The Second TMS Summit on Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Professions (DMMM2); Evanston, Illinois; July 25-26, 2016

许多研究表明，多元化的人才库可以提高生产力、竞争力和创造力。然而，这种多样性在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）专业中往往未被利用，包括矿物，金属和材料社区。为了解决这一问题，矿物、金属和材料协会（TMS）将于2016年7月25日至26日在伊利诺伊州埃文斯顿举行第二届TMS矿物、金属和材料多样化峰会（DMMM2）。DMMM 2是一系列经常性峰会的一部分，将最终强调技能和工具的开发和实施。主题包括沟通和谈判技巧，以指导和支持网络将是活动的一部分，以帮助参与者掌握技能，他们可以在返回各自的工作场所或教室时使用和分享，以促进更多样化的工作场所和社区。第二届TMS峰会&将主要集中在三个首要主题领域，以继续最初的主题在第一次峰会期间提出：（1）增加STEM专业中代表性不足的少数群体参与的战略，（2）建立欢迎和包容性工作场所文化的最佳实践，以及（3）解决自我诱导的玻璃天花板背后的因素，以支持职业成就的新途径。本次峰会旨在提供工具和发展人员技能，以增加矿物、金属和材料界的多样性。观众将由至少100名与会者组成，他们将听取来自政府，学术界和工业界的40多位受邀演讲者的演讲。本次峰会为期两天，包括互动式小组讨论、多样性领域主要领导人的演讲以及技能建设会议，旨在促进积极解决多样性和包容性问题的进一步切实行动。

Numerous studies have demonstrated that a diverse talent pool increases productivity, competitiveness, and creativity. However, this diversity is often untapped among the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions, including the minerals, metals and materials community. To address this concern, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) will hold the Second TMS Summit on Diversity in the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Professions (DMMM2) in Evanston, Illinois, July 25-26, 2016. DMMM2 is part of a recurring summit series and will have a culminating emphasis on the development and implementation of skills and toolsets. Topics including communication and negotiation techniques to mentoring and support networks will be part of the event to help empower participants with skills they can use and share upon returning to their respective workplaces or classrooms to facilitate a more diverse workplace and community.The Second TMS Summit on Diversity in the Minerals, Metals & Materials Professions will primarily focus on three overarching topic areas to continue the themes initially raised during the first summit: (1) strategies for increasing under-represented minority engagement in STEM professions, (2) best practices for building a welcoming and inclusive workplace culture, and (3) addressing factors behind the self-induced glass ceiling in order to support new pathways to career fulfillment. This summit is intended to provide the tools and development of personnel skills to increase diversity in the minerals, metals and materials community. The audience will consist of at least 100 attendees who will hear from more than 40 invited speakers drawn from government, academia, and industry. This summit will be held over two days to include interactive panel discussions, lectures by key leaders in the field of diversity, and skill-building sessions intended to catalyze further tangible actions that actively address diversity and inclusion.