The University of Hawaii at Hilo invites the public to its second annual Women in STEM conference from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Campus Center 301.
The University of Hawaii at Hilo invites the public to its second annual Women in STEM conference from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday in Campus Center 301.
The conference is free, but there is a $3 parking fee per day.
This year’s theme is “Educate to Empower: Uplifting All Women in STEM.” The conference will feature training, workshops, and panel discussions.
The keynote address by Alexandra Colón Rodriguez, a postdoctoral researcher in the B3 Lab at the University of California, Davis, begins at 9:15 a.m. Rodriguez is a neurotoxicologist whose current research is focused on reproductive neurogenomics, the study of the interactions among genotypes, phenotypes and the environment.
A free networking lunch takes place from noon to 1 p.m in Campus Center 301. Attendees will be automatically entered into a raffle giveaway at the time of registration. The winner will be announced at the end of the conference.
For more information about the conference or for a detailed schedule of the day’s events, visit http://tcbes.uhh.hawaii.edu/WIS/.
To register for the conference, visit https://forms.gle/p2n7k84DccTrwJhp7.
For questions, email the TCBES MATERS Club at uhhtcbes@hawaii.edu.
For disability accommodations, call (808) 932-7642 or email eeoaa@hawaii.edu.z
