All times listed are Pacific Standard.
3:00pm - 8:00pm: Check-in (Frost Center Atrium, Building 181)
3:00pm - 4:30pm: Optional Activities
Tours of department research labs (Frost Center, Building 181, and Baker Center, Building 180)
Hike in Poly Canyon with Society of Physics Students (Meet in Frost Center Breezeway, Building 181)
5:00pm - 5:30pm: Welcome Reception (Centennial Lawn)
5:30pm - 6:30pm: Plenary Session I: Learning to Love a Career with the Atom, Kristin Zaitz (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 103)
6:30pm - 7:00pm: Pre-dinner Mixer (Walk from Frost Center to Multi-Activity Center (MAC))
7:00pm - 8:00pm: Dinner (MAC)
8:30pm - 10:00pm: Participant Choice
Night Sky Observations at the Cal Poly Observatory (Cal Poly Observatory, Building 52)
Social Programs with Cal Poly Women in Physics and Minority in Physics Clubs (Baker Center 6th Floor Common Area, Building 180)
8:30pm - 10:30pm: Shuttles Return to Hotels (SLO Safe Rides Shuttle Stop near Frost Center, Building 181)
8:00am - 9:00am: Shuttles from Hotels to Campus (SLO Safe Rides Pickups at Wayfarer and La Quinta Inn)
8:00am - 9:00am: Breakfast (1901 Pavilion)
8:00am - 2:00 pm: Check-in (Frost Center Atrium, Building 181)
9:00am - 10:00am: Parallel Session I:
A. Graduate School Panel: What is it like?/What to expect (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 262)
B. Industry Panel: Careers with a Physics Degree (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 261)
C. Gender & Equity in Physics: Building Belonging and Resilience in Physicse, Catherine Good (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 103)
D. How-to Workshop: Writing a personal statement for Graduate school, Matt Beekman (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 265)
E. How-to Workshop: How Lasers work and career paths in optics & photonics, Isinsu Baylam Toker (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 251)
F. Learn by Doing: Quantum Computing, Kat Gillen (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 638/639)
G. Community college panel: Transfer from a 2-year to a 4-year college, Erik Veach (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 266)
10:00am - 10:15am: Group Photo (Frost Center Breezeway, Building 181)
10:15am - 10:45am: Break: Coffee/Tea (Baker Center, Building 180, Second floor)
10:45am -11:00am: Gather in 181-103 for National Plenary Session
11:00am - 12:30pm: National Plenary Session Livestream: From Code to Corner Office: Resilience, Risk-Taking, and Rising Above, Meghan Anzelc (Frost Center Building 181, Room 103)
12:45pm - 2:00pm: Lunch/Solar Viewing by Cal Poly Astronomical Society (MAC)
2:00pm - 3:00pm: Graduate and Industry Career Fair (Frost Center Atrium, Building 181)
3:00pm - 4:00pm: Plenary Session II: Hidden Order in Amorphous Materials: from gravitational wave detectors to topological materials , Frances Hellman (Frost Center Building 181, Room 103)
4:00pm - 4:30pm: Break: Coffee/Tea (Baker Center, Building 180, Second floor)
4:30pm - 5:30pm: Parallel Session II:
A. Panel: Careers in Teaching/Education (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 261)
B. Career/Industry choices: Meet with folks in specific careers or areas of industry, such as aerospace, quantum computing, and graduate school (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 103)
C. Experiences of People of Color in Physics (open to everyone), Camille O'Bryant (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 122)
D. Roundtable for gender minorities (safe space for folks that identify as trans, non-binary, gender fluid etc.), Landon St. James (he/him) and Linnea Valdivia (she/they) (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 270)
E. How-to Workshop: Applying to Graduate School, Matt Beekman (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 262)
F. Learn by Doing: Astronomy, David Mitchell (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 269)
G. Undergraduate Research Talks (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 102)
5:30pm - 6:50pm: Poster Session (Frost Center Atrium, Building 181)
7:00pm - 8:30pm: Banquet Dinner (MAC)
8:30pm - 10:00pm: Participant Choice
Night Sky Observations at the Cal Poly Observatory (Cal Poly Observatory, Building 52)
Social Programs with Cal Poly Women in Physics and Minority in Physics Clubs (Baker Center 6th Floor Common Area, Building 180)
8:30pm - 10:30pm: Shuttles Return to Hotels (SLO Safe Rides Shuttle Stop near Frost Center, Building 181)
8:00am - 9:00am: Hotel checkout and shuttles to campus (SLO Safe Rides Pickups at Wayfarer and La Quinta Inn)
8:00am - 9:00am: Continental Breakfast (1901 Pavilion)
8:50 am - 9:00 am: Brief remarks from organizers (Frost Center Building 181, Room 103)
9:00am - 10:00am: Plenary Session III: Quantum Secrets: The Entangled Adventures of Alice and Bob, Theresa Lynn (Frost Center Building 181, Room 103)
10:15am - 11:15am: Parallel Session III:
A. Graduate School Panel: What is it like?/What to expect (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 262)
B. Industry Panel: Careers with a Physics Degree (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 261)
C. Experiences of Gender Minorities in Physics (open to everyone), Julia Thompson (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 103)
D. Roundtable for People of Color (safe space for folks that identify as a person of color), Mario Espinoza-Kulick (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 270)
E. How-to Workshop: Writing a personal statement for Graduate school, Matt Beekman (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 265)
F. Learn by Doing: Astronomy, David Mitchell (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 269)
G. Undergraduate Research Talks (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 102)
11:15am - 12:45pm: Brunch/Solar Viewing by Cal Poly Astronomical Society (Chumash Auditorium)
1:00pm - 2:00pm: Parallel Session IV:
A. Panel: Careers in Teaching/Education (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 261)
B. Career/Industry choices: Meet with folks in specific careers or areas of industry, such as aerospace, quantum computing, and graduate school (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 103)
C. Gender & Equity in Physics: Building Belonging and Resilience in Physics Catherine Good (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 122)
D. How-to Workshop: Applying to Graduate School, Matt Beekman (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 262)
E. How-to Workshop: How Lasers work and career paths in optics & photonics, Isinsu Baylam Toker (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 251)
F. Learn by Doing: Quantum Computing, Kat Gillen (Baker Center, Building 180, Room 638/639)
G. Undergraduate Research Talks (Frost Center, Building 181, Room 102)
2:00pm - 2:30pm: Closing Remarks (Frost Center, Building 181-103)
2:30pm - 3:00pm: Coffee/Tea (Baker Center, Building 180, Second floor)
Thank you for attending!