2021 SACNAS NDiSTEM Agenda At A Glance

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Our agenda is intentionally designed to give attendees space to fit work, school, and life in-between and around sessions. Make the most of your conference experience by leveraging the attendee directory, interacting in the digital expo hall in between sessions, and participating in pre-conference activities, trainings, and contests. For the latest information, make sure to register now!

This schedule is subject to change.
All session times are Eastern (EDT).
Time Zone Conversions: 1pm – 2pm (EDT) │ 12pm – 1pm (CDT) │ 11 am – 12 pm (MDT) │ 10am – 11am (PDT)

Core activities (marked green) are recommended for all attendee types

Pre-Week Activities, October 18-22, 2021

  • Start meeting with representatives from schools, companies, and organization in our Digital Expo Hall
  • Search the Attendee Directory and start making appointments
  • Student Research Presentations begin (Browse posters in the system and make appointments to meet with presenters!)
  • Meet the Candidates for SACNAS Board of Directors

Thursday, October 21: SACNAS Research Day - Highlighting our Graduate Students

  • 12pm-1pm:
    • Grad Oral Presentations – Life Sciences: Biology/Cell and Molecular Biology
    • Grad Oral Presentations – Life Sciences: Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
  • 1pm-2pm:
    • Grad Oral Presentations – Life Sciences: Microbiology
    • Grad Oral Presentations – Psychology: Psychology/Other
  • 2pm-3pm:
    • Grad Oral Presentations – Life Sciences: Neuroscience
    • Grad Oral Presentations – Geosciences: Geology/Other
  • 3:15pm-4:15pm:
    • Session: How to be a Resilient Scientist
    • Session: Casting your net: establishing your network as a student and early-in-career professional
  • 5:15pm-6:15pm:
    • Grad Oral Presentations – Life Sciences: Plant Science/Botany
    • Grad Oral Presentations – Chemistry: Analytical Chemistry
  • 6:15pm-7:15pm:
    • Grad Oral Presentations – Health: Public Health
    • Grad Oral Presentations – Engineering: Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering
  • 7:30pm-8:15pm:
    • Graduate Student Networking Event

 

Monday, October 25, 2021

12pm  Digital Expo Hall Opens

1pm – 2pm   Opening Ceremony and Keynote Address:

Secretary Deb Haaland (Pueblo of Laguna)
Dr. Robin Kimmerer (Patawatomi Nation)


2:15pm – 2:45pm   Community Showcase


3pm – 4pm   Professional Development & STEM Symposia Sessions:

  • “Seeing” the Earth from Space and Air: Concepts and Careers in Remote Sensing
  • Agricultural Genome To Phenome Initiative: Introduction and Community Building Session
  • Diverse STEM Career Pathways For Community College Students
  • Ending the Stigma: A Conversation on Mental Health and Wellness and Our Identities as STEM Researchers
  • Exploring the Universe with the NASA Astrophysics Community
  • Getting started in science policy as a early career scientist
  • How developmental processes can tell us about adaptation to the environment
  • Learning to write and publish in the life sciences
  • Nanomaterials Research
  • Skills for Success: Think Like a Professional – Strategize Like a Scientist
  • The Who What Why of Mentoring Networks
  • Unique funding opportunities at the NIH that support unusually innovative science
  • Women in Translational Science: Trailblazing an Emerging Field

4pm – 5pm   Time to Make Networking Appointments

Chapter Networking Session

Postdoc Networking Session


4:15pm – 4:45pm   Native Indigenous Welcome

Networking Session with Pfizer 


5pm – 6pm   Q&A with Keynote Speaker

Dr. Robin Kimmerer (Patawatomi Nation)

 

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

12pm   Digital Expo Hall Opens


1pm – 2pm   Plenary Featured Speakers:

2:15pm – 2:45pm   Community Showcase


3pm – 4pm   Professional Development & STEM Symposia Sessions:


4pm – 5pm   Time to Make Networking Appointments


4:30pm – 5:30pm   R.E.D. Roundtable: Research, Education and Diversity

Postdoc Topic Session

Chapter Student Best Practices Session


6pm – 7pm   Q&A with Featured Speakers:

Mr. Rafael Alvarez
Dr. Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear (Northen Cheyenne)
Dr. J. Drew Lanham

 

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

12pm   Digital Expo Hall Opens


1pm – 2pm   Plenary and Keynote Address:

2:15pm – 2:45pm   Community Showcase


2:45pm – 3:45pm   Professional Development & STEM Symposia Sessions:


4pm – 5:15pm   Conversation with Scientists


6pm – 7pm   Q&A with Featured Speakers:

 

 

Thursday, October 28, 2021

12pm   Digital Expo Hall Opens


1pm – 2pm   Plenary and Keynote Address

2:15pm – 2:45pm   Community Showcase


3pm – 4pm   Professional Development & STEM Symposia Sessions:


4:30pm – 5:30pm   Native Student Networking Session

Women in STEM Networking Session – presented by the National Security Agency (NSA)

Leadership Alumni Networking Session


5:45pm – 6:45pm   R.E.D. Roundtable: Research, Education and Diversity

Postdoc Topic Session

Chapter Advisor Best Practices Session


6:45pm – 7:45pm   Networking Session

 

Friday, October 29, 2021

12pm   Digital Expo Hall Opens


1pm – 1:45pm   Student Presentations Award Ceremony


2pm – 3pm   LGBTQIA+ Networking session — Presented by Genentech

Black, Afro-Latinx and Afro-Indigenous Community Networking Session —
Presented by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Networking Reception with Johnson & Johnson


3:15pm – 4:15pm   Professional Development & STEM Symposia Sessions:


4:30pm – 6pm   Closing Ceremony & Native Dance Showcase

 

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