Career Zone

NOV. 3-4
2021

November 3-4, 2021

Minneapolis Convention Center
Minneapolis, MN

Join the Career Zone for daily discussions and complimentary tools — including free professional headshots — all designed to build your career, advance your skillset, and broaden your opportunities.

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Workforce Shortage & Talent Acquisition: An Investment in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
November 3, 10:15-11:45 a.m.

The manufacturing industry continues to struggle to fill critical jobs and more specifically, find ways to broaden its talent pipeline. To effectively fill these critical jobs, the industry must begin to address its talent acquisition needs from the perspective of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Career Advancement Tools
November 3, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Join Stephanie Young, co-founder and CEO of Riva, a venture-backed seed stage tech startup that uses AI to help people negotiate job offers, in a group discussion on resume improvement and salary negotiation strategies.

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How to Jumpstart & Reinvent Your Career
November 3, 2:45-3:30 p.m.

The key to continuous career growth is continuous evaluation. In this discussion, participants will have the opportunity to learn to self asses, gather tips on researching industry landscapes, review career tools, and then begin an action plan for practical steps forward with their career.

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Presented by MedtechWomen and Sponsored by Robins Kaplan

Shop Floor to Top Floor: Advancing Female and Diverse Leadership from Within
November 4, 8-9:45 a.m.

Building strong female and diverse leaders in manufacturing can start within the company on the manufacturing line. This session will focus on sourcing, retaining, and developing key female and diverse talent throughout manufacturing operations using a moderated format with female leaders across the medical industry. This panel will be proceeded by complimentary breakfast and networking.

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Best Practices to Ensure that Your Innovative Technology Has the Right Intellectual Property Protection
November 4, 10:30-11:30 a.m.

As the medical device industry expands into new areas such as robotics, AI, nanotechnology, and wearables, companies need to continue to diligently protect their new technology. This discussion will address how to avoid pitfalls when entering into various contractual relationships, ways for companies to protect their innovations, and more.

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