(194a) Unconscious Bias: Fostering Inclusive Communities
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2020
2020 Virtual Spring Meeting and 16th GCPS
Leadership Development – Professional Skills to Catalyze your Career
Unconscious Bias: Fostering Inclusive Communities
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Part I.
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Facilitated by: Cynthia Murphy-Ortega, Manager of University Partnerships and Association Relations
1. Engineering current state vs. next generation
2. Define key Diversity, Equity and Inclusion terms
 What is Diversity vs. Inclusion and What does Equity look like?
 Define Unconscious Bias
3. Brief Q&A
4. Introduce panel moderator
Part II.
Panel Discussion, Engaging Chemical Engineering Communities to achieve Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Facilitated by: Dina Clark, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, North America, Covestro
A practical discussion on equity, diversity, and inclusion in engineering; featuring experiences from senior leaders of the engineering community
â–ª Garry Bryan, Product Supply Principal Expert at Bayer Crop Science
▪ Deborah L. Grubbe, PE, CEng., NAC, 2020 President-Elect – The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
â–ª Belinda Akpa, Assistant Professor of Integrated Synthetic and Systems Biology, NCSU
Part III.
Question & Answer
Program Concludes
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Facilitated by: Cynthia Murphy-Ortega, Manager of University Partnerships and Association Relations
1. Engineering current state vs. next generation
2. Define key Diversity, Equity and Inclusion terms
 What is Diversity vs. Inclusion and What does Equity look like?
 Define Unconscious Bias
3. Brief Q&A
4. Introduce panel moderator
Part II.
Panel Discussion, Engaging Chemical Engineering Communities to achieve Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Facilitated by: Dina Clark, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, North America, Covestro
A practical discussion on equity, diversity, and inclusion in engineering; featuring experiences from senior leaders of the engineering community
â–ª Garry Bryan, Product Supply Principal Expert at Bayer Crop Science
▪ Deborah L. Grubbe, PE, CEng., NAC, 2020 President-Elect – The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
â–ª Belinda Akpa, Assistant Professor of Integrated Synthetic and Systems Biology, NCSU
Part III.
Question & Answer
Program Concludes