Agenda

The Quantum Leap Career Nexus is a one day, in-person Networking, Recruiting, and Career Development Workshop. It will be held in College Park, Maryland on Thursday, September 12, 2024.

The QLCN features keynotes, a career fair, exhibitors, and workshops. Virtual workshops in professional skill building for students and postdocs will be held in advance of the main event.

September 12, 2024: In-person workshop

7:30-9:00: Registration (Hoff Theater, Ground Floor)

9:00 - 9:15: Welcome (Hoff Theater, Ground Floor)

Dhruv Srinivasan, Vice President, Undergraduate Quantum Association (University of Maryland)

9:15 - 10:00: Keynotes (Hoff Theater, Ground Floor)

Charlie Tahan - Partner at Microsoft, Visiting Research Professor and Special Advisor at the University of Maryland
Jonathan Felbinger - Deputy Director of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C)
David Steuerman - Director of Academic and National Lab Partnerships at IonQ

10:30 - 12:30: Career Fair (Colony Ballroom, 2nd Floor)

12:30 - 1:30: Lunch (Food Court)

1:30 - 2:30: Workshop Roundtable (Atrium, Prince George's, 1st Floor)

2:30 - 3:30: Poster Session (Juan Ramon Jiménez, 2nd Floor)

Poster details

3:30 - 5:00: Lab Tours (tour guides leave from outside Colony, 2nd Floor)

STAMP MAP

August 29, 2024: Virtual Workshop

Telling Stories: A Tool To Build Your Future Career

https://umd.zoom.us/j/98388831619

11:00am-12:30pm (ET)

Facilitators: Yi Hao, PhD and Daniel Serrano, PhD

In interviews or networking conversations, you are often asked these questions: “So, tell me about yourself” or “Tell me about a time when you…” Most of us feel a sense of dread toward these prompts but know how important they are to our careers. After all, people can only get to know us through the stories we are willing to share.

This workshop will help you craft your stories depending on your audience and setting. In 90 minutes, you will practice coming up with stories and sharing them in a way that highlights your skills, accomplishments, and values. You will grow awareness of your strengths and increase your confidence in talking to others, even with strangers. Next time you are asked to share about yourself, you will rock storytelling like a pro.

This workshop is highly interactive. There is structured time for intentional reflection during the workshop. And you will practice sharing and receiving stories in a small group of 2 other attendees.

September 5, 2024: Virtual Workshop

Developing an Elevator Pitch

https://umd.zoom.us/j/98646869058

11:00am-12:00pm (ET)

Facilitator: Linda Macri, PhD

An elevator pitch is a very short conversation starter. You use it to introduce people to you and your work in a range of settings, both formal and informal. In this interactive workshop, you'll learn more about elevator pitches and how to compose and refine one based on your work and your audience. The session will include time to draft, practice, and revise an elevator pitch. Come ready to think, write, and talk!