2025 Agenda

Speakers and agenda are subject to change

Thursday, May 1, 2025
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
Registration opens
 
 
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM
7:30 AM - 8:20 AM
Networking Breakfast

Meet and engage with the ChIPs community

 
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome Remarks
 
Dorian Daley
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Career Highs and Lows

Hear the stories of their experiences, life events, mistakes, and happy accidents. from senior leaders as they share the highs and lows of their paths, the obstacles, and how they rose above. 

Esha Bandyopadhyay Karineh Khachatourian Melissa Ruiz Elena Grimme
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Table Activity

In this interactive exercise, map your own highs and lows to help discover opportunities for growth. 

 

 
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Networking Break
 
 
10:40 AM - 11:25 AM
10:40 AM - 11:25 AM
Paths of Purpose: Legal Careers with Impact

In an era when lawyers are increasingly called upon to lead with purpose and integrity, this session explores how legal professionals from various sectors — government, biotech, and the judiciary — have crafted intentional and impactful careers.

This inspiring conversation will offer practical tools for aligning your professional path with a career that is aligned with your goals. Panelists will reflect on pivotal career decisions, ethical considerations, and the challenges and rewards of practicing law in a purpose-driven way. Whether you're early in your journey or exploring what's next, you'll leave with insight into building a career that reflects who you are and what you stand for.

Mary Fuller Taryn Williams Julia Kazaks Anna Marie Armstrong
11:25 AM - 12:10 PM
11:25 AM - 12:10 PM
Table Activity

In this visualization and interactive exercise, fast forward a decade to gain clarity as you navigate your career path, identify what is and is not in your control, and get specific on action you can take to align your behavior with your values. 

 

 
12:10 PM - 1:25 PM
12:10 PM - 1:25 PM
Networking Lunch

Use this time to take a brain break or sign up for lunch club and join others in an interactive exercise that will engage your creative side. 

 
1:25 PM - 1:55 PM
1:25 PM - 1:55 PM
Fireside chat: Embrace the Power of You—Owning Your Identity at Work 

Learn what is holding you back, how to overcome it, and move forward with impact 

Author, venture capital investor, and board member of Salsify, Tricia Montalvo Timm is a first-generation Latina who rose through the ranks of Silicon Valley advising high-tech companies big and small, culminating in the sale of data analytics software company Looker to Google for $2.6 billion.  

Tricia Montalvo Timm Brittany Schmeltz
1:55 PM - 2:40 PM
1:55 PM - 2:40 PM
Table Activity

In this interactive exercise, identify what is holding you back so you can start to move forward. 

 
2:40 PM - 3:25 PM
2:40 PM - 3:25 PM
Networking Break
 
 
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM
3:25 PM - 3:55 PM
Fireside chat: Creating Your Personal Board of Advisors

To go far, we need to surround ourselves with the right people. Learn how to develop a board of advisors to empower you to achieve their goals. In this fireside chat, Meredith Price, Senior Director, Legal at Nvidia, will show you how she did it, what worked, what got in the way, and offer guidance so you can get started. 

Meredith Price Sarah Craig
3:55 PM - 4:20 PM
3:55 PM - 4:20 PM
Table Activity: Board of Advisors

 

Complete your road map of empowered growth with your personal board of advisors. 

Participants will be guided through an exercise so you can leave feeling confident and ready to take charge of your career. 

 
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM
Wrap-up and Take-aways
 
 
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Networking Reception

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