Scientista Symposium 2015 Agenda
Our schedule is subject to change. Please check back for a full list of speakers and workshops!
FRIDAY, 10/16
3 PM - 6 PM
3:00 - 6:00 PM - RECRUITING FAIR
Recruiting fair with companies, departments, startups, and NGOs from across STEM disciplines & career-related workshops
5:00-6:00 PM - INDUSTRY TRACK PANEL
What is it like to work in industry? Hear from women who are leveraging their STEM backgrounds in different industries!
Speakers:
Linda Cuerton, PhD, Founder & CEO - Muse Technologies
Robin Berzin, MD, Founder & CEO - Parsley Health
Jane Demianenko, Associate, Project Controls Solutions - Enstoa
Tessandra Sage, Software Engineer - Northrop Grumman Corporation
Miki Hayano, PhD, Life Sciences Consultant - Navigant
Moderator:
Marissa Fayer, President & Founder - Fayer Consulting
Recruiting fair with companies, departments, startups, and NGOs from across STEM disciplines & career-related workshops
5:00-6:00 PM - INDUSTRY TRACK PANEL
What is it like to work in industry? Hear from women who are leveraging their STEM backgrounds in different industries!
Speakers:
Linda Cuerton, PhD, Founder & CEO - Muse Technologies
Robin Berzin, MD, Founder & CEO - Parsley Health
Jane Demianenko, Associate, Project Controls Solutions - Enstoa
Tessandra Sage, Software Engineer - Northrop Grumman Corporation
Miki Hayano, PhD, Life Sciences Consultant - Navigant
Moderator:
Marissa Fayer, President & Founder - Fayer Consulting
SATURDAY, 10/17
9 AM - 5 PM
8:00-10:00 AM POSTER JUDGING
*Private poster judging with presenters and judges. Open poster viewing will take place during lunch
9:00-10:00 AM BREAKFAST & GENERAL REGISTRATION
10:00-10:15 AM WELCOME REMARKS
Julia Tartaglia, Co-Founder & Executive Director - The Scientista Foundation
10:15-10:45 AM TALK: SEXISM IN STEM
Speaker:
Mercy Davidson, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Columbia University Medical Center
10:45-11:30 AM HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS
Panelists:
Shiri Azenkot, PhD, Assistant Professor - Cornell Tech
Lauren Foundos, Founder & CEO - Forte
Camilla Hermann, Founder & Executive Director - Odisi
Carrie Ann Mantha, MD, President, Aporia Advisors
Moderator:
Zoe Barry, Founder and CEO - ZappRx
11:30-12:30 PM - WORKSHOPS (Attendees will be able to attend two)
[A] Leadership Workshop
Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD, Science Alliance Manager - New York Academy of Sciences
[B] How to Publish a Paper Workshop | Ines Chen, PhD, Chief Editor - Nature, Structural and Molecular Biology
[C] Augmented Reality Workshop
Perry Moa, Software Development Manager, Northrop Grumman
[D] Bold, Brave, and Assured: Confidence Workshop
Mackenzie Lowry, Co-Founder - Oasys, Student Advisor - Harvard University
[E] Study Abroad Workshop with
Stefanie Grupp-Clasby, Executive Director - The University of Cologne New York
12:30-2:00PM NETWORKING LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING
Have lunch with the other attendees and speakers and browse the undergraduate & graduate student poster fair.
2:00-2:45PM BIG DATA: USING DATA TO SOLVE THE WORLD'S LARGEST PROBLEMS
Panelists:
Deborah Berebichez, PhD TV Host - Discovery Channel, Principal Scientist - ThoughtWorks
Maria Nagagga, Tech Evangelist - Microsoft
Jennifer Lopez, Commercial Innovation Technology Development Lead - CASIS, Datanaut Corps Founding Member - NASA
2:45-3:15 PM DELIVERING BETTER HEALTH CARE WITH BIG DATA
Speaker:
Sherry Gao, Software Developer, athenahealth
Do you like big data? athenaHealth does. We have more than 100,000,000 doctors’ appointments and 1,000,000,000 clinical procedures on record, and we are constantly finding new ways to leverage this data.
Our Epocrates Bugs & Drugs app recommends appropriate antibiotics to fight drug resistant infections by mining clinical lab data from across the athena network. With athenaCommunicator, it takes a doctor only a few clicks to remind every one of his or her patients to get their flu vaccine. Using our Quality Management Engine, a doctor can instantaneously locate all female patients due for a mammogram. Join us to hear about how Athena is using its data to help doctors deliver better care. What questions would you ask if you had access to an industry-leading 10,000,000+ medical records?
3:15-3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:30-4:15 PM ALTERNATIVE CAREERS PANEL
Speakers:
Liza Daly, CTO - Safari, an O'Reilly Media company
Lauren Celano, CEO - Propel Careers
Rebecca Searles, Editorial Product Manager - Sonr, (previous) Editorial Director - Experiment, (previous) Science Editor - The Huffington Post
Marissa Fayer, President & Founder - Fayer Consulting
4:15-5:00 PM NASA PANEL - INNOVATIONS IN SPACE
Moderator:
Deanne Bell - Founder, Future Engineers; TV Host, CNBC Make Me A Millionaire Inventor
Panelists:
Jennifer Lopez, Commercial Innovation Technology Development Lead - CASIS & Datanaut Corps Founding Member - NASA
Matthew Pearce - Education Program Specialist - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center-GSFC,
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies-GISS
Christina Ciardullo - Ann Kalla Professor of Architecture - Carnegie Mellon University & Designer/Co-Founder - SEArch (Space Exploration Architecture)
*Private poster judging with presenters and judges. Open poster viewing will take place during lunch
9:00-10:00 AM BREAKFAST & GENERAL REGISTRATION
10:00-10:15 AM WELCOME REMARKS
Julia Tartaglia, Co-Founder & Executive Director - The Scientista Foundation
10:15-10:45 AM TALK: SEXISM IN STEM
Speaker:
Mercy Davidson, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Columbia University Medical Center
10:45-11:30 AM HEALTHCARE INNOVATIONS
Panelists:
Shiri Azenkot, PhD, Assistant Professor - Cornell Tech
Lauren Foundos, Founder & CEO - Forte
Camilla Hermann, Founder & Executive Director - Odisi
Carrie Ann Mantha, MD, President, Aporia Advisors
Moderator:
Zoe Barry, Founder and CEO - ZappRx
11:30-12:30 PM - WORKSHOPS (Attendees will be able to attend two)
[A] Leadership Workshop
Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD, Science Alliance Manager - New York Academy of Sciences
[B] How to Publish a Paper Workshop | Ines Chen, PhD, Chief Editor - Nature, Structural and Molecular Biology
[C] Augmented Reality Workshop
Perry Moa, Software Development Manager, Northrop Grumman
[D] Bold, Brave, and Assured: Confidence Workshop
Mackenzie Lowry, Co-Founder - Oasys, Student Advisor - Harvard University
[E] Study Abroad Workshop with
Stefanie Grupp-Clasby, Executive Director - The University of Cologne New York
12:30-2:00PM NETWORKING LUNCH AND POSTER VIEWING
Have lunch with the other attendees and speakers and browse the undergraduate & graduate student poster fair.
2:00-2:45PM BIG DATA: USING DATA TO SOLVE THE WORLD'S LARGEST PROBLEMS
Panelists:
Deborah Berebichez, PhD TV Host - Discovery Channel, Principal Scientist - ThoughtWorks
Maria Nagagga, Tech Evangelist - Microsoft
Jennifer Lopez, Commercial Innovation Technology Development Lead - CASIS, Datanaut Corps Founding Member - NASA
2:45-3:15 PM DELIVERING BETTER HEALTH CARE WITH BIG DATA
Speaker:
Sherry Gao, Software Developer, athenahealth
Do you like big data? athenaHealth does. We have more than 100,000,000 doctors’ appointments and 1,000,000,000 clinical procedures on record, and we are constantly finding new ways to leverage this data.
Our Epocrates Bugs & Drugs app recommends appropriate antibiotics to fight drug resistant infections by mining clinical lab data from across the athena network. With athenaCommunicator, it takes a doctor only a few clicks to remind every one of his or her patients to get their flu vaccine. Using our Quality Management Engine, a doctor can instantaneously locate all female patients due for a mammogram. Join us to hear about how Athena is using its data to help doctors deliver better care. What questions would you ask if you had access to an industry-leading 10,000,000+ medical records?
3:15-3:30 PM COFFEE BREAK
3:30-4:15 PM ALTERNATIVE CAREERS PANEL
Speakers:
Liza Daly, CTO - Safari, an O'Reilly Media company
Lauren Celano, CEO - Propel Careers
Rebecca Searles, Editorial Product Manager - Sonr, (previous) Editorial Director - Experiment, (previous) Science Editor - The Huffington Post
Marissa Fayer, President & Founder - Fayer Consulting
4:15-5:00 PM NASA PANEL - INNOVATIONS IN SPACE
Moderator:
Deanne Bell - Founder, Future Engineers; TV Host, CNBC Make Me A Millionaire Inventor
Panelists:
Jennifer Lopez, Commercial Innovation Technology Development Lead - CASIS & Datanaut Corps Founding Member - NASA
Matthew Pearce - Education Program Specialist - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center-GSFC,
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies-GISS
Christina Ciardullo - Ann Kalla Professor of Architecture - Carnegie Mellon University & Designer/Co-Founder - SEArch (Space Exploration Architecture)
SUN, OCTOBER 18
9AM - 3 PM
9:00-10:00 AM - GENERAL REGISTRATION
10:00-10:45 AM - ENTREPRENEURSHIP PANEL
Speakers:
Shioulin Sam, PhD, MS, Managing Director - Golden Seeds
Sarah Chipps, CEO & Founder - Jewelbots
Tiffany Pham, Founder & CEO - Mogul
Liz Entin, Founder & CEO, Runway Passport
Moderator:
Gesche Wai-Yi Haas, Founder - Dreamers & Doers
10:45-11:30 AM - RESEARCH PANEL
Speakers:
Marian Mellen, PhD, Research Associate - The Rockefeller University
Katerina Mantzavinou, PhD Student, Harvard-MIT HST
Sandra Batista, PhD, Lecturer - Computer Science Department, Princeton University
Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD, Science Alliance Manager - New York Academy of Sciences
11:30-12:30 PM - WORKSHOPS
Creating Your Personal Board of Directors Workshop with Thea Zimnicki, Patent Attorney, Ferdinand IP, LLC.
Intro to HTML/CSS Workshop with Rebecca Garcia, Co-Founder - CoderDojo NYC
Intro to Databases Workshop with Maria Nagagga, Tech Evangelist - Microsoft
Reverse Software Engineering Workshop with Collin Krepps, Software Engineer, Northrop Grumman
12:30-1:30 PM - NETWORKING LUNCH AND OPEN POSTER VIEWING
1:30-2:30 PM - AWARDS CEREMONY
To view our 2015 winners, click here.
2:30-3:00 PM - CLOSING REMARKS
10:00-10:45 AM - ENTREPRENEURSHIP PANEL
Speakers:
Shioulin Sam, PhD, MS, Managing Director - Golden Seeds
Sarah Chipps, CEO & Founder - Jewelbots
Tiffany Pham, Founder & CEO - Mogul
Liz Entin, Founder & CEO, Runway Passport
Moderator:
Gesche Wai-Yi Haas, Founder - Dreamers & Doers
10:45-11:30 AM - RESEARCH PANEL
Speakers:
Marian Mellen, PhD, Research Associate - The Rockefeller University
Katerina Mantzavinou, PhD Student, Harvard-MIT HST
Sandra Batista, PhD, Lecturer - Computer Science Department, Princeton University
Yaihara Fortis-Santiago, PhD, Science Alliance Manager - New York Academy of Sciences
11:30-12:30 PM - WORKSHOPS
Creating Your Personal Board of Directors Workshop with Thea Zimnicki, Patent Attorney, Ferdinand IP, LLC.
Intro to HTML/CSS Workshop with Rebecca Garcia, Co-Founder - CoderDojo NYC
Intro to Databases Workshop with Maria Nagagga, Tech Evangelist - Microsoft
Reverse Software Engineering Workshop with Collin Krepps, Software Engineer, Northrop Grumman
12:30-1:30 PM - NETWORKING LUNCH AND OPEN POSTER VIEWING
1:30-2:30 PM - AWARDS CEREMONY
To view our 2015 winners, click here.
2:30-3:00 PM - CLOSING REMARKS