International Women Day Pacesetters Forum: Student Sign Up
Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum Nano Centre
- 0101
Friday,
Mar 8, 2019 at 11:30 AM EST
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Event Details
Celebrate International Women's Day 2019
Pacesetters’ is a unique, fast-paced afternoon where alumnae, friends, and faculty share career advice in areas ranging for soft skills to technical skills, entrepreneurship to leadership, industry to academic, and everything in between!
Register for 1, 2, or all 3 activities. It's an afternoon not to be missed!
Schedule of Activities:
LADIES WHO L(A)UNCH
Speed Networking Luncheon presented by Women in Mathematics (WiM) Committee
Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Registration and Lunch:11:30 am -12:00 pm
Location: QNC 0101
A fun way to get advice, make connections, and gain visibility in a variety of industries and career paths in a short period of time. Registering is your first step to building a network with academia, industry, and business leaders. Your future self will thank you!
A fabulous complimentary lunch will be provided: sushi, samosas, meatballs, chicken satays, sandwiches, and sweet desserts. Female-identifying students welcome.
Guest Mentors:
| Mentor | Background Information |
| Maliha Ahmed | Graduate Student in the Department of Applied Mathematics & WiM Committee Member |
| Nivasini Ananthakrishnan | Senior Undergraduate, 4A, Computer Science and Combinatorics & Optimization |
| Sue Ann Campbell | Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics |
| Alice Ching | Working with Data Science & Analytics at Publicis Sapient |
| Barbara Csima | Professor in the Department of Pure Mathematics |
| Maite Dupuis | PSI fellow at Perimeter Institute/Adjunct professor at UWaterlo |
| Sasha Fay | Senior Manager of Research Analytics & Insights, at Cineplex |
| Taylor Frey | Associate in Data Science & Analytics at Publicis Sapient |
| Ruth Gregory | Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Durham (UK) |
| Michelle Hung | Founder of The Sassy Investor |
| Judy Hutchison | Director of Recruiting at Arctic Wolf Networks |
| Ria Jiang | Software Engineer at Google Canada |
| Bailey Kacsmar | Ph'D Student Computer Science |
| Christiane Lemieux | Professor , Associate Dean -Graduate Studies |
| Ana Moreno | Recruitment Business Partner at Artic Wolf Networks |
| Shayla Redlin | Ph'D Student Combinatotics & Optimization |
| Frieda Rong | Senior Undergraduate 4A Combinatorics & Optimization and Pure Mathematics |
| Pavel Volgarev | Software Engineer at Google Canada |
| Caelan Wang | Graduate Student in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization and WiM Committee Member |
| Elizabath Webb | Masters Student and WiM Committee Member |
| Rachel Wiens | Software Engineer at Google Canada |
| Joyce Yang | Senior Undergraduate , 4A Computer Science |
| Kyla Yu | Senior Associate Actuary, Legacy Printing at Sun Life Financial |
SPEAK UP!
Pecha Kucha Plus presented by Math #HeForShe
Time: 1:45 pm – 3:45 pm
Location: QNC 0101
Guest Mentors:
| Mentor | Background Information |
| Taylor Frey | Associate in Data Science & Analytics at Publicis Sapient |
| Michelle Hung | Founder of The Sassy Investor |
| Sherry Shannon-Vanstone | Founder and CEO of Profound Impact |
| Caelan Wang | Graduate Student in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization |
| Dmytro Yermolov | Senior Software EngineerTeam Lead at NCR |
TECH BUBBLE
Networking Café presented by Women in Computer Science (WiCS)
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: QNC 0101
Students will have the opportunity to sip bubble tea in a casual café and ask alumnae working in the local tech scene “anything”. Complimentary refreshments provided.
Female-identifying students welcome.
Guest Mentors:
| Mentor | Background Information |
| Taylor Frey | Associate in Data Science & Analytics at Publicis Sapient |
| Melissa Lynett | Software Engineer at NCR |
| Debbie Smith | WiCS Coordinator |
| Laura Weeks | Technical Writer at Google Canada |
Join us March 8th to ‘set the pace’ for your future!
Location
Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum Nano Centre - 0101
200 Ring Road Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 CA
Tickets
Type |
Price |
|---|---|
|
Alumnae Pacesetters Forum |
Free |
Organizer Details
WatSPEED
Questions about this event? Let us know!
Jenn Bentley
Manager, Events and Engagement
WatSPEED
jennifer.bentley@uwaterloo.ca
