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Diversity Summit Agenda

Engineering Society Diversity Summit

April 2-3, 2003

Host: National Academy of Engineering

Convener: American Association of Engineering Societies

Sponsors: General Electric Fund, Intel Corporation, Lucent Technologies Foundation, AT&T, National Science Foundation


Wednesday, April 2

Noon Lunch ­ Members Room

12:20 Welcome/Opening Remarks ­ Members Room
  Paul Kostek, AAES
Bill Wulf , NAE

12:30 Opening Address ­ Members Room
Jacob Lozada, Special Assistant for Diversity Strategy
Office of Personnel Management

1:15 Where are we now with respect to diversity in engineering? ­ Lecture Room

Eleanor Babco, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology

Current engineering diversity statistics, status and trends Cathleen Barton, Intel Corporation, and Daryl Chubin, NACME

Current efforts to address the issue


2:15 What are engineering societies currently doing to address diversity?

Peggy Layne, AAES

Results of survey of current engineering society diversity programs · Minority focused organization missions and programs


2:45 Panel of engineering society representatives

Examples of membership focused programs ­ ASME, SAE, SPIE · Discussion

3:15 Break

3:30 Breakout discussions of membership focused programs - Rooms 150, 180, 250, 280
  • How can societies learn from each other? Find ways to work together?
  • How can existing programs be strengthened?
  • How can we measure impact?

4:30 Report outs ­ Lecture Room

5:00 Keynote speaker ­ Lecture Room

Dr. Mal O'Neil, Chief Technology Officer

Lockheed Martin Corporation


5:30 Networking reception - Gallery

Thursday, April 3

7:30 Breakfast ­ Great Hall

8:15 Welcome and Summary of 1st Day ­ Lecture Room

Joe Bordogna, NSF

Paul Kostek, AAES

8:30 What works to increase diversity in engineering?

Pat Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates

Recent research findings on effective interventions


9:15 Panel of minority focused organizations ­ NACME, WEPAN, MESA

Present examples of education and career development programs · Discussion

9:45 Break

10:00 Breakout discussions ­ externally focused programs
  • What can "discipline" societies learn from "minority focused" organizations, and vice versa?
  • How can existing programs be strengthened?
  • How can we measure impact?
  • Where are opportunities to work together?

11:00 Reports from breakout discussions

11:30 Open discussion

Plans for follow up actions:
  • What are the obstacles to increasing the impact of engineering society diversity programs?
  • What resources are needed to strengthen existing programs?
  • What can individual societies and organizations do?
  • What can the group do as a whole?

12:30 Lunch ­ Members Room

1:30 Adjourn