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2001 MentorNet Partners Forum

March 29-30, 2001
Palo Alto, California

Preliminary Agenda

Location: Hewlett-Packard Company Headquarters, 1501 Page Mill Road (Yosemite Room, Thursday), and 3000 Hanover St. (Auditorium, Friday), Palo Alto, CA

Accommodations site for out-of-town attendees: 3400 Creekside Inn, El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA; (650) 493-2411

Registration fee: $150 (one complimentary registration for contributing campus partners; 2 complimentary registrations for MentorNet sponsoring organizations)

Thursday, March 29, 2001 – 1501 Page Mill Road, Building 3, Yosemite Room
(Check with desk at Creekside Inn for shuttle bus or walking directions)
2:00-2:45 – Registration & Refreshments
2:45-3:00 – Greeting – Bess Stephens, Director of Philanthropy and Education, Hewlett-Packard
3:00-3:30 – Welcome and Participant Introductions – Carol B. Muller. Executive Director, MentorNet
3:30-3:45 – Introduction to the MentorNet Partners Forum – Carol B. Muller
3:45-4:15 – Women in Engineering and Science: Setting the Stage – Susan Staffin Metz, President, WEPAN and Executive Director, Lore-El Center for Women in Engineering and Science, Stevens Institute of Technology
4:15-4:45 – New Methods for Working and Communicating: "It’s on the Web" – Mike Miller, Program Manager, Cisco Systems
4:45-5:00 – Break
5:00-5:45 – MentorNet Experiences Firsthand – Jennifer Dockter, MentorNet Program Manager; Geri Actor, Vinaya Natu, Intel; Sheila Reyes, SJSU'00, Cisco Systems; Patricia Wambui, PhD student, mechanical engineering, Stanford University; other mentors and students of MentorNet, to be named
5:45-6:00 – Wrap-up and review of remaining schedule – Carol B. Muller
(Carpool and/or walk to dinner)
6:15-8:15 – Dinner – Hunan Garden (3345 El Camino Real, Palo Alto; (650) 565-8868)

Friday, March 30, 2001 – 3000 Hanover Street, Building 20 Auditorium
Travel to HP (carpool or shuttle bus from Creekside Inn or ~10-15 min. walk)
8:00-8:30 – Networking breakfast
8:30-9:45 – The MentorNet Program – The Web Site and Beyond

• Current Participants – Stephanie J. Fox, Manager, Technology Design and Development, MentorNet
• Current Program Components
  • Web Site, Applications, Matching, Member Services – Stephanie Fox
  • Training, Coaching, and Newsletters – Jennifer Dockter
  • Discussion groups, MentorNet 3C – Marci Ryan, MentorNet 3C Program Manager

9:45-10:30 – MentorNet Evaluation and Related Research Activities – Peg Boyle Single, MentorNet Senior Research Associate and Mentoring Specialist; Christine Cunningham, Goodman Research Associates; Gary Lichtenstein, Quality Evaluation Designs
10:30-10:45 – Break (refreshments)
10:45-11:30 – Concurrent Sessions:

A. Retention and Development Issues Among High Tech Employees – Susan Funk, The Diversity Difference
B. The Women’s Experiences in College Engineering Project: A national, longitudinal, quantitative study of women in college engineering – Christine Cunningham, Ph.D., Project Director, Goodman Research Group

11:30-12:15 – An Interview with Lois Zachary, Author, The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships – Peg Boyle Single, interviewer
12:30-1:45 – Lunch
Speaker: "The Power of Mentoring", Jill S. Tietjen, Technically Speaking
1:45-2:30 – MentorNet in the Field: Serving Your Organization’s Needs – Round table discussions focused on recruitment strategies, program development recommendations, and other dialogue

A. Campuses – Marci Ryan, MentorNet 3C Program Manager; Sandy DeMasi, MentorNet Mentoring Coach, Facilitators
B. Corporations, Government Labs & Agencies – Peg Boyle Single, Bettina Kohlbrenner, Facilitators
C. Professional Societies, Affiliated Groups, & Others – Carol Muller, Facilitator

2:30-2:40 – Break
2:40-3:30 – Processing of Round Table Discussions – Strategies for Recruitment, feedback to MentorNet, suggestions for the future
3:30-4:00 – Closing Remarks – Andrew Adams, Manager for College Hiring, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Carol Muller, MentorNet
4:00-4:30 – Networking
4:30 Adjourn

[5:00-7:00 MentorNet Advisory Board dinner meeting, location tba ]