Tech Talk - Q4 2023 » MnTech

Tech Talk

By the Minnesota Technology Association

November 2, 2023 • 3:30 - 6:00 PM

Tech Talk

By the Minnesota Technology Association

November 2, 20233:30 - 6:00 PM

Tech Talk is a quarterly event hosted by the Minnesota Technology Association that brings you presentations from some of the brightest minds in the science and technology field in Minnesota. Each presenter will share a unique story that illuminates their innovative work, a new discovery, an organizational breakthrough, or a personal achievement. Tech Talk is where leaders share, learn, and connect.

Event Information

Location: Science Museum of Minnesota
Address: 120 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102
Date: November 2, 2023
Time: 3:30 – 6:00 PM

Registration

Tickets to all Tech Talks in 2023 are FREE. Simply register using the form on the page below.

Agenda

3:30 PM – Check-In

4:00 – 5:15 PM – Presentations

5:15 - 6:00 PM – Refreshments and conversation

Presenters

Dua'a Sha'alan

Fellow in Public Affair Technology Management Policy

Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program

Kris Patrow

Senior Director, Corporate Advisory Group

Padilla

Peter Bucka

Sr. Director of Software Engineering - Head of Risk & Corporate Treasury Tech

U.S. Bank

Taylor Brandt

CPA

RSM

Register

<span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span>

Sponsored by:

Jayshree Seth
Corporate Scientist, 3M

Jayshree Seth is a Corporate Scientist at 3M and currently holds 77 patents for a variety of innovations, with several additional pending. She joined 3M in 1993 after an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York. She is a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from her alma mater REC Trichy India, now NIIT Trichy, where she earned a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering.

Jayshree was appointed 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate in 2018 and is using her scientific knowledge, technical expertise and professional experience to advance science and communicate the benefits of science and the importance of diversity in STEM fields. She is also a member of Carlton Society which is the 3M Science and Engineering “Hall of Fame.” Jayshree is the fourth woman and first female engineer to be inducted. In 2020, she was awarded Society of Women Engineers (SWE) highest Achievement Award. She is also the first-ever winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the new Female Thought Leaders of the Year – category in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in 2021. Jayshree was featured in a docuseries titled Not the Science Type that premiered during the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and accepted for Brand Storytelling Showcase, a sanctioned event at Sundance Film Festival. She is the author of the books, The Heart of Science – Engineering Footprints, Fingerprints, & Imprints, and The Heart of Science – Engineering Fine Print published by the Society of Women Engineers, and all sales proceeds go to a scholarship for underrepresented minority women in STEM. She is a sought-after speaker, globally, on a multitude of topics such as innovation, leadership and STEM advocacy and has featured in local, national and international media.

Jayshree has served on the CEOs Inclusion Council, chaired the 3M Asian Employee Resource Group A3CTION and serves on the Steering Committee for 3M Technical Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF). She also serves on the Board of the Science Museum of Minnesota, Engineering Advisory Council for Clarkson University, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPP), Advisory Board for Innovation – The Conference Board, and Advisory Group of Aspen Institute Our Future is Science program.

Jayshree has two adult kids, and her husband also works at 3M.