MONDAY, June 10, 2002
01:00 PM - 05:00 PM | Room: 286-287

  WORKSHOP
  Women's Workshop - Silk Purses and Sow's Ears: Turning Obstacles into Opportunity

  Organizers: Karen Bartleson, Janet Greene, SY Tan-Stahel, Sonja Wilkerson

    More and more women are succeeding in technology, but a significant gap still exists between where we are today and where we have the potential to be in the next decade. Those who have succeeded can tell you about the obstacles, and the different ways they have used their strengths to overcome them. In this year's workshop, you'll once again have the unique opportunity to get advice and coaching from successful leaders across the industry as we examine ways to turn imperfect situations into glittering successes, much like the saying about turning sow's ears into silk purses.

Steering Committee:
Mar Hershenson - CTO, Barcelona Design, Inc.
Nanette Collins - Publicity Chair, 39th DAC
Marie R. Pistilli ? Co-Chair, Board of Directors, MP Associates, Inc.
SCHEDULE

1:00 - 2:00 PM
   Registration and Buffet Lunch

2:00 - 3:45 PM
   Keynote Address and Panel

3:45 - 4:00 PM
   Achievement Award Ceremony
   Join us as we honor the recipient of this year's
   Marie R. Pistilli Women in EDA Achievement Award.

4:00 PM
   Cocktail Reception
  
Sponsored by the EDA Consortium

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chris King - President and CEO, AMI Semiconductor
Chris shares her experience from rising through the ranks at IBM, launching IBM's ASIC business, making it the number one ASIC business in the world, and now becoming the first woman CEO of a semiconductor company. She addresses how to overcome stereotypes, position yourself for the plum assignment, use risk to your advantage, and fight that feeling of isolation when you're the only woman in the room, as well as how to find a mentor or coach. She'll give you her top five strategies for success in the challenging world of technology.
PANEL: Coaching & Feedback: Do I Need It and
Where Do I Get It?

Successful industry veterans will share their experiences in overcoming obstacles in the workplace, how they've used feedback and coaching to their advantage and where they've found it.


  Speaker(s):Chris King - AMI Semiconductor
Diane Bryant - Intel Corp.
Deirdre Hanford - Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Jim Hogan - Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Teresa Meng - Atheros Communications
Michele Lane Reitz - Synplicity, Inc.