Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut to travel into space, will deliver the keynote address at the "Women of Diversity Entrepreneurship" conference at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship on Nov. 3



Mae Jemison, the first African American female astronaut to travel into space, will deliver the keynote address at the "Women of Diversity Entrepreneurship" conference at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship on Nov. 3

Former astronaut to address women's entrepreneurship conference

The first African American female astronaut to travel into space will deliver the keynote address at the "Women of Diversity Entrepreneurship" conference at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship on Nov. 3.

Mae Jemison has also founded two technology companies, Jemison Group, which focuses on integrating science and technology in everyday life, and BioScientient Corp., which develops and markets mobile equipment to monitor a body's vital signs in stressful situations.

The conference will be held from 9 a.m. to noon in the Darrin Communications Center at RPI's Troy, N.Y., campus.

Jemison's keynote address will follow opening remarks from RPI President Shirley Ann Jackson. A panel discussion will also be held with Cecelia Domingos, founder and CEO of Orca Gear, Angela Hribar, senior vice president of sales and marketing at GlobalSpec, and Mallar R. Solai, president and CEO of Solai Cameron Technologies, and ComTel Technologies based in Chicago.

The conference is the third in a series of annual conferences sponsored by the Severino Center.


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