Time:
U.S. EST
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Time: Local at Origination |
Company or Organization |
Topic & Speaker(s)
Click on speaker name for photo and bio (where available) |
How to Participate
(Connections become live on March 10-11) |
| March 10 |
North America Region |
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Noon-1:00
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 a.m. - Noon |
Motorola |
Kick-off
Join Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, and co-chairs Leslie Jones and Nan Mattai as they kick off the Marathon at Chicago's Adler Planetarium. |
Webcast
Click for connection
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1:00 -1:30 |
Track 1 /Pre-College |
Rockwell Collins |
Panel Discussion:
Shaping the Future How Experiences
in Engineering Bring Ideas to Life |
Click for connection |
Track 2/ Professional |
Rockwell Collins |
Panel Discussion:
Shaping the Future How Experiences
in Engineering Bring Ideas to Life |
Click for connection |
| 1:00 -1:30 |
Track 3 / Pre-College |
Boeing |
Planning Now for Your Perfect Flight Tomorrow
Speaker: Mary Alice Gallagher |
Replay presentation (3.8MB .wmv)
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1:30 - 2:00 |
Track 1 /Pre-College |
SciGirls |
Join the Revolution: Be a SciGirl!
Speakers: Lisa Regalla and Joan Freese
Click for information about SciGirls (.pdf) |
Replay presentation (7MB .wmv)
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Track 2/ Professional |
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Becoming a Person of Influence
Speaker: Jo Miller, CEO, Women's Leadership Coaching Inc. |
Replay presentation (7MB .wmv)
Presentation .pdf file |
| Track 3/College |
Verizon |
In My Shoes: Experiences from an IT Vice President in Verizon’s Wireline Company
Speaker: Susan Anderheggen
Click for part 1 of presentation slides (.ppt)
Click for part 2 of presentation slides (.ppt) |
Replay presentation (4.6MB .wmv)
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2:00 - 2:30 |
Track 1 /Pre-College |
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WIN Big with Nano Science Mentoring in K-12 Settings
Speaker: Sarah Shirk |
Replay presentation (4.4MB .wmv) |
Track 2/ Professional |
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Becoming a Person of Influence (cont.)
Speaker: Jo Miller,CEO, Women's Leadership Coaching Inc. |
Live Webinar
See 1:30 slot for connection |
| Track 3/ Pre-College and Professional |
Rockwell Collins |
Engineering America’s STEM Superhighway
Speaker: Nan Mattai, Global Marathon Co-chair/Rockwell Collins VP
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Click for connection
For faster connection, download video before playing |
2:30 - 3 :00 |
Track 1 /Pre-College |
Verizon |
The Successful Next-Generation Engineer: It's NOT About Numbers
Speaker: Mishelle Coldren, Verizon
Click for presentation slides (.ppt) |
Replay presentation (3MB .wmv) |
Track 2/ Professional |
Motorola |
Identifying and Generating Cell Phone Application Ideas
Speaker: Maria Thompson (.pdf)
Click for presentation slides (.ppt)
Watch this presentation, think of a great application, create it, then submit it to Motorola for a chance to win an Android Phone |
Replay presentation (7MB .wmv)
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Track 3 / College/Professional |
Boeing |
Having a Personal Brand and a Plan
Speaker: Adriana S. Ocampo
Click for presentation slides |
Replay presentation (4.7MB .wmv)
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3 :00 - 3:30 |
Track 3 / College and Professional |
WEPAN (Women in Engineering ProActive Network) |
Exploring the WEPAN Knowledge Center, an online resource about women in engineering.
Speakers: Diane Matt, WEPAN Executive Director; Jane Langeman, WEPAN Knowledge Management Librarian; Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University Associate Dean |
Replay presentation (8.3MB .wmv)
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3:00 - 4:00 p.m. |
Track 1 /Pre-College |
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Chemical Engineering: An Opportunity for Women to Have Impact
Speaker: Upma Sharma |
Replay presentation (10.4MB .wmv)
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Track 2/ Professional |
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Innovating Applications with the Android Platform
Speaker: Marilyn Escue
Watch this presentation, think of a great application, create it, then submit it to Motorola for a chance to win an Android Phone |
Replay presentation (5.3MB .wmv)
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| 3:30 – 4:00 |
Track 3 /
College and Professional |
MentorNet |
eMentoring for Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Speaker: Alejandra Velasquez, Director of Media and Communications
Click for presentation slides (.ppt) |
Replay presentation (3.2MB .wmv)
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4:00 |
All |
Motorola |
Panel: “Launching Tomorrow”
Moderator: Marianne Stanke, Motorola
Speakers:
Nancy Ross Dribin, Director, Interactive Media, Adler Planetarium
Michelle Gattuso, Senior Director, Product Management Motorola
Cierra Hall, Bioengineering Student, UIC
Lauren Hernandez, Electrical Engineering Student, UIC
Gabe Lyons, Executive Director, Project Exploration
Sue Platner, President and CEO, Service Provider Solutions
Kathryn Stanke, Biomechanical Engineering Student, Marquette |
Click for connection |
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Latin America Region (Brazil, Mexico) |
3:00 - 3:20 p.m. |
Sao Paulo, Brazil
5:00 - 5:20 p.m.
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Grupo Foco |
Women and Engineering: Career Possibilities and the New Professional
Posture
Speaker: Eline Kullock, President Grupo Foco The
People Solution Company
Click for presentation slides. |
All Presentations from Sao Paulo presented in Portuguese:
Link para participação on line: http://itv.netpoint.com.br/maratonaglobal
(Estará disponível amanhã e apenas será necessário informar nome e e-mail para acessar)
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3:20 - 3:40 |
Sao Paulo
5:20 - 5:40 |
DuPont |
Challenges and Opportunities in the Career Beginning
Speaker: Katia Hamada, DuPont Brazil |
3:40 - 4:00 |
Sao Paulo
5:40 - 6:00 |
Promon Engineering |
Engineering: Perceptions and Experiences
Speaker: Maria de Fatima Pinto Antonio, Engineering Manager, Promon
Engenharia
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4:00 - 4:20 |
Sao Paulo
6:00 - 6:20 |
CH2M Hill |
Engineering Project Management Through a Feminine Perspective
Speaker: Liliam Valentin, Director Engineer Energy &
Chemicals |
4:20 - 4:50 |
Sao Paulo
6:20 - 6:50 |
Grupo Foco, DuPont, Promon, CH2M Hill |
Debate / panel
(discussion among presenters with opportunity for interaction with the
audience) |
4:50 - 5:00 |
Sao Paulo
6:50 - 7:00 |
Grupo Foco |
Adjourn
(final comments) |
5:00 - 5:30 p.m. |
Mexico City
4:00 - 4:30 p.m. |
ITESM
Campus Estado de Mexico |
The Engineer Profile in a Modern World. (El perfil del Ingeniero en un mundo moderno)
Click for presentation slides (.ppt)
Speaker: Alma Patricia Chávez Cervantes, Computer Science Department Director, ITESM Campus Estado de Mexico, Coordinator Science at ANFEI – National Association for Engineering’s Schools |
Local connections only
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5:30 - 6:00 |
Mexico City
4:30 - 5:00 |
Pronatura M&xico, A.C. |
Engineering as a Solution for a Sustainable World (Ingeniería como solución para un mundo sustentable. )
Click for presentation slides (.ppt)
Speaker: Leticia Espinosa, Climate Change Project Coordinator,
Pronatura Mxico, A.C. |
Local connections only |
6:00 - 6:30 |
Mexico City
5:00 - 5:30 |
DuPont |
Leadership and Decision Making of Business Women
Speaker: Laura Hartig, DuPont Chemicals and Fluorochemicals Country
Manager Mexico, CA and Caribbean
Click for presentation slides (.ppt) |
Local connections only |
6:30 - 7:00 |
Mexico City
5:30 - 6:00 |
H.R. Expert S.C. |
Useful Engineering Tools to Reach a Holistic Way of Life
Speaker: Isabel Garcia, Managing Partner H.R. Expert
S.C.
Click for presentation slides (.ppt) |
Local connections only |
7:00 - 7:30 |
7:00 – 7:30 p.m. (U.S. East Coast) |
Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) |
Knowledge Center
Speaker: Didey Muniz, Program Coordinator, Women in Engineering Program, The University of Texas at Austin |
Replay presentation (3.5MB .wmv)
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7:30 - 8:00 |
7:30 - 8:00 p.m. (U.S. East Coast) |
WEPAN |
Knowledge Center
Speaker: Jin Zhang
Program Director, Information Management CTO Office,
Sr. Development Manager, IBM Mashup Center Manager, Information Management Architect Board IBM Software Group |
Replay presentation (1.3MB .wmv)- audio only
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March 10, EST |
China Region
March 11 local time |
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8:00 - 8:15 p.m. |
March 11
China - Beijing
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. |
IBM China Development Lab |
Opening video and remarks by Regional Chair, Maggie Song (.pdf) |
Photos from both locations (.pdf)
Replay presentation (20MB .wmv)
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8:15 - 8:30 |
9:15 - 9:30 |
IBM |
Kick-Off Speech
Speaker: Matt Wang, IBM Vice President |
8:30 - 9:15 |
9:30 - 10:15 |
IBM |
Future in Your Hand
Speaker: Dr. Li Qin Shen (.pdf) |
9:20 10:00 |
10:20 - 11:00 |
Symantec |
Growth in Job
Speaker: Doris Yang, Senior Manager, SQA Engineering |
Note some sessions are concurrent
9:00 - 9:05 p.m. |
10:00 - 10:05 a.m. |
Motorola |
Opening Remarks from Motorola site
Speaker: Ching Chuang, Director of Motorola China R&D Institute |
Photos from both locations (.pdf)
Replay presentation (23MB .wmv)
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10:05 – 10:10 |
Motorola |
Video Show |
9:10 – 9:40 |
10:10 – 10:40 |
Motorola |
Road to Future
Liu Duo , Director of Communications Standard Research Institute, China Academy of Telecom Research of MII
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9:40 - 10:00 |
10:40 – 11:00 |
Motorola |
Life in Engineering is Different
Panel Discussion: Liu Duo, Yvonne Ling, Jessie Zhang, Jonathan Hopkinson |
10:00 – 10:10 |
11:00 – 11:10 |
Motorola |
Skit about women engineers’ work & life |
10:10 – 11:30 |
11:10 – 12:30 |
Motorola |
Students’ group discussion and lunch |
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11:30 -midnight |
12:30 – 1:00 pm |
Motorola |
Students’ presentation |
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Midnight -12:30 |
1:00 – 1:30 |
Motorola |
MOTO Tour |
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India Region, includes Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka Organizer, Motorola Sri
Lanka) |
March 11
(U.S. EST)
12:00 midnight – 12:30 a.m. |
Motorola Sri Lanka
9:30- 9:50a.m. |
Thumula Educare (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka |
Positive Thinking, Peak Performance and Career Counseling
Speaker: Nalaka Hewamadduma, Managing Director of Thumula Educare (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka |
Click for connection |
Motorola Sri Lanka
9:50- 10:00 a.m. |
Devi Balika College (a leading girls’ school in Sri Lanka) |
Importance of Mathematics and How to Make it an Interesting Subject/Practice Ways to Approach Problems
Speaker: N.B. Samson, Senior Teacher, Mathematics |
12:30 – 1:00 |
Motorola Sri Lanka
11:00 – 11:26 |
University of Colombo School of Computing, (UCSC), Sri Lanka |
Why Do You Need to Learn Engineering and Technology? (What are the career opportunities available and the speaker’s personal experience in the field)
Speaker: Dr. Anuja Dharmaratne, Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Communications & Media Technologies
Click for presentation slides (.pdf) |
Click for connection |
Motorola Sri Lanka
11:26 – 11:30 |
Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
How to Proceed with an Education in Science
Speaker: Dr. Chandima Vithana, Medical Officer in Community Medicine |
1:00 - 1:35 a.m. |
Motorola India, Bangalore
11:30 – 12:05 |
National Aerospace laboratories, India |
Science, An Everyday Affair
Speaker: Dr. R. Ramachandra Rao (.pdf) |
Replay presentation (356MB .wmv) |
1:35 – 2:10 |
Motorola India, Bangalore
12:05 – 12:40 |
Vysasa Learning Programme, India |
The Math Behind Life
Speaker: Mr. Venkata Subba Rao (.pdf) |
Replay presentation (523MB .wmv) |
2:10 – 2:55 |
Bangalore
12:40 -1:25 |
IBM India |
Introduction to Global Engineering Marathon, & Importance of STEM
Speaker: Hemalatha Bhaskar (.pdf) |
Click for connection |
2:55 – 3:20 |
Bangalore
1:25 – 1:50 |
IBM India |
Group discussion: Global Warming, Uses of Internet, Reduction in Manual Effort, Using Science, & Career in Science
Speakers: Students from St. Anne’s Girls High School, Bangalore |
Follows the Hemalatha Bhaskar video on same download |
3:20 – 4:00 |
Bangalore
1:50 – 2:30 |
IBM India |
Movie: Science Experiments, Group Events conducted in Gurgaon, Kolkata, and Chennai |
Follows the Hemalatha Bhaskar video on same download |
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Africa/Middle East Region |
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4:00 - 4:30 a.m. |
Africa / Middle East
Joburg 11 a.m.
Riyadh 11 a.m. |
Europcar International |
Women and Engineering in a Multicultural Context
Speaker: Salima Kaissi, IEEE Gold Chair – France |
Pre-recorded voice (.mp4)
Instructions for download:
Quicktime/Itunes format file to download and play. Right-click the link abov, and select "save target as" to download. Once downloaded, this can be played using ITunes, or Quicktime.
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4:30 - 5:30 |
11:30 -12:00 |
Ministry of Education, Pioneer School in Tunisia |
Education and Pioneer Schools in Tunisia
Speaker: Faten Khalfallah Hammouda, Computer science teacher in English |
Pre-recorded |
5:00 - 5:30 |
12:00 - 12:30 |
American University of Beirut |
Women Engineers in Lebanon: Industry, Academic and Public Sectors
Speaker: Mariette Awad, Assistant Professor |
Click for presentation slides (.pdf) |
| 5:30 - 6:00 |
12:30 – 1:00 |
Women in Information Technology (WiT) |
WiT Activities
Speaker: Nada Hamzeh, Women in Technology, Country Program Manager - Lebanon |
Click for presentation slides (.pdf)
Video Presentation (218MV .wmv) |
6:00 - 6:30 |
1:00 – 1:30 |
WiT |
Women in Information Technology (WIT): Social Media
Speaker: Desiree El Chbeir |
Click for presentation slides (.pdf) |
6:30 7:00 |
1:30 – 2:000 |
Petroleum Institute |
WISE (Women in Science & Engineering) in Higher Education, Research and Industry in the United Arab Emirates.
Speakers: Nadia Al Hasani,Lana Chaar,Ghada Bassioni |
Conducted in English
Click here to replay original webcast. |
7:00 - 7:30 |
2:00 -2:30 |
Arab Academy for Science and Technology (AAST), Wepco (Petroleum Company) |
Work-Life Balance for Women in Engineering – A Series of Interviews
Speakers: Mariam Galal, Salma Shabayek, Dalia Sobhi, Menna Hammad, Amal El Shazly, Mona Ibrahim (and others), Student Branch |
Pre-recorded with powerpoint |
7:30 8:00 |
2:30 -3:00 |
Microsoft |
Speaker: Leila Serhan, Country Manager for Microsoft Lebanon
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Pre-recorded (.wmv) |
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UK/Europe Region |
Unless otherwise noted, presentations originate at the BIG BANG FAIR |
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8:00 - 11:30 a.m. |
1.00 p.m. |
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Introduction to UK/Europe
Speakers:
Teresa Schofield, Maria De Magalhaes |
Visit the Big Bang here |
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1:05 |
United Utilities |
Water Engineer Global Challenge
Speaker: Joanna Outterside (.pdf)
Click for presentations (.ppt) |
Replay presentation- audio only (14MB /mp3)
Recording was interrupted several times; thank you for your patience when dead air-time is encountered.
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1:25 |
Formula Student |
Engineering initiatives Schools & University
Speaker: Sophie Dipple Warwick, Student |
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1:45 |
Rolls Royce |
Leadership
Speaker: Mel Nurse (.pdf)
Click for presentation slides (.ppt) |
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2:05 |
IBM - Norway |
Speaker: Sandy Abrahams
Click for presentation (.ppt) |
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2:25 |
EON |
Low Carbon Technologies
Speaker: Kate Grant (.pdf)
Click for presentation(.pdf)
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2:45 |
Google |
Search Trends - Global, Local and Social
Speakers: Natalie Doduc and Milena Nikolic
Click for presentation slides (.ppt) |
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3:15 |
IBM |
A Career Perspective
Mandy Chessell (.pdf)
Click for presentation (.pdf) |
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3:35 |
Motorola |
Speaker: Veronica Laker (.pdf)
Click for presentation slides (.ppt) |
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3:55 |
AWSOcean |
Renewable Energy Engineering for Girls
Speaker: Dr. Ally Price (.pdf)
Click for presentation slides (.ppt) |
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4:15 |
Shell |
Speaker: Dr. Emma Wyatt (.pdf) |
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4:30 |
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Wrap up-Thanks
Speakers:
Teresa Schofield, Maria De Magalhaes
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4:30 |
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Handover |
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North America |
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| 11:00 11:35 |
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Verizon Business |
Pre-Closing
The Future is Moving in Your Direction
Speaker: Judy Spitz, SVP and CIO, Verizon |
Watch the Webcast |
11:35 - noon
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Motorola |
Closing
Investing in Women A Call to Action
Speaker: Eileen Sweeney, Director, Motorola Foundation and Ruthe Farmer, Director of Strategic Initiatives, National Center for Women & Information Technology
A webcast focusing on the social and business benefits
of bringing women into engineering with a look at how to actualize the
information gleaned during the 24 hours of the Global Marathon |
Audio only:
click for connection(.mp3)
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