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A World of Opportunity Awaits – Earn CEU/PDHs at WE22

Seven WE22 Inspirational Insights Sessions Offer Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
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SWE is pleased to offer seven WE22 sessions, which offer CEU/PDHs to support attendees in their ongoing professional development goals for in-person and virtual conference attendees. These sessions are free to attend with your WE22 conference registration. If you are attending the conference in Houston, join us at the George R. Brown Convention Center General Assembly Hall. If you are a virtual conference attendee, join us on the WE22 virtual conference platform to earn CEUs/PDH.

Criteria for achieving CEUs

  1. Attend the full session: For live sessions, you must have your badge scanned upon entering and leaving each session.
  2. Complete the survey for each session: The surveys are made available at the end of each presentation and are located in the session PowerPoint.

Please note: Partial credit or adjusted CEUs will not be awarded to individuals who do not successfully meet the criteria listed above.

Thursday, October 20th

10:30AM CT: Inclusive Leadership from the Top Panel Discussion

Building workplaces that value and drive diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) has become a business imperative for many organizations. However, for organizations with employees, vendors, or customers across different parts of the world, building a cohesive DEIB strategy can be a challenge. Various employees of organizations take on responsibility for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, but what is the role of the CEO and their leadership team? These panelists will describe how they act on diversity and inclusion to drive meaningful change to bring us one step closer to equity. Knowing the difference is an important start. Join these leaders as they discuss how DEIB starts at the top.

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Karen Horting
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Mary Petryszyn
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Kimberly Markiewicz
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Brendan Bechtel

12:45PM CT: Leadership Looks Like Me Fireside Chat with Deepa Purushothaman and Markita Riley

Growing up, Deepa Purushothaman saw very few role models that looked like her in the corporate world, but she refused to let it stop her from reaching her full potential. The first Indian-American woman to make partner at Deloitte, Deepa made a point of becoming a national inclusion leader within the organization, whole-heartedly invested in addressing the diversity gap from the top down and helping clients do the same.

Deepa says that the idea that diverse talent is hard to find is a myth. We need to expand our definition of what a leader looks like and consciously seek out diverse talent. Sometimes it’s that companies are not looking for talent in the right places, but the truth is that they may not recognize the untapped potential in the talent that they already have.

This urgent presentation is two-fold: first, drawing from cutting-edge research and methodologies, it will help you evolve your definition of leadership and leadership rules—an early step to creating a company culture that fosters belonging and true inclusion. Then, it will give you concrete and actionable strategies for finding, retaining, and advancing people of color within your organization.

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Deepa Purushothaman

Markita C. Riley is the Outreach and Student Programs Manager for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Markita is passionate about people being the best versions of themselves, with no limits to who they can be or what they can do. This passion has led Markita to many career opportunities working with planning committees to build up communities in need, developing future leaders on college campuses and various speaking opportunities around the United States. Her goal is to empower everyone she interfaces with that may feel “outside of the inside”! Markita holds an M.S. in Corporate and Professional Communications from Radford University and a B.S. in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Ball State University.

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Markita Riley

3:00PM CT: Everyday Resiliency in Ever-Changing Times with Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe

With stress, uncertainty, and unrest at a record high, Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe’s message is both inspirational and practical. She introduces her theory “Everyday Resiliency: The 5 Pillars” and shares strategies to help foster each pillar within ourselves and others through research-informed, accessible storytelling and real-world applications.

This interactive and engaging Inspirational Insight session will help you regain a sense of calm and order in ever-changing times. You will be inspired and equipped to establish new daily systems to increase productivity and decrease overwhelm.

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Robyn Hanley-Dafoe

Friday, October 21st

10:30AM CT: Discover Your Authentic Voice – And How To Use It To Create Change with Heather Whelpley

This isn’t your average executive presence training! Instead of diving into tactics on how you “should” present yourself, we’re going to get clear on what is authentic to you so that you can share your ideas, challenge the status quo, and impact positive change in your workplace – and beyond. 

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Heather Whelpley

3:00PM CT: Engineering a Lower Carbon Future Panel Discussion

The world’s transition to cleaner energy is largely enabled by engineering advancements to develop and deploy innovative solutions for carbon emission reduction. The latest technologies include sustainable biofuels, methane reduction technology, wind and solar energy, and a more efficient and reliable power grid. Engineers from companies on the forefront of the conversation to a carbon-reduced future join SWE for a discussion about the wide range of technologies being deployed to achieve this goal. These experts will also discuss navigating related industry regulations and how engineers in the field can meet the needs of this lower carbon future. 

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Anne Lillywhite
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Alysia Green
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Missy Stigal
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Molly Laegeler
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Jeanica Butler

Saturday, October 22nd

9:00AM CT: Technology Trends That Will Enhance Human Performance with Dr. Cori Lathan

We’ve all heard about technology trends such as the Internet of Things, robotics and artificial intelligence, and Virtual Reality. These technologies will impact us profoundly as individuals and as communities, and will connect us by providing the ability to have shared experiences. As we augment human performance, will this result in a Borg collective or in shared and collaborative experiences that bring a collective empathy to society? Dr. Lathan explores the impact of these technologies on us as humans and how we can shape the human-technology interaction to have a positive impact.

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Cori Lathan

10:30AM CT: Getting (More of) What You Want: Negotiation as Collaborative Problem Solving with Margaret A. Neale

One of the most common associations that people have when they think about negotiations is a battle. Almost as soon as the thought of negotiating arises, you likely begin putting on your armor, ready to battle with your counterparts. In this session, Margaret Neale will explain techniques to reframe negotiation from an adversarial battle mentality to one of collaborative problem solving. She will explain (1) how our expectations about negotiations influence our choice of when and whether to negotiate, (2) the power of justifications to influence, and (3) examples of what we assume about negotiation that are unhelpful in effectively negotiating with others. 

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Margaret Neale

View more about each session by visiting the Inspirational Insights page on the WE22 website.

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