This panel discusses negotiation in the EDA industry and academia at various job levels, including for addressing the gender and minority pay gap, when seeking promotions, or for increasing personal visibility at the workplace and in the community. The panelists will provide practical strategies as well as their broader insights and experiences.

This panel discusses different possible career paths after PhD. Each path has specific challenges, but also specific rewards. The panelists will give insights on how they experienced career choices in academia and industry right after their PhD and during career path changes later on.

This panel discusses the challenges that arise in an academic job with respect to the balance between teaching, student advising, proposal writing, and professional service. The panelists will share their personal approach towards an efficient division of time among these different tasks. While most panelists are from academia, the strategies and challenges apply to many industry jobs as well.