2022 BIENNIAL MEETING
AGENDA
Agenda
Please note, the 2022 ERC Biennial Meeting will begin at 8AM on September 20th and will end at 8PM on September 21st. Please plan to arrive on September 19th and depart on September 22nd.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Time | Event | Location |
7:00 AM – 5:30 PM | Registration | Crystal Ballroom Foyer |
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | Salon CDE |
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM | Welcome and Introduction José Zayas-Castro, Division Director, Division of Engineering Education and Centers, National Science Foundation | Salon AB |
8:15 AM – 8:30 AM | Opening Remarks Susan Margulies, Assistant Director, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation | Salon AB |
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM | Keynote 1 Curtis R. Carlson, PhD, Distinguished Executive in Residence, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Professor of Practice, Northeastern University, President and CEO SRI International, 1998–2014 | Salon AB |
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | New ERC Introductions | Salon AB |
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM | Break | Salon CDE |
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM | Panel: ERC Post-Graduation Sustainability Panelists: Deborah Jackson, NSF ENG/EEC Program Director Sarit Bhaduri, NSF ENG/EEC Program Director Rajesh Rao, Center Director, CNT | Salon AB |
11:45 AM – 1:15 PM | Working Lunch | Salon CDE |
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | Keynote 2 Calvin Mackie, PhD, President and CEO, STEM NOLA | Salon AB |
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM | Break | Salon CDE |
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM | Breakout Session 1 Administrative Directors Center Directors Diversity Directors Education Directors Industrial Liaison Officers Student Leadership Council | Harrison Wilson Jackson Madison Van Buren Monroe |
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM | Presentation of Breakout Summaries | Salon AB |
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Wrap-Up José Zayas-Castro, Division Director, Division of Engineering Education and Centers, National Science Foundation | Salon AB |
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Networking Reception and Poster Session* *Centers should staff their poster during this session | Lincoln Hall Ballroom |
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
Time | Event | Location |
7:00 AM – 5:30 PM | Registration | Crystal Ballroom Foyer |
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | Salon CDE |
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks Nadia A. El-Masry, Deputy Division Director (Acting), Division of Engineering Education and Centers, National Science Foundation | Salon AB |
8:15 AM – 9:15 AM | Keynote 3 Naomi Halas, PhD, Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University | Salon AB |
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM | Panel: Four Foundational Components Panelists: Gerry Cote, Center Director, PATHS-UP Saikat Guha, Center Director, CQN Fabio Ribeiro, Center Director, CISTAR Regan Zane, Center Director, ASPIRE | Salon AB |
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Break | Salon CDE |
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Perfect Pitch Competition | Salon AB |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Working Lunch | Salon CDE |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Keynote 4 Kamran Elahian, High-Tech Entrepreneur with Four Unicorn IPOs | Salon AB |
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Breakout Session 2 ERCs Unite! Collaborative Evaluation and the Multi-ERC Instrument Inventory IUCRC Overview Financial Structure and Management of an ERC The Art and Science of Building Community Using Mentoring Contracts in ERCs | Harrison Wilson Madison Jackson Van Buren |
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Break and Evaluation | Salon CDE |
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM | Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks Don Millard, Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation | Salon AB |
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM | Acknowledgements | Salon AB |
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM | Graduation Ceremony, Perfect Pitch Awards, and Poster Session* Susan Margulies, Assistant Director, Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation Video from Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation *Centers do not need to staff their poster during this session | Washington Ballroom |