Events
The following is a list of conferences and events that we have been involved in organizing and/or have attended. Under 2013 is a tentative list of events where we are planning to have a presence. 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 rates. 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
2013:
- National Association of Mathematicians
January 11-12; San Diego, CA - ScienceOnline (scio13)
January 30 - February 2; Raleigh, NC - National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE)
March 4-6; Washington, DC - National Black Graduate Student Association (NBGSA)
March 6-9; Dearborn, MI - National Postdoctoral Association (NPA)
March 15-17; Charleston, SC - Visualizing Biological Data (VIZBI) [Roca’s bioinformatics project]
March 20-22; Cambridge, MA - Keeping our Faculties of Color Conference
April 14-16; Minneapolis, MN - Diversity Summit
May 3; Houston, TX - American Association for Affirmative Action (AAAA)
May 7-10; San Antonio, TX - Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit
May 11; Stanford, CA - PeopleConnect
May 15-17; Austin, TX - IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellows Conference
June 2-4; Atlanta, GA - Animal Behavior Society
July 28 - August 1; Boulder, CO - Latinos in Tech Innovation & Social Media (LATISM)
September 19-21; New York, NY - AAMC GREAT Group Postdoctorate Leaders Section Annual Meeting
September 19-21; Atlanta, GA - Conference of Ford Fellows
September 26-28; Washington, DC - HENAAC Great Minds in STEM
October 3-5; New Orleans, LA - Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
October 3-6; San Antonio, TX - Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)
October 10-12; Philadelphia, PA - Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
October 30 - November 3; Indianapolis, IN - American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
October 31 - November 2; Denver, CO - Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
November 13-16; Nashville, TN
2012:
- ScienceOnline (scio12)
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 (AAAS)
February 16-20; Vancouver, Canada - Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM (ERN)
February 23-25; Atlanta, GA - Symposium on Supporting Underrepresented Minority Males in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
February 28; Washington, DC - NAS COSEPUP The State of the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers Revisited
March 8; Irvine, CA - American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE)
March 8-10; Costa Mesa, CA - National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE)
March 12-14; Los Angeles, CA - NIH NIGMS Postdoc Workshop
March 12-13; Bethesda, MD - National Postdoctoral Association (NPA)
March 16-18; San Francisco, CA - New England Science Symposium (NESS)
April 1; Boston, MA - FASEB Experimental Biology (EB)
April 21-25; San Diego, CA - PBS Newshour chat: Why Aren’t There More Female Scientists, Engineers?
April 27; online - Understanding Interventions (UI5, UndInt)
May 10-12; Baltimore, MD - National Conference for Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE)
May 29 - June 2; New York, NY - NAS CWSEM conference: Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia
June 7-8; 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 - AAMC GREAT Group Postdoctorate Leaders Section Annual Meeting
September 20-22; Nashville, TN - Conference of Ford Fellows
September 21-22; Newport Beach, CA - National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)
September 25-28; Washington, DC - Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)
October 11-13; Baltimore, MD - National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP)
October 13-14; Columbus, OH
- Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
October 11-14; Seattle, WA - Latinos in Social Media (LATISM)
October 25-27; Houston, TX - Preparing Future Faculty Fall Symposium
November 1-2; Indianapolis, IN - Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
November 7-10; San Jose, CA - Workshop on Ethnic Diversity in Materials Science & Engineering
December 9-11; Arlington, VA
2011:
- ScienceOnline (scio11)
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 (AAAS)
February 17-21; Washington, DC - National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE)
March 7-9; Washington, DC - National Postdoctoral Association (NPA)
March 25-27; Bethesda, MD - American Chemical Society Spring Conference (ACS)
March 27-31; Anaheim, CA - Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing
April 3-5; San Francisco, CA - FASEB Experimental Biology (EB)
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 (NOBCChE
April 19-22; Houston, TX - Conference on Understanding Interventions (UI4, UndInt)
May 26-28; Nashville, TN - Preparing Future Faculty Summer Institute (PFF)
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 (BWB)
July 8-10; Los Angeles, CA - Leadership Alliance National Symposium (LANS)
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 (NSBP) and
the National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSHP)
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
September 19-21; 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 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:
- 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 17-May-2013









