 Sunday, June 10, 2007 at the The Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, Canada
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Details for On-Site Registration $35 (On-Site)
Special registration pricing
includes the Think Tank Summit.
Engineering Management: Best Practices for Your Career
The Early Career Forum will focus on how early-career engineers can grow in their profession, both in advancement to managerial positions and in honing their ethical compass. There will be two discussion sessions that will expose early career engineers to a diverse group of perspectives and ideas in these areas. Those that attend will have the opportunity to ask specific questions and learn how to achieve their career goals.
9:00 AM
Welcome/Introduction
Program Moderator: Charlene Tung, Quality Engineer, GE Multilin
9:05 AM – 10:35 AM
Session #1 Transitioning from Technical to Management
John T. Bozewicz, Division Head
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Aaron Tsang, Chief, Airworthiness Engineering
Bombardier Aerospace
Yollanda Zhang, Teacher Candidate (Student), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Previously at GE Healthcare as Technical Sales Specialty, Cardiology IT
This discussion will feature three speakers: one who has made the transition, one who hires those transitioning, and one who helps engineers make that transition. Find out what upper management is looking for and the different paths you can take to get there.
10:35 AM – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Session #2 Ethically Speaking
Andrew Taylor, P.E., Senior Lead Engineer
Entergy Nuclear Inc.
Bernard Ennis, P. Eng., Manager, Standards and Practice
Professional Engineers Ontario
James D. Lesikar II, Ph.D., P.E., Senior Principal Operations Research Analyst
L-3 Communications/Titan Group
Have you ever wondered what level of responsibility you, as an engineer, hold when it comes to ethical situations? This session will address different types of ethical problems engineers face in today's workplace and how to both recognize and deal with them.
12:15 PM – 12:30 PM
Introduction to Career Fair
12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch Break (on your own)
1:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Career Fair Open
Featuring companies hiring engineers and other opportunities. Be sure to bring a plenty of resumes and be ready to network and learn about different opportunities available to engineers to enhance your career.
 
  
This program is being held in conjunction with the ASME 2007 Summer Annual Meeting and Think Tank Summit. | 
