GPS Your Career: Navigating Unique Career Paths

Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring local seasoned experts sharing their career transformation stories. Whether you're considering a career change or simply want to explore your options, this session offers valuable insights into navigating transitions. Discover firsthand how these professionals successfully made the leap from one function, industry, or career landscape to another. This session is a more intimate forum for learning from the experts why they changed, how they changed – and the impact this has had on their career journey. Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable lessons and discover new possibilities in your own career journey. This event will be moderated by Jyothsna Visweswaraiah, Director, Drug Creation, Seismic Therapeutic.

Panelists will include:

  • Jennifer Champoux- Chief People Officer & Operating Officer, Monte Rosa Therapeutics
  • Catherine Lefebvre- Vice President of Global Policy & Partnerships, PASQAL, Senior Advisory Open Quantum Institute, GESDA
  • Urjana Poreci- Senior Program Manager, Seismic Therapeutic

 

Date and Time:  
June 17, 2024
6:00-7:45 PM ET

Location:  

Seismic Therapeutic, 250 Arsenal Place, Suite 210, Watertown, MA 02472
 

Cost:   
Members: $15; Non-Members: $30

 

Given our mission is to promote women's development in STEM we would like to offer a free spot in our workshops to those in transition between jobs or who cannot afford the ticket price. Please contact [email protected] if you qualify.

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About the Panelists

Dr. Catherine Lefebvre is Senior Advisor for the Open Quantum Institute, a GESDA initiative hosted at CERN. She has years of experience in building strategic relationships as well as research & innovation partnerships in global quantum and artificial intelligence ecosystems. Catherine is board member of DISTRIQ, the Quantum Innovation Hub in Quebec, Canada. Until recently, Catherine was Vice President Global Policy and Partnerships at PASQAL,where part of her responsibilities included to be convenor of the European Committee for Standardization Working Group on Quantum Computing (CEN/CLC JTC 22 WG3), as well as co-chair of the IEEE Working Group on Quantum Computing Architecture (P3120).  She previously worked as Innovation Ambassador US & Canada at M Squared Lasers, Scientific Advisor in quantum technology for the Quebec Government (MEIE), Scientific Liaison Officer in artificial intelligence for the National Bank of Canada and for the startup ElementAI (acquired by ServiceNow). Catherine has a background in research and holds a PhD in molecular physics and theoretical quantum chemistry from Université Paris-Sud and Université Laval. She then pursued research as postdoctoral fellow and research associate for almost a decade, at the Université de Sherbrooke, the Canadian Space Agency and the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique.