Date

Event

Speakers

January 18

Journal Club

Building 240, Room 1416
11:45 AM-1:00 PM
Lunch Provided

Please RSVP at http://www.dep.anl.gov/postdocs/activities/rsvp/registrationform.asp

Joe Bernstein (HEP)

Tricky Harbors & Leaky Boats: Challenges of Women in Science & Engineering

Topic: Status of Women in Science and Engineering Background Resources: "To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in U.S. Science and Engineering" by the Committee on the Guide to Recruiting and Advancing Women Scientists and Engineers in Academia, Committee on Women in Science and Engineering, National Research Council. ISBN: 0-309-54715-6, 145 pages, 6 x 9, (2006) This PDF is available from the National Academies Press at: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11624.html.

February 15

Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, and Patents Hosted by TDC and Legal

Building 402 Auditorium
9:00am - 12:30pm

Open Forum with the Director

Building 203 Auditorium
9:30am

Life Inside Argonne and Beyond:

Questions or suggestions regarding work-life balance at Argonne

Questions or suggestions regarding transition out of the postdoc stage

March 21

LDRD proposal process

Building 203 Auditorium

Lunch will begin serving at 11:40
Presentations will begin at noon

Elton Kaufman,
David Tiede

View slides from the presentation (note: internal link only)

Elton Kaufmann will briefly describe the overall LDRD Program and proposal submission process followed by David Tiede who will provide an outline and lead a discussion on strategies for LDRD proposals from the point of view of the Director's Review Committee for Director's Competitive Grants” Elton Kaufmann, Associate Chief Scientist for LDRD David Tiede, Senior Chemist and Group Leader, CSE

Building 203 Auditorium

Lunch provided, serving at 11:45

Commitment to Safety Innovation-Special Postdoc Unit (CSI-SPU)

Postdoctoral Society of Argonne General Assembly Meeting

Speakers to be announced.

The PSA will give a brief overview of their activities. CSI-SPU presentations and safety discussion to follow.

Please confirm your attendance through the Postdoc Office RSVP link by clicking here.

May 14

Director’s Reception

Argonne Guest House
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Welcome Remarks by Dr. Rick Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director for Computing, Environment, and Life Sciences (CLS)

Address from the Postdoctoral Society of Argonne (PSA) by Milind Malshe (CSE), PSA Liaison Officer

June 6

Grant Writing

Room: Building 362 Auditorium
Tentative Time: Lunch served at 11:30 am
Presentations and discussion from noon to 2:00 pm

Please confirm your attendance through the Postdoc Office RSVP link by clicking here.

Successful Grant Writing Techniques
Dr. Richard McGee, Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Professional Development
Associate Professor of Medical Education
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Presentation
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Dr. Mike Pellin, Argonne Distinguished Fellow, PSE

Dr. Rao Kotamarthi, Atmospheric Scientist and Section Manager, Climate Research Section, EVS

July 12

Job Skills Workshop 1: CV and Resume Writing

Room: Building 362 Auditorium
Time: Lunch served at 11:30 am
Presentations and discussion from noon to 1:00PM

On-site one-on-one expert advice—tentatively after the presentation

Please confirm your attendance through the Postdoc Office RSVP link by clicking here.

July 20

Discussion on Visa and Immigration Issues

Building 203 Auditorium

3:00 PM

Tanja Rose, Senior HR and Immigration Specialist, will address the most frequent visa and immigration issues regarding employment inside and outside of Argonne, including travel and renewals.

Presentation (internal link)

Bad Presentation Bingo

TCS Conference Center, Building 240, Room 1416

10:00 am – 11:30 am

Light refreshments will be served

Monica Metzler, Executive Director of the Illinois Science Council Goal: encourage researchers to communicate more effectively when speaking with non-specialist audiences.

More information about Bad Presentation Bingo is available at: http://illinoisscience.org/docs/badpresentationbingo.pdf.

More information about the Illinois Science Council is available at: http://illinoisscience.org/.

August 22

CSI-SPU (Commitment to Safety Innovation - Special Postdoc Unit)

Topic: Ergonomics

Building 203, Room D120

Lunch served at 11:45
Presentation and Discussion begin at noon

Steve Eagels (ESQ), safety engineer and ESH coordinator, will speak about ergonomic issues of which we all should be aware. Steve manages Argonne's Ergonomic, Injury and Illness Programs within the ESQ Division. He is a Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified Safety Professional.

Please confirm your attendance through the Postdoc Office RSVP link by clicking here.

Navigating Career Fairs and Interview Tips

Building 201, Room 190

Noon

Brown Bag Seminar—Please bring your lunch

David Fyhrie and Wes Bryjak, Argonne’s amazing talent acquisition specialists, will be presenting a brown bag seminar on navigating career fairs. They will address how to present yourself and your research to career booth representatives from a company rep perspective.

Presentation

September 20-21

Symposium and Career Fair

N/A

October 17

Journal Club - POSTPONED DUE TO ALTERNATE ACTIVITY

Please see Leadership Master’s Degree Workshop offered by WIST:
http://inside.anl.gov/event/wist-leadership-event

TBD

Open Forum With The Director

Building 203 Auditorium

9:30 AM

Conversation with Laboratory Director, Dr. Eric Isaacs, moderated by the Postdoctoral Society of Argonne.

Dr. Isaacs will share with us his views on issues important to postdocs and field your questions.

All postdocs are strongly encouraged to attend. Please indicate your intent to attend via the Postdoc Events RSVP page

Conversation on Mentoring

Lunch to be served beginning at 11:30 am.
Presentations to begin shortly before noon.

Building 203 Auditorium

November 14

CSI-SPU (Observation Conversations)
Building 203 Auditorium
Lunch -- 11:45 AM
Presentation -- Noon

The Postdoctoral Society of Argonne will hold their November General Assembly Meeting at this event. Voting for new officers will also take place. All postdocs encouraged to attend.

Eddi Langenberg (ESQ), ESH Program Initiatives Manager and Jeff Ullian (ESQ), ES&H Training Team Leader will discuss Argonne’s new safety initiative, Observation Conversations.  This program was developed to help foster an open dialogue between supervisors and employees.  As a result of planned walkthroughs, supervisors are able to communicate more effectively with employees and are addressing issues that would have otherwise been overlooked. Observation Conversations has been effective in assisting department leaders to identify situations that have placed staff and facilities at risk.

December
(Tentative)

Journal Club/Holiday Lunch

Subashish Mohanty (NE)