UC San Diego PhD Career Conference 2016

Join us for the 8th Annual PhD Career Conference at UC San Diego! This conference agenda highlights many career opportunities represented by the successful careers of Masters and PhDs who have found their niche as well as workshops designed to help graduate students and postdocs achieve career success.

Agenda

12-12:30 pm: Registration

12:30-1:30 pm: Keynote Speaker

• Dr. Andrew Chamberlain, Chief Economist at Glassdoor
  

1:45-3:15 pm: Career Exploration Panel

• Yuchen Cao, PhD; Patent Agent at Morrison Foerster
  
• Emily Bass, MA; Director, Research Proposal Development Service - Health Sciences at UC San Diego
• Don Johnson, PhD; Director, Product Development at Vali
  
• Ravi Kolla, PhD; Director, Business Development at La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
  
• Roark Miller, PhD; Director, International Faculty & Scholar Office at UC San Diego
  
• Jonathan Whitmore, PhD; A D --> Data Analyst Consultant at Silicon Valley Data Center
  
• Elizabeth Vu, PhD; Implementations Lead, Foundation for Learning Equality
  

3:30-4:30 pm: Round Table Networking

• Come network with additional Masters and PhDs in diverse careers

4:30-5:30 pm: Networking Reception and Closing Remarks

For more information and a full list of panelists, visit the PhD Career Conference website.

*If you are a graduate student, please register through Port Triton here: http://phdcareers.ucsd.edu/

Keynote Speaker Bio

Dr. Andrew Chamberlain is chief economist at Glassdoor. He oversees the economic research program at Glassdoor, providing research, analysis and commentary on trends in today’s labor market. He is an applied microeconomist who has written widely on labor markets and public policy. His work has been published in academic journals, cited in U.S. congressional testimony, OECD working papers, and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR and many others. He is a regular guest on a variety of live television and radio programs. Previously Andrew served as an economist in Washington, D.C. at the Tax Foundation and the Cato Institute, and as chief economist at Columbia Economics, L.L.C. Andrew received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, San Diego, and bachelor’s degrees in economics (cum laude) and business administration (magna cum laude) from the University of Washington in Seattle.

Sponsors

Dick Attiya Lec Fund