Hosted by the Massachusetts Chapter of the Association for Women in Science*

The Road Less Traveled:

Science Careers Off the Beaten Path

Monday, February 18, 2008
7:30 AM to 12:00 Noon
Republic Ballroom, Sheraton Boston Hotel
39 Dalton Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02199

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The theme of this year's Women in Science Breakfast is "The Road Less Traveled: Science Careers Off of the Beaten Path". The keynote speaker will be Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff who will deliver an address entitled "From the Inside Looking In". Immediately following the address, Dr. Carolyn Cho, Head, Systems Biology Technologies, Pfizer, will introduce the panel discussion which will focus on the various usual and unusual career paths women can take to reach a successful and fulfilling career in science or technology. The expanding scope of science and its applications has created a much broader set of career opportunities for young scientists. From academia to private industry, non-profits to government, panelists will cover the range of possibilities in today's employment marketplace.

Audience participation is encouraged.

7:30 AM                   Buffet Breakfast and Networking

7:45 AM                   Welcome by Rebecca Pitts, Massachusetts AWIS  Chapter President, Chemist

                                  PerkinElmer

8:20 AM                   Opening Remarks and Introduction of Keynote Speaker by Phoebe Leboy, AWIS

                                  President,Professor of Biochemistry Emerita, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

8:30 AM                   Keynote Address by Lydia Villa-Komaroff, Ph. D., CEO, Cytonome, Inc               

9:00 AM                   Break

9:30 AM                   Introduction of panelists by moderator Carolyn Cho, Ph. D., Head, Systems Biology

                                  Technologies, Pfizer, Boston Massachusetts

9:45 AM                   Panel discussion

• Tsvetelina Lazarova, Ph. D., Director of Chemistry and Co-Founder, MedChem Partners LLC, Boston Massachusetts
• Jennifer Rocklein-Canfield, Ph. D, Associate Professor, Simmons College, Boston Massachusetts
• Jennifer Hobin, Ph. D., Science Policy Analyst, Office of Public Affairs at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
• Martha Vokes, Broad Institute, Cambridge Massachusetts

• Victoria M. Richon, Ph.D., Senior Director of Cancer Biology and Therapeutics, Merck Research Laboratories, Boston Massachusetts

11:00 AM                 Question and answer session with panelists

11:25 AM                 Closing remarks by Janet Bandows Koster, AWIS Executive Director

11:30 AM                 Adjournment and informal networking

The event is open to all attendees of AAAS annual meeting and the public.

Please register for the event using the form at www.awis.org/registrationform.html or by contacting Meredith Gibson at gibson@awis.org by Monday, February 11, 2008.

*In cooperation with the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) National Office,

and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).