2026 Inclusion Symposium
With Keynote Leo Caldwell
Presented by the Knight Campus Graduate Internship Program | Aug. 21, 2026
The capstone of the Knight Campus Graduate Internship's Inclusion Workshop Series, the Inclusion Symposium and the Series empower students with the foundational knowledge necessary to be inclusive team members and future inclusive leaders
Welcoming Remarks
Kimfer Flanery-Rye, Inclusion Equals
Inclusion Leadership Panel
Moderator:
Ava Komons, Intern at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Hillsboro), KCGIP Molecular Sensors and Biotechnology Student
Panel:
CJ Bradford, Test Technician at Coherent Corp.
John Cheney, Computational Biologist I, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
Thais de Faria, Scientist III at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Eugene)
Keynote
Leo Caldwell, Inclusion Speaker and Writer
Past Symposiums
The Inclusion Symposium grew out of the Women's Network Symposium, and has a rich history of bringing together students, alumni and professionals to build a community of leaders. It serves to empower students with tools to build the foundational knowledge, empathy and emotional intelligence necessary to become inclusive leaders and allies.