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Workshop 3 (WS3): Industry Lens on Undergraduate Best Practices 

Dec 8, 2021, 9 am-12 pm, PST/ 12-3 pm, EST (Online)

 

ISSIP-NSF Workshop Series: An Industry-Academia Dialogue on STEM Education for the Future, Further Explored
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Innovative teaching and learning pedagogies to prepare STEM graduates for new jobs are on the rise.  In this 3-hr workshop, we explore with industry experts some of the programs they have had the most success recruiting, hiring, developing and keeping new graduates.

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Topics to discuss:
  • Criteria for choosing target schools 
  • Best teaching and learning pedagogical practices that prepare students for industry jobs and attributes of such programs
  • Best cases of Industry-academia workforce development partnerships 
  • Industry perspective on academic best practices to prepare underrepresented populations for the workforce
  • And more…

Preliminary Agenda 

Dec 8, 2021, 9 am – 12 pm, US/Canada PST; 12 pm – 3 pm EST

9:00 am – Opening, Welcome and Context

9:15- Panel Discussion

Industry-Academia Partnerships for Upskilling Best Practice Cases

Panel Speakers:

    • Joe Barsi, President, California Giant Berry Farms, “Farming for the Future: STEM at Cal Giant”
    • Patrick Kane, Director, University Alliance,  Program, Infineon, “Infineon’s Lens on Undergraduate Best Practices”
    • Renee Patton, Global Director, Healthcare and Education Industries, Cisco, “Partnering to Ensure an Inclusive Recovery for All”
    • Nancy Rausch, Chairperson, Senior Software Manager and Data Scientist, SAS Institute, “Best Practice University Programs that Prepare Students for Workforce Success: 4 Tips that Work”
    • Amit Srivastava, Sr. Director of Strategy, Tata Consultancy Services, “Future Workforce Reimagined at TCS”

Panel Moderator:

    • Kerry Brenner, Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
10:50 – Break 

11:00 – Moderated Breakout Session

 All Participants

11:40 – Regroup & Readout

 Session Moderators 

11:55 – Closing Remarks

 Co-Chairs

12:00 – Adjourn
 
 
 
 
 
Co-Chairs and Programming Committee Members:
  • Yassi Moghaddam, ISSIP Executive Director, Workshop Contact
  • Haluk Demirkan, Professor, University of Washington Tacoma, ISSIP BOD Member
  • Lou Freund, Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University, ISSIP Fellow
  • Martha Russell, Senior Research Scholar, HSTAR & Executive Director, mediaX, Stanford University
  • Jo Yuen, ISSIP Discovery Cafe Series, Chair
  • Ulf Vinneras, Head of Service Product Management, Aruba (HPE); ISSIP President  
  • Terri Griffith, Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University; ISSIP President-Elect 
  • Ralph Badinelli, Professor, Virginia Tech, ISSIP BOD Member
  • Utpal Mangla, VP, IBM; ISSIP Strategy Council Chair 
  • Ammar Rayes, Distinguished Engineer, Cisco; ISSIP BOD Member 
  • Gonzalo Salguiero, Distinguished Engineer, Cisco; ISSIP BOD Member
  • Jim Spohrer, ISSIP Co-Founder & BOD Member
  • Heather Yurko, VP, Mastercard; ISSIP Past President, Strategy Council Member
 

We thank our sponsor, the National Science Foundation, for their tremendous support!