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Week 1
March 11, 2020
12:00pm ET/USA
NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
Why Stay?

Many studies have looked at the obstacles women and girls face in engineering and technology and reasons they leave, ranging from pay disparities to harassment. The 2020 Global Marathon takes a different perspective: Why do they stay? In session 1, our speakers shared their stories of believing in themselves and persevering.

Montana Wilson
Division Manager Civil and Geotechnical Engineering
MTE Consultants
Selda Gunsel
Vice President Global Commercial Technology
Shell
Marvi Matos (Moderator)
Director of Crew Capsule Engineering
Blue Origin
Week 2
March 18, 2020
12:00pm ET/USA
NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
Believe, Do, Succeed
Recognizing your value and feeling confident that you have the skills and knowledge to succeed in an engineering profession can strengthen your resolve and help you persevere through challenges. In this session, speakers will discuss strategies you can use to build career confidence, respond to criticism and skepticism, and assert a strong belief in your ideas, skills, and contributions.

Canan Dagdeviren
LG Career Development Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
MIT Media Lab
Megan Eddings
Founder and CEO
Accel Lifestyle
Hilda Marcel Gradnigo (Moderator)
Sales Coordinator
Shell
Week 3
March 25, 2020
12:00pm ET/USA
NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
Breaking The Rules
Some rules need to be broken. Speakers in this session share how they're breaking old rules and building new dynamics to shape a more inclusive and welcoming profession.

Laura Aiken
Turnover Manager, Pennsylvania Chemicals Project
Bechtel
Pavlina Akritas
Associate Lighting Designer
Arup
Vanessa Raponi
Product Development EIT at Spin Master
Founder of EngiQueers Canada
Anne-Marie Walters (Moderator)
Industrial Marketing Director Process and Resources
Bentley Systems
Week 4
April 1, 2020
12:00pm ET/USA
NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
From Obstacles to Inspiration

Facing challenges is part of any journey. Learning how to transform barriers into motivators can help us succeed AND pave the way for those who come after us.

Andronica Klaas
Program Product Manager
Bank of America
Mahfuza Ali
Corporate Scientist
3M
Nita Patel (Moderator)
Senior Director, Engineering at L3Harris Technologies
Past International Chair, IEEE Women in Engineering
Week 5
April 8, 2020
12:00pm ET/USA
NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
Better Together

Belonging is fundamental to our fulfillment and well-being. For the closing session of the 2020 Global Marathon, our speakers discussed how they've built support networks and found their community and sense of belonging in their career.

Jennifer Scanlon
President and CEO
UL LLC
Telle Whitney
Former President and CEO
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
Sadia Tahseen (Moderator)
Senior SOA Architect/Developer
UL