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STARS Alliance Celebration 2006 - Agenda

NSF STARS Alliance
Student Leadership Corps Conference
August 7 - 11, 2006
Atlanta, Georgia
Conference Moderator: Nate Thomas


Monday, August 7, 2006
Meeting Location: Technology Square Research Building (TSRB), Room 132

6:00 PM Dinner and Conference Opening Session

    Getting Started, Laying the groundwork, presenting the Big Picture, Teresa Dahlberg
    • Welcome
    • Intro to BPC STARS Purpose and how the SLC fits into the Big Picture
    • Overview of conference Goals
    • Putting it all in perspective: Computing Yesterday, Now, and its Future, Dr. Mladen Vouk
    • Housekeeping details: ground rules for participants; breakfast; starting time for Tuesday morning, How the (Cross Team) groups were formed, etc.

Community and Team Building Ice Breakers
Coordinated by Vickie Suggs and Jason Black


Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Meeting Location: TSRB 132

8:30 AM General Session:SLC Role Clarification, Tiffany Barnes

    • Expectations
    • Project examples from programs
    • Purpose of Home Team Meeting Times in Schedule and Friday morning presentations to be made by home teams
Home Team Meeting Session I Breakouts

10:15 AM Break

10:30 AM Know Your Colors
This activity is designed to complement Myers-Briggs and Kiersey’s work and not only give you insight into your own personal style but how to more effectively interact with people of different styles or “colors”. Vickie Suggs

Noon Lunch
Lunch with Industry speakers Beverly Seay, VP and Karen Penn, VP and Director of Corporate Diversity, Science Applications International Corporation.
    ( SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States.) Please get your lunch and enjoy – their Advice and Lessons Learned talk will begin promptly at 12:30 PM in the large meeting room, TSRB 132.
1:30 PM Diversity in IT/Computing Environments
Exploring stereotypes through Traditional American Values (The Miseducation of Generation X) Dr. Nate Thomas

3:30 PM Break

3:45 PM Realities and Myths of Women and Minorities in Leadership
(and how this applies to IT environments) Vickie Suggs

Dinner Millenium Restaurant
Complimentary hotel dining Group reservation plan, TBA

Evening: Evening activity options TBA


Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Meeting Location: TSRB 132

9: 00 AM General Session:

Info on Topics and Registration for Thursday concurrent sessions

9: 15 AM Being an Effective IT Leader: Things you need to learn on your journey
Mladen Vouk will share his perspective on technically related knowledge that is important to success in IT and computing industry leadership.

10:00 AM Student Breakout groups in Cross Teams
for discussion, processing his session, and preparation of questions for the panel. (Structure to be led by facilitators).

10:15 AM Break

10:30 AM Industry Panel:
Hear perspectives regarding managing inclusion in different IT corporate environments; Q‘s and A’s; Hear about career opportunities too!

Noon Lunch

1:00PM “The Why behind the What" in Leadership
Dr. Shanavius Evans, Total Systems, Inc.

2:00 PMMore on Leadership
Dr. Shanavius Evans, Total Systems, Inc.

3:00 PM Home Team
Meeting: Session II

4:00 PMPoster session:
Info session to highlight Individual schools/programs/research area highlights

DinnerMillenium Restaurant
Complimentary hotel dining Group reservation plan, TBA.

8:00 PMEvening at the GT Student Center Games Room:
Bowling, billiards, DDR, and more. Free ice cream sundaes. Cross team karaoke competition starts at 10:00 PM!! See map for location and directions. Bus transportation will be provided for the return trip.


Thursday August 10, 2006
Meeting Location: TSRB 132

9:00 AM General Session

9:30 AMConcurrent Sessions

Participants choose one from each time block and sign up

Options for Session A: 9:30 – 10:30 AM
  • Delivering Effective Presentations (Lockheed Martin)
  • Promoting Yourself (Lockheed Martin)
  • Visit to the Aware Home
  • The Whys and Hows of Grad School. Moderated by Andrea Lawrence.
  • Leadership: An Art of Possibility
Options for Session B: 10:45 – 11:45 AM
  • Time Management (Lockheed Martin)
  • No Experience? Not True! Resume Writing Tips (Lockheed Martin)
  • Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome
  • Visit to the Aware Home
  • Leadership: An Art of Possibility
NoonLUNCH

1:00 PM Mentoring – Dr. Nate Thomas

2:30 PM Concurrent Sessions: Computing Possibilities…Cool Research Projects
Schedule will be distributed and sign-ups organized on Wednesday. You’ll be able to choose from a variety of possibilities.

4:45 PM Break

6:00 PM Dinner with Key Note Speaker Blair Marks,
Lockheed Martin: “L eadership and Inclusion in the Technology Corporate Environment”
Dinner is sponsored by Lockheed Martin

8:00 PMHome Team Meeting: Session III


Friday, August 11, 2006
Meeting Location: TSRB 132

9:30 AM Home Team Presentations of Goals/Projects

Next Steps and next year’s conference – Teresa
Closing activity
Evaluation





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