Connect to
Your Future - November 2
Title
Section and Time
Scheduled Speakers
9:30 – 10:20
Keynote: “Jobs of the Future: Find your Passion”
Carlson Theatre
Arrive early - overflow seating in N201 via video feed.
Rick Stephens, Executive Vice President, The Boeing Company,
President, Shared Services
10:30 – 12:20
PANEL 1 - COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Software creates the value-add in every product we buy today. Computer skills are part of any job and will continue to grow in the future. Learn how you can grow with it.
BCC Faculty Moderator: Sylvia Unwin, Chair, Programming
Carlson
Section A
10:30 to 11:20
Dave Kasik , Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company
Abigail Cooke, Principal, Value Chain Integration, Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Carlson
Section B
11:30 to 12:20
Dr. William Erdly, Associate Professor of Computer and Software Systems, University of Washington - Bothell
Jeanette Jarvis, Chief Virus Fighter, The Boeing Company
10:30 – 12:20
PANEL 2 - WOMEN, FROM CEO TO ASTRONAUT
You can be what you want to be. Learn about the journey from successful women in exciting and demanding careers. Open to all men and women!
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Judy Woo
N 201
Section A
10:30 to 11:20
Ann Bassetti, Associate Technical Fellow
Elizabeth Lund, Director, Interior Responsibility Center, The
Boeing Company
Kristin Rhodes, Account Executive,
Microsoft
N 201
Section B
11:30 to 12:20
Joye Jepson, Director, The Boeing Company
Wister Kay, Business Development Manager,
Office of Trade and Economic Development, State of
Washington
10:30 – 12:20
PANEL 3 - ENGINEERING: FROM TOASTERS TO SPACE STATIONS
Technology is part of every aspect of our lives today. Come learn how you can help create the future.
Faculty Moderator: Frank Lee, Chair, Engineering Program
C 130
Section A
10:30 to 11:20
Paul Hutton, President, Thought Engineering
Kay Blohowiak, Technical Fellow, The Boeing
Company
C 130
Section B
11:30 to 12:20
Dr. John McMasters, Technical Fellow, The Boeing Company
Susan Baker, President, Aedilis
Corporation
12:30 – 2:20
PANEL 4 - FIELD SCIENCE IN THE REAL WORLD
Science in the real world: Get your feet wet and your hands dirty with science in the real world. Forests, oceans, deserts, mountains and urban environments can be laboratories too. Learn about opportunities to work in the great outdoors.
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Rob Viens, Chair, Life Sciences Program
N201
Section A
12:30 to 1:20
Mark Koehn, Deputy Director, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA
Laurie Devereaux, Bellevue Stream Team Coordinator, City of Bellevue Utilities
N201
Section B
1:30 to 2:20
Doug Myers, Wetlands and Habitat Specialist, Puget Sound Action Team
Brian Sherrod, Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey & Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Washington Department of Earth and Space Sciences
12:30 - 2:20 pm
PANEL 5 - BIOTECHNOLOGY
The human genome has been mapped; what wonders will now be created? Cancers are being cured. Learn how you can be part of the exciting discoveries to come.
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Jim Ellinger
C130
Section A
12:30 to 1:20
Dr. Carl March, President, Carl March and
Associates (formerly Immunex)
Dr. Sandra Porter, Director of
Educator and Co-Director, Geospiza, Inc.
C130
Section B
1:30 to 2:20
Stephanie Tatem Murphy
Dr. Bob DuBose, Director of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology , Amgen
12:30 - 2:20 pm
PANEL 6 – VALUE OF DIVERSITY IN BUSINESS
Diverse people foster diverse ideas. Diversity of ideas fosters innovation, which generates growth. You can be part of the future with a career in technology, science, or business.
Faculty Moderator: Leslie Lum, Chair, Business Transfer Program
Carlson
Section A
12:30 to 1:20
Jim Wigfall, Vice President, Business Solution Services,
The Boeing Company
Wendy Chisholm, W3C
Carlson
Section B
1:30 to 2:20
Diana Pressley, Director, The Boeing Company
Muckleshoot Tribe
Earl Overstreet, CEO and Founder, General Microsystems
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
PANEL 7 – BUSINESS: LOCAL TO GLOBAL
Local to Global. Good business practices are the foundation of every endeavor and are part of a skill base required for any technical solution. Learn why good ethical behavior is not only the right thing to do, it’s also the smart thing to do. Be part of creating the future economy.
Faculty Moderator: Judith Paquette
N201
Section A
2:30 to 3:20
Tara Van Vleet, Manager Community and Business
Development,
Port of Seattle
David Driftmier,
Microsoft
N201
Section B
3:30 to 4:20
Art Jackson, Vice President, General
Administration,
Costco
Julie Rorabaugh, Regional Manager, Intellectual Property
Licensing,
The Boeing Company
John Zielonka, Global Intel Alliance Leader for Cap Gemini/Ernst & Young
2:30 pm - 4:20 pm
PANEL 8 - SCIENCE INTERSECTIONS
Exciting things happen when different science disciplines work together. Careers in such areas as bioengineering, bioinformatics, and alternative energy development are at the intersection of diverse fields. You can be part of this future. Movies like Spiderman combine art, engineering and computer science. Work can be fun, do you want to play?
Faculty Moderator: Dr. Melodye Gold
C130
Section B
2:30 to 3:20
Dr. Carl March, President, Carl March and
Associates (formerly Immunex)
Dr. Dan Cook,
Research Professor of
Physiology & Biophysics at the UW School of Medicine
C130
Section B
3:30 to 4:20
Jerry Bunce, University Relations, The Boeing
Company
Kristi deGrys, Project Engineer,
Aerojet
Dr. Bob DuBose,
Director of
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology,
Amgen