Paul Hopkins (University of Washington) and Matthew Sanders (University of Wisconsin)
  • Chemical Engineering Chairs
    Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons A and B
    Led by Christopher Roberts (Auburn University) and Mark McCready (University of Notre Dame)
  • Industry and Government Laboratory Representatives
    Location: Grand Ballroom, Salon G
    Led by Susan Butts (Dow) and Kelly Sullivan (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
     
• 6:00-6:30 pm FIRST TIMERS' ORIENTATION: AN INTRODUCTION TO CCR
  Location: Gateway 1
  Led by Hratch Semerjian, President and Executive Director of the Council for Chemical Research
   
• 6:30-7:30 pm OPENING RECEPTION
  Location: Arch View Foyer
   
• 7:30 pm BUDDY DINNERS (dutch treat)
  First time attendees are encouraged to attend both the First Timers’ Orientation and the Buddy Dinners. The Buddy Dinners (which are Dutch treat) are at a mid-priced local restaurant and afford an opportunity to meet colleagues and learn about CCR from a member of the Council's leadership.

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