During a thirty-five year career, Dick Knowdell established one of America's first successful corporate career development programs, instituted an internal employee assistance program, directed a Silicon Valley corporate training and employee development department, established an executive outplacement consulting firm and served as an executive coach. He is the author of Building a Career Development Program: Nine Steps for Effective Implementation and co-author of From Downsizing to Recovery: Strategic Transition Options for Organizations and Individuals. In 1996, President Clinton appointed him to the Board of Examiners of the United States Foreign Service. Dick is a past president of both the California Career Development Association (CACD) and the Silicon Valley Chapter of the International Association of Career Management Professionals (IACMP).

In this fast-paced, interactive session, executive coach Dick Knowdell will introduce attendees to a simple but effect four-step method that they can implement in order to take charge of their careers. These steps are:
1. Assessment - Identifying which of their skills will lead to success and which will lead to burnout.
2. Exploration - How to determine what options are available to them
3. Focus - How to zero in on the most appropriate, available and
attainable goal.
4. Strategy/Implementation - How to draft a plan to get to the goal. Each will receive a copy of his Career Development Planning Profile based on the four-step process to chart their plans.

11:30 am to 12:30 pm: Breakout Session #1
Putting Renewable to Work: How Many Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Generate? Dr. Daniel M. Kammen, Distinguished Professor of Energy, University of California, Berkeley

While a continuation of business as usual energy choices will result in socially, politically, and environmentally costly and destructive climate change, the motivation to invest in solutions to climate change can be simply that a green economy can also be exceedingly vibrant. In fact, an economy built around a suite of low-carbon technologies can be resistant to price shocks as well as secure against supply disruptions as well as inclusive of diverse socioeconomic groups. A new wave of job growth – both ‘high technology’ and ones that transform ‘blue collar labor’ into ‘green collar’ opportunities. Here from Dr. Kammen who wrote the book on the subject, "Putting Renewable to Work: How Many Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Generate?" A Report of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

Daniel M. Kammen is the a Distinguished Professor of Energy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds appointments in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering. Kammen is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL). Kammen is also the Co-Director of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment. Kammen received his undergraduate (Cornell A., B. ’84) and graduate (Harvard M. A. ’86, Ph.D. ’88) training is in physics After postdoctoral work at Caltech and Harvard, Kammen was professor and Chair of the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at Princeton University in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from 1993 – 1998. He then moved to UC Berkeley. Kammen works with roughly 20 doctoral students on a wide range of science, engineering, economics and policy projects related to energy science, engineering and the environment. Kammen has published five books, over 200 journal articles and 30 research reports. Daniel Kammen serves on the National Advisory Board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, on the Technical Review Board of the Global Environment Facility is on the advisory board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, and was a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. In 1998 was elected a Permanent Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. In February, 2007, Kammen received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Commonwealth Club of California. In February, 2007, Kammen received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Commonwealth Club of California. This is the 19th time the Club has honored individuals who have made significant and enduring contributions to the Bay Area and California community, and who embody the principles and values of The Commonwealth Club.

11:30 am to 12:30 pm: Breakout Session #2
Advancing Your Career Through Power Base Networking - Ajay Chandramouly, North America Sales and Marketing Manager, Intel Corporation

Every formal organization has an informal political structure called the Power Base that is not apparent from what is depicted in a company’s organizational chart. The Power Base refers to an individual or group who has influence regardless of their level of authority. People become influential by providing value that is recognized by powerful people. This distribution of influence is the measure of political power within an organization. The key to maneuvering and progressing up an organizational structure is to see beyond authority and to understand and manage real influence. This presentation will cover the 6 key sources for building value.

Ajay has over 10 years of experience in the hi-tech industry with over 6 years of experience at Intel Corporation. Ajay has held a variety of sales, marketing, engineering, and operations positions while at Intel and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Ajay holds both an MBA and MSE from UC Davis. In his spare time, Ajay enjoys running, rowing, and swimming and is also an avid reader.

11:30 am to 12:30 pm: Breakout Session #3
Career Advancement Strategies for HR Professionals

Panelist: Linda Paul, Director of HR Development, Meetup

Linda Paul joined Meetup.com as the Director of Human Resource Development in January 2007 where she started up and continues to build the HR function at this rapidly growing 5-year old internet company. Prior to that she spent 5 years as Senior Human Resources Manager at Scholastic, Inc., the children’s publishing and media company, where she supported the internet, technology, entertainment and international divisions. Before that she worked in the financial services industry at Lehman Brothers and then Morgan Stanley as Assistant Vice President of Human Resources. In 2000, Linda received the Women of Achievement Award from the office of Mayor Giuliani for the work she did in successfully providing more than 50 women on welfare the opportunity to turn their lives around with jobs at Morgan Stanley. Linda graduated Summa Cum Laude as a Thomas W. Smith Fellow from the City University of New York Baccalaureate Program with a BS in Human Resource Management and holds her Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification.

Panelist: Sue Gershenson, Regional Recruiter, Peace Corps

A native of Detroit and long-time resident of the Bay Area, Sue received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Masters of Social Work from the University of California Berkeley and her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.

In her first career, Sue was a social worker specializing in crisis intervention and domestic violence. In her second career, she worked as an internal and external management, human resource and organization development consultant to government, for-profit and non-profit organizations. After completing law school, Sue participated in a law reform project in Cambodia where she trained law teachers and taught law. She later served as Director of Alternative Dispute Resolution for the San Francisco Superior Court and Human Resources Manager for a public interest law firm. Sue recently completed work on a project recording the oral histories of elderly Tibetans living in exile in India.

Sue served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal from 2000-2002 and currently works as a recruiter in the San Francisco Regional Office of the Peace Corps. Her focus is recruiting volunteers over the age of 50 for Peace Corps service.

Panelist: Mark Wilbur, Employers Group

Since joining Employers Group in March, 2007 as the youngest CEO in the association’s 111-year history.

Before joining Employers Group, Mark was the Associate Dean of the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC) for three years, leading many efforts from external affairs, development and executive education, including developing customized solutions for companies to help meet the critical needs of their employees and executives. Prior to USC, Mark was a Partner in Advanced Technology and Strategy at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting, developing revenue improvement solutions for clients across the U.S., Asia and Europe.

Mark earned his BA and MBA from USC.

Moderator: Jim Del Rosario, Founder and CEO, Workforce Solutions

Jim Del Rosario is founder and CEO of the professional services and consulting firm Jim Del Rosario – Workforce Solutions. The firm provides strategy, organizational assessment and metrics development consulting and HR professional services.
For more than 20 years, Jim has helped deliver improved business performance by leading large recruiting and HR teams and delivering innovative practices to enable company’s to achieve their human capital growth goals during periods of unprecedented competition for top talent. Jim has held executive and leadership positions that include: Vice President of Talent Acquisition for Fidelity Investments, Vice President of Staffing Performance at Deploy Solutions, a leading talent management software maker, Leader of Global Staffing and member of the HR Executive Team at Siebel Systems. Jim led the re-tooling of the field HR and recruiting workforce by developing new job profiles, delivery models and training.

11:30 am to 12:30 pm: Breakout Session #4
Just in Case: Maintaining Job Search Readiness - Ron Elsdon, PhD, Elsdon Organization Renewal

Staying career fit means recognizing the signals of change and being well prepared to move in new directions. These are basic survival skills for today’s work world. We will explore the changing work environment, and how to effectively manage career progression and transitions. This includes discovering what really goes on in an organization or department as senior management considers downsizing, acquisition, reorganization-- and determining if you are fit and prepared if you need to
make a change.

Ron Elsdon brings a wealth of experience to organizational consulting and individual career counseling and coaching. Ron is the founder of Elsdon Organizational Renewal, which focuses on enhancing organizational performance, productivity and effectiveness through revitalized workforce relationships. Ron led major human resource consulting firm practices in helping organizations improve workforce and leadership effectiveness and senior executives in transition, and has held senior leadership positions in various other sectors. Ron and his co-author were awarded the Walker Prize by the Human Resource Planning Society for the paper that best advances state-of-the-art thinking or practices in human resources. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University, an M.A.in Career Development from John F. Kennedy University, and a first class honors degree in Chemical Engineering from Leeds University.

12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
What’s Happening at the University - David Shewmake, Ph.D. Regent-Designate

It’s your University, and it’s producing more and more of the brightest minds and accomplished professionals in the world. Find out the latest in who’s who of the University of California alumni, representing a variety of fields of work.

12:30 pm to 2:00 pm: Web 2.0 Career Moves
The Internet is having a profound affect on how we live and work. Will your career success be predicated on your knowledge of the Internet business? Six senior executives from leading Internet and technology companies will provide insight on the impact the Internet will have on a variety of occupations and industries. You will learn what skills will be needed and what opportunities lay ahead to prepare and secure a "career advancement" future in the world of the Internet and technology.

Panelist: Ajay Chandramouly, North America Sales and Marketing Manager, Intel Corporation

Every formal organization has an informal political structure called the Power Base that is not apparent from what is depicted in a company’s organizational chart. The Power Base refers to an individual or group who has influence regardless of their level of authority. People become influential by providing value that is recognized by powerful people. This distribution of influence is the measure of political power within an organization. The key to maneuvering and progressing up an organizational structure is to see beyond authority and to understand and manage real influence. This presentation will cover the 6 key sources for building value.

Ajay has over 10 years of experience in the hi-tech industry with over 6 years of experience at Intel Corporation. Ajay has held a variety of sales, marketing, engineering, and operations positions while at Intel and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Ajay holds both an MBA and MSE from UC Davis. In his spare time, Ajay enjoys running, rowing, and swimming and is also an avid reader.

Panelist: Christine Heckart, General Manager, Mediaroom Marketing, Microsoft Corporation

Heckart assumed her current position with Microsoft in July 2005 and is responsible for worldwide marketing, partnership and ecosystem management for the TV division at Microsoft. In her role, she manages teams responsible for supporting content owners, application developers, and hardware manufacturers as well as the marketing team’s at network operators, as they create and launch new digital TV products, services and applications over IP networks. The Microsoft Mediaroom ingredient brand was developed and launched in 2007 to drive awareness and preference for these Microsoft-based services. More than 1 million consumers worldwide enjoy Mediaroom-based services as of early 2008 and growing at 2 new customers every minute.

In previous roles, Heckart was vice president of worldwide marketing for Juniper Networks from 2002 – 2005. She may be most remembered for the innovative rebranding of the company using humorous ads where cartoons characters reminiscent of the Far Side deliver poignant and pointed messages about the trials and tribulations of life on the Net with and without Juniper Networks. From 1994-2002 Heckart worked for and eventually lead consulting firm TeleChoice Inc., providing business and marketing support to create and grow new markets for data networking products and services globally. Heckart started her career as a product manager at WilTel, where she defined and launched ATM, frame relay, VPN and internetworking services from 1988-1994

Heckart is the author of “The Guide to Frame Relay Networking” and co-author of “ATM for Dummies.” An acknowledged industry thought leader, Heckart was named one of Network World’s “Top 10 Power Thinkers” and one of the “50 Most Powerful People in the Industry.”

She graduated with high honors from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1988 with a degree in economics. She currently resides in California with her husband and three children where she paints and reads in the surprisingly few moments she isn’t working or being a Mom.

Panelist: Josh Li, Head, Entertainment & Media Vertical, AdWords, Google

Josh Li is employed by Google as the Head of the Entertainment & Media Vertical within AdWords, Online Sales & Operations. He manages several teams serving top clients in the Gaming, Movies, TV, Music, Publishing, Ticketing and Media industries. He is the founder and chair of the Asian American Google Network (AAGN). Prior to Google, Josh was the VP of Professional Services at RichFX, and founder and CEO of Leisure Planner.com, an Internet startup, and has held management roles at Accenture, nMatrix and Avery Dennison.

Josh received an MBA from UCLA Anderson (majoring in Marketing and High Tech) and a BA from Harvard College. At UCLA Anderson, Josh served as the President of the High Tech Business Association. He writes a blog called "Altimeter – Networking to Help Your Career Soar"
(http://altimeter.blogspot.com/).

Panelist: Henry Tirri, VP, Head of NRC Systems Research
Nokia Research Center

Dr. Henry Tirri is Research Fellow and Head of System Research Centers (SRC), Nokia Research Center, Nokia’s corporate research unit. Interacting closely with all Nokia business groups,, Nokia Research Center is responsible for the strategic and long-term research in Nokia. Henry is responsible for the research at the Systems Research Centers which strive for disruptive systems research with open innovation collaboration globally. SRCs thrive to enable new business opportunities for Nokia by extending the traditional Nokia realm of research, with strong relations to and a strong presence in world leading innovation ecosystems.

Henry joined Nokia in 2004 as Research Fellow at Software and Applications Laboratory. He holds Ph.D. in Computer Science from Unioversity of Helsinki, Finland. He is also a Professor of Computer Science at the Univeristy of Helsinki and an Adjunct Professor of Computational Engineering at the Helsinki University of Technology. His interests lie in various subfields of Artificial Intelligence, information theory, search technologies and wireless sensor networks. Henry has extensive experience in running both research activities in the fields of intelligent systems and networking. Before joining Nokia he was the Head of Graduate School at University of Helsinki, Head of Intelligent Systems Laboratory and was leading a large world-class research group in probabilistic modeling. He has held various positions of Research Scientist at MCC, MTS at At&T Bell Laboratories, Visiting Associate Professor at Purdue University, Visiting Sicentist at NASA AMES, Visiting Professor at Stanford University and UC Berkeley, and Vice President of Scientific Operations and Co-Founder of Ekahau. Henry is the author and co-author of more tha 170 academic papers in various fields of Computer Science, Social Sciences and Statistics. He has five patents.

Panelist: Barbara A. Caulfield, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Legal Department, AFFYMETRIX, INC.

Barbara A. Caulfield, J.D., is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Directors for Affymetrix Inc. in Santa Clara, California. Judge Caulfield joined Affymetrix in July 2001. From 1991 to 1994, she served as United States District Judge for the Northern District of California. She has litigated cases for over 30 years.

Judge Caulfield received her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago. She has held professorships at the University of Oregon Law School and the University of California, Hastings Law School. In addition to representing Affymetrix, she has litigation experience representing such companies as Microsoft Corporation, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Apple Computer and Mobil Oil Corporation.

Judge Caulfield is a certified member of the National Patent Board, a member of the Committee on Complex Litigation for the American Law Institute.

Moderator: Melissa Robinson, Senior Vice President, Hill & Knowlton, Digital

With more than 15 years experience in branding, public relations and lifestyle marketing, Melissa Robinson is Senior Vice President and West Coast Director for H&K Digital. H&K Digital provides creative and strategic digital counsel to clients across a variety of industries disciplines and delivers creative communications campaigns that leverage digital channels such as wireless, blogs and podcasts, to drive conversations and build communities. Melissa has managed consumer lifestyle and digital programs for clients such as Motorola, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Deloitte (Media & Entertainment practice), New Motion (web & mobile entertainment), Adidas, Mazda and Ford. Prior to Hill & Knowlton, Melissa served as senior vice president for the Consumer Brand & Entertainment Practice at Fleishman-Hillard, Los Angeles. Clients included Yahoo!, ATT, Nike, Hot Import Nights and others. Melissa received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from UCLA.

2:15 pm to 2:45 pm:
Advanced Networking Training – Ronald A. Kaufman, Media Trainer/Author
We’re always creating an impression with others; it's either positive or negative, rarely in-between. In this interactive presentation, you'll gain proven techniques on how to construct your "elevator speech," do an effective handshake, remember people’s names, and have an effective attitude. You’ll be able to use these tools immediately to maximize your benefits from attending the conference and throughout your career.

Ronald A. Kaufman is a seminar leader, media trainer, and executive coach specializing in effective communication skills and goal setting. For over 12 years he’s conducted workshops on "Presentation Skills," "Negotiation," "Media skills," "Job interviewing," "Time Management," and "Stress Management." His workshops are customized, fast-paced, and interactive; giving clients real-world tools and techniques they can begin using immediately. Ron’s clients include Microsoft, Sheraton Hotels, ITT, Nestle, Xerox, Dole Foods, Transamerica, Disney, Santa Monica College, IBM, Metropolitan Water District, Baxter Labs, and Texas Instruments. He is the author of the acclaimed book on communication skills, goal setting, and persuasion, "Anatomy of Success." He is also a contributing author for the book "The Wisdom of ASTD-LA," with his treatise on maximum motivation. Ron has a degree in Marketing, a Master Certification in NLP, and is a certified trainer in "Presentation Skills."

2:45 pm to 3:00 pm Roundtable Preparation: More Information
Our emcee will review how you can get the most from the time you spend at these recruitment roundtables. Choose to use this time as an opportunity to meet with a variety of employers in a direct, accessible executive roundtable setting. Up to eight people may be at the table at the same time.

Employers will be at the recruitment roundtable to:

• Meet you in a relaxed context
• Present their company profile and employment opportunities.
• Answer your questions about employment opportunities with their company.
• Gain a quick read on your level of interest and qualifications.
• Conduct more in-depth interviews onsite if it appears that you and the employer have a mutual interest.
• Gather resumes and/or exchange business cards.

3:15 pm to 7:45 pm: Speed Recruitment Roundtables
Join others as you meet a different employer every 30 minutes. Upon conference registration you will have the option of posting your resume and the opportunity to view participating employers' priority job openings.

5:45 pm to 7:00 pm: Dinner Buffet and Networking
Purchasing a full conference registration will include a dinner meal ticket that gives you access to informal networking with employers and other attendees.

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm: Breakout Sessions #1
When the Headhunter Calls: How to Work Effectively With Executive Recruiters

To truly understand what to say and what to do when you get the call, you need to know the basics of the executive search business and a recruiter’s motivation. Learn the difference between retained and contingency search firms and how they operate; contract recruiters versus in-house recruiters; what each of these types of recruiters can and can’t do for you; who they work for; and how to locate and select the best recruiter for your particular situation. Learn the specific strategies for getting the most out of working with a search consultant at every step of the job search process, even if you aren’t interested in making a change.

10:00 am to 8:00 pm: 50-Minute, Career and Executive Coaching Session

Here is your opportunity to get answers to your specific career advancement goals and challenges. Career and executive coaching bios are available by going to this link: Private Career and Executive Coaching Session. There are a limited number of coaching sessions for each time listed below:

• 10:00 am
• 11:00 am
• 2:00 pm
• 3:00 pm
• 4:00 pm
• 5:00 pm
• 7:00 pm