Events
The following is a list of conferences and events that we have been involved in organizing and/ or have attended. Under 2012 is a tentative list of events that we are planning to attend. At these events, we proactively recruit individuals for our future Candidate Database. Potential advertisers, we offer the service where we distribute your job/ opportunity announcement during the event. Contact us for details and pricing. For a full list of diversity conferences, see our Calendar page. If you would like to meet up at any of the following events, then please write to us at
2012:
- ScienceOnline
January 19-21; Research Triangle Park, NC - NIH ACD Working Group on Diversity in Biomedical Research Workforce
February 14; Bethesda, MD - American Association for the Advancement of Science
February 16-20; Vancouver, Canada - Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM
2012 February 23-25; Atlanta, GA - American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
March 8-10; Costa Mesa, CA - National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
March 12-14; Los Angeles, CA - NIH NIGMS Postdoc Workshop
March 12-13; Bethesda, MD - National Postdoctoral Association
March 16-18; San Francisco, CA - American Chemical Society
March 25-29; San Diego, CA - National Society of Black Engineers
March 28 - April 2; Pittsburgh, PA - New England Science Symposium
April 1; Boston, MA - NIH NIDDK Network of Minority Research Investigators workshop
April 19-20; Bethesda, MD - FASEB Experimental Biology
April 21-25 San Diego, CA - Understanding Interventions
May 10-12; Baltimore, MD - National Conference for Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education
May 29 - June 2; New York, NY - Society for STEM Women of Color
June 8-10; Washington, DC - IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellows Conference
June 17-19; Philadelphia, PA - Postdoc Conference & Career Fair
July 12; Bethesda, MD - International Society for Computational Biology ISMB Conference
July 15-17; Long Beach, CA - Leadership Alliance National Symposium
July 27-29; Hartford, CT - FASEB/MARC Write Winning Grants & Leadership Workshop
August 24-25; Virginia Beach, VA - College & University Professional Association for Human Resources
September 9-11; Boston, MA - AAMC GREAT Group Postdoctorate Leaders Section Annual Meeting
September 20-22; Nashville, TN - National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers
September 25-28; Washington, DC - Mexican American Engineers and Scientists
October 10-13; Las Vegas, NV - HENAAC, Promoting Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
October 11-13; Lake Buena Vista, FL - Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
October 11-14; Seattle, WA - Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers
October 11-13; Baltimore, MD - National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals

October 13-14; Columbus, OH - American Indian Science and Engineering Society
November 1-3, Anchorage, AK - Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
November 7-10; San Jose, CA - Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
November 14-18; Fort Worth, TX - Other events which have not been scheduled:
Blogalicious Weekend
Compact for Faculty Diversity: Institute on Teaching and Mentoring
Ford Fellows conference
Latinos in Social Media
2011:
- ScienceOnline
January 13-15; Research Triangle Park, NC - Conference on Broadening Participation in the Mathematical Sciences
February 4–5; Claremont, CA - American Association for the Advancement of Science
February 17-21; Washington, DC - National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
March 7-9; Washington, DC - National Postdoctoral Association
March 25-27; Bethesda, MD - American Chemical Society Spring Conference
March 27-31; Anaheim, CA - Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing
April 3-5; San Francisco, CA - FASEB Experimental Biology
April 9-13; Washington, DC - Inaugural meeting of the Minority Education and Career Exposure (MECE) affinity group of Policy Fellows from the American Association for the Advancement of Science
April 11; Washington, DC - Young Latino Leaders Summit: panel on
Encouraging Science and Technology Education and Careers Among Latinos
April 13; Washington, DC - Nat’l Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists & Chemical Engineers
April 19-22; Houston, TX - Conference on Understanding Interventions
May 26-28; Nashville, TN - Preparing Future Faculty Summer Institute
June 8-11; Washington, DC - Postdoc Conference & Career Fair
June 15; Bethesda, MD - National IRACDA Postdoc Conference
June 19-21; Houston, TX - Blogging While Brown Conference
July 8-10; Los Angeles, CA - Leadership Alliance National Symposium
July 29-31; Old Greenwich, CT - Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position Workshop by the Rice University ADVANCE Program
September 18-20; Houston, TX - Joint Annual Conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and
the National Society of Hispanic Physicists
September 21-24; Austin, TX - Society of Asian Scientists & Engineers (SASE)
September 30 to October 1; Baltimore, MD - Ford Fellows Conference
October 14-15; Irvine, CA - AAMC GREAT Group Postdoctorate Leaders Section Annual Meeting
October 13-15; Savannah, GA - Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
October 27-30; San Jose, CA - University of California, Irvine PAID Career Advising/Mentoring Conference
November 4; Irvine, CA - What Can You Be With a PhD?
November 5-6; New York, NY - Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
November 9-12; St. Louis, MO - American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
November 10-12; Minneapolis, MN
2010:
- NOGLSTP Out-to-Innovate Career Summit

October 9; Los Angeles, CA - SACNAS Conference Postdoc Activities
September 30 - October 3; Anaheim, CA - UCSF Postdoc Bootcamp
September 12-14; San Francisco, CA - NIH NIGMS Strategic Plan for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Training: Stakeholder Meeting
May 12, 2010; San Francisco, CA - (more to document in the future)
2009 SACNAS Conference Postdoc Activities
(2005-2008 archive to be posted in the future)
2004 Activities
- Minority Postdoc Summit
- Ph.D. Career Panel
- Institute on Preparing for Postdoctoral Experiences
- View Summary of COSEPUP Diversity breakout session
2003 Postdoc Fellowships panel
last updated 18-Feb-2012






