Join us at the Career Center for a panel where life sciences and tech leaders, including hiring managers, will discuss what they think key soft skills are needed to gain a competitive edge for career success (soft skills = skills beyond technical skills, such as communication, leadership, using storytelling to present data, giving/receiving critiques). Breakout sessions will happen after the panel, where you will practice certain soft skills in a small group lead by one of the panelists and will receive feedback from your peers and the panelist. Please come prepared with questions for the panelists and expect to participate in the breakout sessions. Dinner is provided. This free event is open to all undergraduate and graduate students. Register on Handshake. 5–6 p.m. Panel 6–7 p.m. Breakout sessions Panelists:

• Katie Thompson, Software Development Manager, Amazon
• Allison Chia-Yi Wu, Data Scientist, Global Strategic Pricing, Thermo Fisher Scientific (PhD ‘15, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology)
• David Orr, Associate Director, Software Engineering, Illumina (B.S. ‘98, Biology)
• John Nadworny, Director, Mechanical Engineering, Tandem Diabetes Care (MAS ‘14, Medical Device Engineering)
• Christopher DeBoever, Computational Biology Scientist II, Takeda (PhD '16, Bioinformatics and Systems)