UBC BrownBag Meeting - Facilitators & Speakers for 2012 Sessions Needed 

The BrownBag Lunch Meeting series is a monthly event organized by the Society of Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST) whose purpose is to provide a place for learning and discussion of topics to help women in STEM fields advance their careers.

We meet every last Wednesday of the month at the Biodiversity Research Centre on UBC’s Point Grey Campus. Our audience at these meetings is a lively mix of undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs and professors at UBC who can openly speak their mind and discuss burning issues related to their career in a safe, including environment.

The participation of professional women in STEM is at the core of this program. Your experience and advice will enrich the outcome of these meetings and inspire the audience to be self-confident, and to set their goals high and reach them. Depending on the topic, these monthly meetings are either held in the format of a round table discussion with invited guests and an invited facilitator, or in the format of a workshop with an invited guest speaker giving an interactive presentation followed by open discussion.

For our upcoming meetings in 2012 we would like to invite women working in industry, academia and non-traditional fields related to STEM to join us for a round table discussion of the following topics:

*February 29: Negotiation Skills

*March 28: What is “female” leadership?

If you are interested in participating as a role model or facilitator, please contact the coordinators Carolina Chanis and Katja Dralle .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). For further information on upcoming events, please visit http://www.scwistevents.ca.