Chat with an Expert for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows at the Annual Meeting
The GSLC is sponsoring Chat with an Expert (CWAE) at the 2012 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, and we would like to invite your participation! Please register using the links after the appropriate description (Experts or Students/Postdocs) below. Note: In July 2011, the name of this program changed from “Lunch with an Expert” to “Chat with an Expert.”
The CWAE program provides a special opportunity at the SOT Annual Meeting for small groups of students and postdoctoral scholars to meet with Associate or Full SOT member Experts for informal discussion. This program provides participants with a great opportunity to network and gain insights from seasoned toxicologists. Groups of about three students will be matched with suitable Expert volunteers from industry, academia, or government using the information provided during registration for the event.
The Expert will determine the location and whether the group will meet for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, coffee, or for a social hour. After students and postdocs are matched with an Expert, the Expert will receive contact information for his or her group. Each Expert will contact the participants to provide the time of their meeting and to solicit information that will help them know more about the group members. All groups meet at the Chat with an Expert information board that is located in the Annual Meeting Registration Area, and then each group visits the location selected by the Expert. Each participant is responsible for his own meal or snack costs.
Contact the GSLC Chair for more information using ToXchange. Non-member students may send their questions to David Rossé at SOT Headquarters
Experts
The GSLC invites Associate and Full members of SOT to meet with a small group of students and postdoctoral fellows (approximately 3) for an informal discussion over coffee, snack, or an informal meal during a convenient time at the Annual Meeting. Complete the Expert registration form at the link below, indicating your areas of interest. You will be matched to students with similar interests. Before the Annual Meeting, the GSLC will send you the e-mail addresses for members of your group so that you can communicate with your group and convey the date, time, and place you have chosen.
Groups meet at the appointed time at the CWAE information board in the Annual Meeting Registration Area and then proceed to the selected place. You will inform the event organizers of the time of your meeting so the information can be listed on the CWAE information board.
Your participation will strengthen the networks within SOT and provide a valuable opportunity for discussion of scientific topics and career experiences. Experts are encouraged to register by January 9, 2012.
A location list can be found at the bottom of this page, for suggested coffee houses and reasonable restaurants near the Annual Meeting. To register as an Expert, please complete form by clicking the link below:
Expert Registration—(November 1, 2011–January 9, 2012)
Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows may sign up to participate in the CWAE program by indicating their interests on the registration form linked below. The Expert will provide details to each participant in that group in advance of the Annual Meeting in late February 2012.
In addition to CWAE, GSLC included, for the first time in 2011, “Chat with a Postdoc” and “Chat with a Graduate Student.” Chat with a Postdoc will match graduate students with Postdocs, and Chat with a Grad Student will match undergraduate students with graduate students to have a meal or snack together. Undergraduates and postdocs can sign up at the Student/Postdoctoral Mixer on Sunday, March 11. Students and postdocs who are interested in registering, please complete form below:
Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Registration—(November 1, 2011–February 11, 2012)
San Francisco Location List 
Roles in GSLC “Chat with a…” Program
| |
Chat with an
Expert |
Chat with a Postdoc |
Chat with a Graduate Student |
| Toxicologist Role |
Host a group of postdocs/graduate students |
N/A |
N/A |
| Postdoc Role |
Participate |
Host a group of graduate students |
N/A |
| Graduate Student Role |
Participate |
Participate |
Host a group of undergraduate students |
| Undergraduate Role |
N/A |
N/A |
Participate |
|
