2017 BIENNIAL MEETING PROGRAM

Below is the agenda for the 2017 NSF ERC Biennial Meeting. The full program is also available for download.

Tuesday 31st October
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