In our current political, social, cultural climate a resounding call for diversity and inclusion can be heard.

In celebration of the International Women's Week. The Innovation Hub and Women Accelerators are cohosting a panel discussion to learn more about topics from experts in STEM fields such as:

• Diversity in engineering, sciences , and academia

• Diversity and Bias in scholarly publishing

• Combating a lack of diversity in the workplace

• Personal experiences of a lack of diversity in STEM

• How to support women and the next generation of STEM professionals

• How to facilitate and create environments conducive for inclusion

*Leave the panel discussion with talking and action points to support diversity in STEM*

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Panel Speakers:

Jyoti Agarwal

Jyoti is the Managing Director of Coqual, a nonprofit think tank whose mission is to help leaders design diverse and inclusive workplaces where every person belongs.

Wan-Ting (Grace) Chen

Grace is the Assistant Professor in Plastics Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her research interests are focused on Plastic recycling, Biomass conversion, Polymer thermodynamics, Material property analysis, Microplastic pollutant prevention, and Process design.

Simone Taylor

Simone is the Publisher of Ebooks at AIP Publishing where she develops text for the current needs of researchers, educators and professionals in Physics and the related sciences.

Evana Gizzi (moderator)

Evana is a UMass Lowell Alumni (’13,’14), an Artificial Intelligence Ph.D Candidate at Tufts University, and a civil servant at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), where she leads research in artificial intelligence methods for spacecraft resilience.

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This seminar is open to everyone interested!

*Donations will contribute toward the enrichment of women careers and future programs*

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Date/Time: Wednesday, March 10th, 2021, 12:00-1:00 PM

Location: This is a virtual event

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This program is generously sponsored by Jeanne D'ARC Credit Union, and cohosted with UMass Lowell Innovation Hub

Email info@womenaccelerators.org for more information.