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Time Event Location
8:30 AM to 9:00 AM Registration Check-in & Continental Breakfast Hameetman Multipurpose Room + Conference Room
9:00 AM to 9:25 AM Welcome Remarks Hameetman Multipurpose Room
9:30 AM to 10:15 AM Concurrent Session I
"Building an Inclusive, Safe, and Productive Research Environment" with Tashiana Bryant-Myrick (Director, Caltech Center for Inclusion and Diversity) 102 Spalding
"The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEM: A Review of the 2019 National Academies Report" with Vincent Ton (Program Manager, Student-Faculty Programs) 106 Spalding
"Setting Everyone Up for Success Through Shared Expectations and WISE Feedback" with Melissa Dabiri (Associate Director for University Teaching, CTLO) and Jedi Tsang (Program Manager, CTLO) 115 Gates-Thomas
10:20 AM to 10:50 AM In Conversation with Professor Brian Stoltz, Winner of the 2026 Shirley Malcom Prize in Mentoring Hameetman Multipurpose Room
10:55 AM to 11:40 AM Concurrent Session II
"Decoding the Venn Diagram of Mentoring, Advising, Teaching, and Supervising" with Candace Rypisi (Assistant Vice Provost and Director of Student-Faculty Programs) 102 Spalding
"Mentoring Through a Slump: Issues of Motivation, Procrastination, Setbacks, and Failures" with Melissa Dabiri (Associate Director for University Teaching, CTLO) and Jedi Tsang (Program Manager, CTLO) 106 Spalding
"Navigating Difficult Conversations and Conflict" with Linda Krippner (Director, Staff and Faculty Consultation Center) 115 Gates-Thomas
11:45 AM to 12:30 PM Concurrent Session III
"Measuring Mentoring: Data to Understand Mentoring and Its Effects" with Joe Ramirez (Institutional Research and Assessment Associate) 102 Spalding
"From Science Student to Scientist: The Role of Mentors in Developing a Positive Science Identity and Overcoming Feeling like a Fraud" with Athena Castro (Executive Director, The Caltech Y) 106 Spalding
"When Personal Issues Affect the Research: Supporting Ourselves and Our Mentees" with Lee Coleman (Senior Clinician and Coordinator of Groups and Outreach) 115 Gates-Thomas
12:30 PM to 1:45 PM Lunch & Panel Discussion with Caltech Graduate Students and Postdocs Hameetman Multipurpose Room
1:45 PM to 2:00 PM Closing Remarks & Raffle! Hameetman Multipurpose Room