On October 9, 2010 a new era in LGBT visibility commenced. Nearly 200 students, academic faculty, career professionals, and employers participated in the inaugural “Out to Innovate Summit”. Sponsored by the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists (NOGLSTP) and hosted by the LGBT Community at the University of Southern California, Out to Innovate provided a day of education, diversity, mentoring, and career learning opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
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Out to Innovate featured such notable openly gay speakers as Kei Koizumi, the Assistant Director for Federal Research and Development in The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Dr. Dean Hamer, Chief of the Gene Structure and Regulation Program at The National Cancer Institute at NIH. Workshop topics included: Being Out in the STEM World: Panel Discussion and Open Forum; Leadership and Activism; Gender Identity and Expression in the STEM Workplace; Mentoring in the Classroom and Workplace; STEM Careers in Government; Careers in IT/Entertainment; Careers in Healthcare; STEM Careers in Government; Careers in Research and Engineering; and Being a Minority within a Minority.
Workshop presenters ranged from out medical students, to post-doctoral fellows, to senior university faculty to accomplished professionals in industry. Summit sponsors included: Harvey Mudd College, California Institute of Technology, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering Center for Diversity, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science Careers, Raytheon, Boeing, Intuit, Genentech, Texas Instruments, Northrop Grumman, Battelle, and Dow Chemical among others.
To download the 2010 Out To Innovate Program PDF – click here.
To view a photo gallery of the 2010 Out to Innovate Summit – click here.
