Registration Instructions:Use the sections below to register for Virtual Career Panels, Keynote Speaker, and Networking Lunch. Please ensure that you have selected all intersted sessions before submitting registration. Learning GoalsParticipants will have the opportunity to learn from the keynote presenter, University of Michigan alumna Laura Morgan Roberts. Morgan Roberts holds a Ph.D. in organizational psychology and is the CEO and founder of the Alignment Quest Enterprise. She is also a professor of practice at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Morgan Roberts’s keynote address will be followed by an in-person networking lunch with local professionals representing diverse career sectors. The conference is co-sponsored by the University Career Center, Rackham Graduate School, and the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at the University of Michigan Medical School.

Effectively Explore Careers Beyond the Professoriate
The goals of Ph.D. Connections are to enable students and postdoctoral fellows to:
Gain an increased awareness of careers available to Ph.D.s in a variety of sectorsLearn about skills and key competencies that are important in different industriesDevelop strategies and build networks to effectively explore careers beyond the professoriateMarch 13
12:00 p.m. EST, Career Panel: Biotech, Healthcare, and Pharma Organizations
3:00 p.m. EST, Career Panel: Consulting
March 14
12:00 p.m. EST, Career Panel: Academic and Higher Education Institutions
3:00 p.m. EST, Career Panel: Government Organizations
March 15
12:00 p.m. EST, Career Panel: Nonprofit Organizations
3:00 p.m. EST, Career Panel: Technology Industries
March 16
10:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. EST, Keynote Address by Laura Morgan Roberts, Ph.D.
12:15 to 2:00 p.m. EST, In-Person Networking Lunch with Local Professionals