WISE Forum

The annual Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) Forum brings together young women in high school and college who are interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math (STEAM) with accomplished female professionals in STEAM fields ranging from academia and healthcare to design engineering and space exploration.

The first half of the evening consists of a Networking & Mentoring Reception where attendees are invited to connect. This is an opportunity for students with an interest in STEAM to talk one-on-one with, and receive advice from, female professionals and college students.

Following the reception is a Public Panel Discussion featuring distinguished female STEAM leaders from across the country.

Past panelists: executives from DuPont Company; IBM; Mack Trucks; Mars Inc.; Merck; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; and Sanofi.

2022 Women in Science & Engineering Forum
Tuesday, November 15, 2022,
5:00-9:00 p.m.

Located at:

Delta by Marriott
7736 Adrienne Drive
Breinigsville, PA

Schedule of Events

5 – 5:30 p.m.: Registration*
5:30 – 7 p.m.: Networking and Mentoring Reception*
7:15 – 9 p.m.: Distinguished STEAM Leader Panel Discussion (open to the public, space is limited)

*registered participants only

Watch the Distinguished STEAM Leader Panel Discussion below!

WISE Initiative Sponsor

Legacy Sponsor

Champion Sponsor

The WISE Forum is back in-person with a Networking and Mentoring Reception for high school girls to connect with female STEAM professionals and a public panel discussion where four distinguished women in STEAM will share their perspectives on working in STEAM fields and the opportunities and challenges women face when pursuing a career in male-dominated fields.

Can’t make the event in-person? Don’t worry, the Distinguished STEAM Leader Panel Discussion will be streamed online as well!

The Distinguished STEAM Leader Panel Discussion is free and open to the public. Space is limited and we highly encourage you to register in advance here.

2022 WISE Forum Distinguished Panelists

Megan Frank, Reporter, PBS39, WLVR 91.3 FM (Moderator)

Megan Frank is an Emmy-winning journalist. She covers technology, science and the environment for PBS39 and WLVR. Megan has worked on a variety of projects at PBS39, including the award-winning weekly news program PBS39 News Tonight, the digital literacy series Tech Takeover, the documentary Food Waste in the Valley, and Stop The Violence, an award-winning series about teen violence and gang recruitment.

Marinna Madrid, Ph.D., Co-Founder, Cellino

Marinna Madrid, Ph.D. is a co-founder at Cellino, a venture capital-backed biotech company building the next generation of cell-based tissues and therapies with a proprietary platform technology. She is the recipient of the Harvard Graduate Prize Fellowship, the Catalyst Accelerator Grant from Harvard Medical School, and is on the Forbes 30 Under 30 2019 list for Healthcare. She has several patents, peer-reviewed publications, and wrote the first review paper on autologous iPSC-based cell therapies.

Margaret Luthar, Broadcast & Recording Technician, NPR, Freelance Mastering Engineer

Margaret Luthar is a broadcast and recording technician for NPR, as well as a freelance mastering/vinyl cutting engineer based out of Los Angeles, California. From 2019 to early 2022 she was the head mastering engineer at Welcome to 1979, and prior to that she was a mastering engineer at Chicago Mastering Service.

Karilyn Ruiz Reyes, BE, LSSBB, CQA – ASQ, MBA, Corporate Continuous Improvement & Process Manager, B. Braun Medical Inc., U.S.

Karilyn Ruiz Reyes is the Corporate Continuous Improvement & Process Manager at B. Braun Medical Inc., headquartered in the Lehigh Valley. Karilyn is a proud Afro Latina who started her STEAM journey back in her home country of Dominican Republic. There, she earned her Industrial Engineering degree from Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo and her Master’s in Food Quality and Safety.

High school students interested in STEAM must apply to attend the free Networking & Mentoring Reception.

2022 WISE Forum Application

Applications to attend the Da Vinci Science Center WISE Forum are currently available. The event is free to attend thanks to our generous sponsors.

Contact: Patricia J. Pietrobon, Ph.D., STEAM Educator and WISE Program Coordinator

Transportation

School and community groups are encouraged to carpool and assist students with transportation. Funding is available to assist schools and community groups with transportation expenses to attend the WISE Forum. For more information, contact tammy.mccrae@nulldavincisciencecenter.org.