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CPST Annual Meeting

Who Will Do Science and Engineering?

Friday, November 7, 2008

Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel
Baltimore, Maryland

The Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST) joined the Society for Women Engineers (SWE) for its annual conference on Friday, November 7th. CPST is the nation's source of information and data on the engineering and science workforce, including salaries, and addresses 21st Century Challenges in Science and Engineering Education and Employment.

The conference was held in the Chesapeake Room on the 3rd floor of the Sheraton hotel. Click below for conference photos and speaker presentations.


Conference Photos	Speaker Presentations

Participation in the conference included: the SWE Plenary Session at 8:30am on Friday morning, the CPST conference 10:30 to 5:00pm, the SWE Career Fair and box lunch, and the CPST Reception at 5:00pm.


Who will do Science and Engineering? Top Level Agenda

8:30 - 10:00	Optional: Attend SWE Conference Plenary Session: Women Engineers as Change Agents (with continental breakfast)

10:30 - 12:00	CPST Keynote session: Who will do Science and Engineering -- Revisited

	Speaker: Dr. Willie Pearson, author of Who Will Do Science?

	Discussants: • Daryl Chubin, PhD, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Director, AAAS Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity • Cinda-Sue Davis, PhD, University of Michigan, Director of the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program

12:00 - 1:30	Lunch on own. Attendees may visit the SWE Career Fair and have box lunch

1:30 - 3:00	21st Century Challenges for STEM Education: Who is being left behind?

	The U.S. population is becoming increasingly diverse. The gender gap in high school preparation is gone, but there are persistent gender inequalities at the college level. Wide racial/ethnic gaps in the quality of K-12 education continue to thwart minority participation in STEM at the college level. Can our K-12 schools prepare students for rigorous STEM study in college? Can our universities meet the challenges of preparing students to compete in the global workforce?

	Education Panel: • Moderator - Michael Gibbons, American Society for Engineering Education, Director of Data Research • Clifton Poodry, PhD, National Institutes of Health, Minority Opportunities in Research Division • Marilyn Suiter, National Science Foundation, Education and Human Resources Directorate • Mikyung Ryu, PhD, American Council on Education, Center for Policy Analysis • Chris Roe, Business-Higher Education Forum, Deputy Director

3:30 - 5:00	21st Century Challenges in STEM Employment: Workers without Borders

	There are a number of contemporary issues associated with the STEM workforce. The STEM workforce does not reflect the gender and ethnic composition of the U.S. workforce. Globalization has implications both for skills of U.S. workers and for the mobility of STEM workers worldwide. As barriers come down, who will do science? Will STEM workers be without borders?

	Employment Panel: • Moderator - William E. Pate II, American Psychological Association, Assistant Director, Workforce Development Studies • Jeffrey Brody, IBM Technology Strategy and Innovation, Program Manager for University Relations and Innovation • Mark Regets, PhD, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn • Lisa Frehill, PhD, Executive Director, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, author of Confronting the "New" American Dilemma: Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering" for NACME (2008)

5:00 - 6:00	CPST Wine and cheese reception (Corporate Sponsors of SWE invited also)

Conference Venue:

The conference was held in the Chesapeake Room of the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel,
300 South Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Phone: (410) 962-8300
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Additional Information:

For additional information, please contact Nicole Di Fabio at (202) 326-7080 or ndifabio@cpst.org.