Friday, September 9, 2011

Human Side of Research: Building of Research Organizations


Human Side of Research: Building of Research Organizations

CREOL 102

Friday, September 9, 2011


MJ Soileau
VP of Research & Commercialization, UCF

Abstract:
A discussion-based presentation about Dr. Soileau's experiences in building and leading research organizations through methods related to chaos theory and 2nd order differential equations.

For More Information:
Matt D. Weed
OSA, The Optical Society
Student Chapter President
407-823-6805
mewed @ creol. ucf. edu

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Seminar: Doing Business in Multiple States

Olympus BioScapes 2011

I would like to invite you to submit several of your images and/or digital video clips to the 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition, which will honor extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects. Up to five images or videos can be entered via the Internet. Entries for the contest can be uploaded through a web browser directly to the Olympus servers at the following URL:

http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/enter.asp

The deadline for new entries is September 30, 2011. The winners of the competition are tentatively scheduled to be published in Scientific American. A note about the contest: First prize will be Olympus microscope or Camera equipment valued at $5,000. Nine additional winners will also receive valuable prizes from Olympus. Each person entering can submit up to five movies, images, or image sequences. It is not necessary for people entering the competition to be users of Olympus equipment. Winners will be notified in late October, and publicly announced in November, 2011.

Michael W. Davidson

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

1800 E. Paul Dirac Dr.

The Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL 32310

Phone: 850-644-0542

Fax: 850-644-8920

Web: http://microscopy.fsu.edu

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Networking 101 Seminar

You're Invited: ATHENA International Women's Regional Leadership Summit - Sept. 15 at Disney's Boardwalk

Please attend the ATHENA International Women's Regional Leadership Summit on Sept. 15th at Disney's Boardwalk. We're excited about welcoming Martha Mertz, the founder of ATHENA International, to serve as the keynote speaker. Martha is the author of Becoming ATHENA: Eight Principles of Enlightened Leadership. She offers a distinctive, transforming approach for leading in the 21st century. With survey research and real-life stories, she demonstrates how time-tested "women's ways" of leading have become the gold standard for great leaders of both genders, and the building blocks for success in today's global economy. She will be followed by two panel discussions featuring women of influence such as Karen Dee, Florida Regional CEO and President of Fifth Third Bank, and successful women entrepreneurs who have graduated from the ATHENAPowerLink program throughout the country

The event is open to business leaders, entrepreneurs, and women who are interested in volunteering for the ATHENAPowerLink mentoring program. The e-vite is below. I hope you can join us!

ATHENA International Women's Regional Leadership Summit

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Keynote Luncheon: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Educational Panel Sessions and Networking Event: 1:30 - 6:00 pm

Boardwalk Resort at Walt Disney World

Open to business women, executives and entrepreneurs who are committed to leading

their communities through development of their own companies or those of others.

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Luncheon keynote speaker Martha Mertz, the founder of ATHENA International and author of Becoming ATHENA: Eight Principles of Enlightened Leadership.

1:30 - 2:30 pm

Women of influence who will address key success factors that are important in their leadership roles.

  • Karen Dee, Florida Regional CEO and President, Fifth Third Bank
  • Sherrie Duncan, Manager of Supplier Diversity, Progress Energy
  • Shelley Lauten, President, MyRegion.org

3:00 - 4:30 pm

Successful women entrepreneurs talk about the mentoring support they received from the ATHENAPowerLink® program.

  • Moderator: Linda L. Stevenson, Senior Vice President, Women's Business Development Program, PNC Bank
  • Colleen Moore Mezler, President and CEO, Moore Research Services, Inc.
  • Hester Taylor Clark, President, The Hester Group
  • Stacy Ethun, President and CEO, Park Avenue Group

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Networking Cocktail Reception

INCLUDED WITH TICKET

The cost is just $85 per person and includes all the sessions, lunch, afternoon

snack break and the networking cocktail reception at Disney's Boardwalk Resort.

TO RSVP

Please go to www.goforthegreens.org/registration.html.

QUESTIONS

If you have any questions, please contact Leadership Summit co-chairs:


Karen Keene at kkeene@deanmead.com, or (407) 428-5155
Diane Sears at
diane@di-verse-media.com, or (407) 625-7197

www.ATHENAinternational.org

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