Today, I’ll be in Charlotte speaking on a panel at Central Piedmont Community College’s GeekFest. The panel is titled Diverse STEM Professionals: Identifying Barriers and Sharing Strategies for Success.

Here’s the description of what to expect:

Companies understand the value of diversity in fields where tasks require innovation; however, recent studies show a significant decrease in the number of women, persons with disabilities, and under-represented minorities in STEM professions. This session is an opportunity for CPCC students to participate in a guided, informal panel discussion with area STEM professionals who come from traditionally underrepresented populations.

Panelists will discuss topics such as how they have broken barriers to advancement, the role of collaboration in career success, the importance of a desire to learn, taking appropriate risks, and how to balance work & family life. In this session, these professionals will also share exciting details about how a career in STEM gives you an opportunity to work daily on the forefront of innovation.

This panel will be taking place in room LV1302 at Central Piedmont Community College’s Levine Campus in Matthews NC (map).

The GeekFest will actually be going on the entire day. Visit their website for details about the other panels and events that are going on today. You can also follow the hashtag #GeekFest on Twitter/FB to check out the happenings and back-chat that will be going on throughout the day.

These aren’t the only events that you’ll see MMM a part of. If you’ve got an idea for an event, or would like to engage in training/consulting via MMM, take a look at our calendar* and pitch us an idea.

*Due to the nature of some projects, not every event MMM engages in will be exposed on this calendar. Items on this calendar that can be exposed are and are cleared with attending parties.