Below is the agenda for the 2017 NSF ERC Biennial Meeting. The full program is also available for download.
| Tuesday 31st October | |
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| 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Registration |
| 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Administrative Director Training Janice Brickley, Administrative Director, CASA |
| 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Student Networking Event/Perfect Pitch Training |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Lightning Talks/Poster Session |
| 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Evening Reception |
| Wednesday 1st November | |
| 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Registration |
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Introduction Don Millard, NSF |
| 8:45 AM – 9:15 AM | Opening Remarks and Welcome Joan Ferrini-Mundy, NSF |
| 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM | Opening Keynote Jay Keasling, Joint BioEnergy Institute |
| 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Break |
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Instructions for Breakout Sessions |
| 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM | Breakout Session A: The Gen-4 ERC Program—Moving Engineering Forward in a Brave New World Grouped by Functional Role: Center Directors and Deputy Directors Administrative Directors Education Directors Diversity/Culture of Inclusion Director Industrial Liaison Officers Thrust Leaders Student Leadership Council/Students |
| 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM | Report-out from Morning Breakout Session |
| 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM | Working Lunch |
| 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM | Wisdom from WIMS ERC Michael S. McCorquodale, University of Michigan |
| 2:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Perfect Pitch Competition |
| 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM | Break |
| 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Breakout Session B: Bragging Rights (Showcase)—What are the Best Practices for the Centers Grouped by Cohort: 2008 2011 2012 2015 2017 |
| 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM | Report-out from Afternoon Breakout Session |
| 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Evening Reception |
| Thursday 2nd November | |
| 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM | Registration |
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Welcome Don Millard, NSF |
| 8:45 AM – 10:00 AM | Future Models of Center-based Graduate Education Panel Allison Huff, CIAN Susan Margulies, Georgia Tech & Emory Monica Cox, The Ohio State University Jeffrey Engler, Council of Graduate Schools |
| 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Break |
| 10:15 AM – 11:30 PM | Diversity and AccessERC |
| 11:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch & Keynote: A New Vision for Center-Based Engineering Research Maxine Savitz, NAE |
| 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Funding Opportunities Panel Representatives from funding agencies (eg. NSF, NIH/NIBIB, NIH/NCI, USAID, USDA, DARPA, ONR |
| 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | Break |
| 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Poster Session |
| 4:00 PM – 4:35 PM | Perfect Pitch Awards and Closing Keynote Dawn Tilbury, NSF |
| 4:35 PM – 5:00 PM | Wrap-up and Closing Remarks Don Millard, NSF |