March 7, 2018

9:00-9:30 a.m.
Registration and breakfast

9:30-10:00 a.m.
Introductory Remarks

10:00-11:00 a.m.
Opening Plenary 

11:00-11:15 a.m.
Break

11:15-12:30 p.m.
Trainee Talks

12:30-2:00 p.m.
Lunch and Facilitated Science Discussions

2:00-4:00 p.m.
Concurrent Breakout Sessions

2:00-3:00 p.m. – Session I
Seminar: Academia and Beyond: Building your transferable skills (Auditorium)
Panel Discussion: Start Up! How to start with nothing and have most of it left (Breakout Room)

3:00-4:00 p.m. – Session II
Seminar: Negotiations in Academia and Industry (Auditorium)
Panel Discussion: Non-traditional Careers: Do they exist and what are they? (Breakout Room)

4:00-5:00 p.m.
Science Pictionary and Coffee

5:00-6:00 p.m.
Closing Plenary and Remarks

6:00-9:00 p.m.
Post-retreat celebration, Harvard Gardens, 316 Cambridge Street, Boston