Friday, October 26, 2012
| 1:00-2:00 | Registration |
Afternoon session: Finding your place in the academy
| 2:00-2:25 | Opening Remarks and Workshop Overview Dean Blanche Staton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dean Christine Ortiz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2:30-3:25 | Finding the Time to Do it All Panel discussion: advice on balancing 24/7 academic careers with outside lives |
| 3:25-3:45 | coffee break |
| 3:50-4:45 | What type of institution is right for you? Panel discussion: the cultures, benefits, and drawbacks of different types of universities |
| 4:45-5:40 | Building Professional Networks Lecture/Interactive |
| 5:40-6:00 | Closing Remarks |
| 6:00-7:30 | Cocktail Reception |
Saturday, October 27, 2012
| 8:00-8:30 | Breakfast |
Morning session: Getting the position you want
| 8:30-9:25 | Applying Lecture: what application packages include, what the key features of teaching and research statements are, what search committees are looking for |
| 9:30-10:15 | The Interview Process Lecture: a practical guide to interviewing, and considering offers when you get them |
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30-11:15 | Negotiating the Offer Lecture: what they’ll give and how to ask |
| 11:20-12:15 | Guiding Principles: How to be a “Quick-Start” Professor Lectures, interactive discussion: getting support from your university and department, securing research funding, funding sources, negotiating for a quick-start lab, and the skills you can hone now that will help you be an effective and successful lab leader, mentor, and principle investigator |
| 12:15-1:30 | Lunch |
Afternoon session: Surviving Your First Year as Junior Faculty
| 1:30-1:35 | Introductory remarks |
| 1:35-2:30 | Funding |
| 2:30-2:45 | Coffee break |
| 2:45-3:45 | The Tenure Process at Major Research Universities Panel discussion: the review crtieria for promotion and tenure, how to get guidance at your instituteion, and choosing letter writers |
| 3:50-4:45 | Presenting Technical Information to People Outside of Your Field |
| 4:45-5:00 | Closing Remarks Dean Blanche Staton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |