Annual Meeting Agenda | 2012 NSF I/UCRC Annual Meeting

2012 NSF I/UCRC Annual Meeting
Jan 11, 2012 - Jan 13, 2012

Annual Meeting Agenda

As of 27 January 2012

Objectives

Provide a forum for NSF, I/UCRC Directors, Evaluators, Operations Staff, and other I/UCRC stakeholders to interact and exchange information and ideas about best practices, and common challenges and opportunities
Afford NSF the opportunity to brief and get feedback from the I/UCRCs on program-related issues and information, including the I/UCRC's role in integrative discovery
Facilitate peer exchange on technical and management issues and promote increased collaboration and cooperation among Centers
Support efforts by the I/UCRCs to become truly collaborative high-performance innovation organizations

** Room assignments are subject to change. Please refer to the final agenda in your participant packet when you check in for the Annual Meeting.**

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

2:00 – 6:00pm

Early Registration Check-in and Attendee Services

Georgetown Ballroom, Lower Level

4:00 – 6:00pm

Bootcamp for Center Start-Ups (Part I): From Successful Planning Grant to Center Launch
All Annual Meeting registrants are welcome to attend the Bootcamp to gain, share, or reinforce knowledge. This session is designed, however, for all Planning Grant awardees under NSF 10-595 (attendance required if you have not already attended the session at NSF) and those who have submitted planning grant proposals for new centers in September 2011 in response to NSF 10-595, or are considering submitting Letters of Intent for new centers in January 2012

The planning process is integral to a Center's successful launch and what needs to happen before and after the planning meeting is no less important than the meeting itself. Seasoned NSF I/UCRC staff and Evaluators will explain the planning process, the role of the planning meeting, and its key elements. Presentations and roundtable discussions of best practices will provide detailed information and advice on how to prepare for a successful outcome

Denis Gray, NSF I/UCRC Evaluator, North Carolina State University

Larry Hornak, Program Director, NSF ENG / IIP, Moderator

Eric Sundstrom, NSF I/UCRC Evaluator, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Georgetown Ballroom, Lower Level

6:00 – 7:00pm

Hospitality and Light Refreshments

Dinner on your own

Georgetown Ballroom, Lower Level

Thursday, January 12, 2012

7:30am	Registration Check-in and Attendee Services Project LifeLike James Hollister, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Central Florida	Potomac Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
7:30am	Breakfast	Potomac Ballrom Foyer, Lobby Level; and Georgetown Ballroom Foyer, Lower Level
8:00 – 9:30am	Pre-Sessions
	Supplemental Funding Options at NSF Optional This ever-popular session will describe various and timely supplemental funding opportunities at NSF that are relevant to the I/UCRCs Alan Cheville, Program Director, NSF ENG / EEC R. Clive Woods, Program Manager, NSF Office of International Science and Engineering (OD / OISE)	Potomac Salons CD, Lobby Level
	Evaluator Meeting: Update and 2012 Evaluator Protocol Evaluator introductions. Report from the 2010 - 2011 Center Structure Database. I/UCRC Program news: New Planning Grants, IUCRCs & phased-out Centers. 2012 I/UCRC Evaluation Program & Protocol. Changes in Evaluator role & responsibilities: IAB member interviews for technology breakthroughs & economic impacts (instead of "exit" interviews); Annual Success Story; Evaluator Report Cover sheet; revised Best Practices Checklist; revisions to Industry & Faculty Scientist Questionnaires Denis Gray, NSF I/UCRC Evaluator, North Carolina State University Eric Sundstrom, NSF I/UCRC Evaluator, University of Tennessee Knoxville	Georgetown Salon A, Lower Level
	Pre-Session for Operations The Wide, Wide World of I/UCRC Operations, Part 1: the rolesIn order to identify best practices for operating today's I/UCRCs, we must first understand how centers are employing operations support personnel. Who are your fellow operations colleagues? How have their roles been defined? Where do you see yourself fitting into the group? During this session, several operations representatives will introduce you to their roles in supporting their I/UCRCs Linda Caudill, Managing Director, Wood-Based Composites Center (WBC), Virginia Tech, Facilitator Lisa Schabenberger, Operations Manager, Center for Advanced Forestry Systems (CAFS), North Carolina State University T. Avery (T.A.) Walton, Managing Director, GRid-Connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES) Center, University of Arkansas Sandra Watson, Administrative Support, Center for Computational Materials Design (CCMD), Penn State University	Francis Scott Key B, Lower Level
9:30 – 9:45am	Quick Break Project LifeLike James Hollister, University of Central Florida	Potomac Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
9:45 –11:15am	Plenary Session 1 AND NOW, AN ENCOURAGING WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR Ann Becker, President, Ann Becker and Associates, Inc. Eric Sundstrom, NSF I/UCRC Evaluator, University of Tennessee Knoxville Kesh Narayanan, Deputy Assistant Director, NSF ENG Rathindra (Babu) DasGupta, Lead I/UCRC Program Director, NSF ENG / IIP Rita Rodriguez, Program Director, NSF CISE / CNS Ann Becker	Potomac Ballroom, Lobby Level
11:15 – 11:45am	Break Project LifeLike James Hollister, University of Central Florida	Potomac Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
11:45am – 12:45pm	Concurrent Sessions by Center Function
	Directors' Networking Session Close Encounters, Hopefully of the Right Kind Note: This session is for all prospective, planned, and current I/UCRC Directors (including co- and site). Pre-registration is required and will greatly enhance your networking experience! A lively, interactive networking event designed for you to: 1) meet people you wouldn't otherwise meet; 2) share technical interests; 3) give and take tips on "hot topics," and 4) identify possible areas for further exploration and collaboration Ann Becker, Facilitator	Capital View Ballroom Foyer, 14^th floor
	Evaluation Research Forum Evaluation research agenda. Research briefs from I/UCRC Evaluation Program on 2 current projects: Self-sufficient I/UCRCs; I/UCRC Directors' careers & human capital. NCSU upcoming evaluation research projects David Meyer, NSF I/UCRC Evaluators, Boise State University Lindsey McGowen, I/UCRC Evaluators Project Manager, North Carolina State University Drew Rivers, "Career Impacts Study" Project Manager, North Carolina State University	Georgetown A, Lower Level
	Operations Roundtable The Wide, Wide World of I/UCRC Operations, Part 2: the players Meet and talk with fellow operations folks in an informal setting. Where do you fit into the operations spectrum? When it comes to operations, what is working well for you and your center? What's not? Participate in discussing the key operations issues facing today's I/UCRCs Jena Slocum, Coordinator, Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing (CHREC), University of Florida, Facilitator	Francis Scott Key A, Lower Level
12:45 - 2:15pm	Lunch Buffet Presentation of the 2012 Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation Sayfe Kiaei, Chair, I/UCRC Directors Association; Director, Connection One, Arizona State University	Capital View Ballroom, 14^th floor
2:15 - 2:30pm	Break Project LifeLike (Potomac Ballroom Foyer) James Hollister, University of Central Florida	Potomac Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level; AND Georgetown Foyer, Lower Level
2:30 – 4:00pm	Concurrent Breakout Sessions for All
	Successful Recruiting: A Systems Perspective Recruiting is a complex and contextually dependent process that involves a variety of steps and courses of action. In this interactive discussion session, a resource team of experienced directors and evaluators will take a "systems approach" to describing how various recruitment steps and processes should and can work together synergistically Denis Gray, I/UCRC Evaluator, North Carolina State University Alan Greenberg, Co-Director, Membrane Science, Engineering, and Technology (MAST) Center, University of Colorado Boulder Rich Haber, Director, Ceramic, Composite and Optical Materials Center (CCOMC), Rutgers University Drew Rivers, "Career Impacts Study" Project Manager, North Carolina State University, Master of Ceremonies	Potomac Salon B, Lobby Level
	Supplemental Funding: How to Make Your Funding Opportunities Pay Off The I/UCRC Program offers Centers an array of supplemental funding opportunities, including: CORBIs, Fundamental Research Opportunities, SBIR / STTR membership supplements, MIPRs, REU/RETs, and International Collaborations. In this panel session, recipients of previous supplemental funding awards will discuss how they were able to translate these supplements into a variety of payoffs, including new extramural grants and / or scientific, technological, human capital or commercialization impacts Jose Fortes, Director, Center for Autonomic Computing (CAC), University of Florida Larry Hornak, Program Director, NSF ENG / IIP, Moderator Dennis Ray, Deputy Director, Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC), University of Wisconsin Madison Naphtali Rishe, Director, Center for Advanced Knowledge Enablement (CAKE), Florida International University Flaura Winston, Director, Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Georgetown AB, Lower Level
	We are all in this together, aren't we? Managing the Multi-University Center The majority of I/UCRCs are now multi-university in composition. Building and sustaining these multi-institutional centers presents a variety of management challenges. In this interactive discussion session, three resource people from successful multi-university centers (MUCs) of difference sizes and ages will discuss three specific challenges and how to handle them: how to absorb new sites; how to collaboratively recruit new members; and how to maintain positive relationships among sites Richard Goff, Director, Center for e-Design, Virginia Tech John Ringo, Director, Center for the Design of Analog / Digital Integrated Circuits (CDA/DIC), Washington State University Stephanie Schuckers, Site Director, Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR), Clarkson University Janis Terpenny, Chair, Dept. of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, and Co-founder of the Center for e-Design, Facilitator	Francis Scott Key B, Lower Level
	Strengthening IAB Relations: From "Keeping Peace" to Making Productive Partnerships Probably no element of an I/UCRC's operations is more central to its long-term success than the quality of the relationships developed with the IAB and its individual members. In this interactive discussion session, a team of veteran directors will discuss how to manage a variety of issues that can contribute to or undermine member satisfaction and retention, including: how to work with a disruptive member; conflicts between members; promoting technology transfer; and adjusting to transitions between member representatives Suresh Garimella, Director, Cooling Technologies Research Center (CTRC), Purdue University John Huggins Director, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC, Graduated), University of California Berkeley Alan Mantooth, Executive Director, Grid-Connected Advanced Power Electronics Systems (GRAPES) Center, University of Arkansas Alex Schwarzkopf, Consultant, NSF ENG / OAD, Moderator	Potomac Salon A, Lobby Level
4:00 – 4:30pm	Break Project LifeLike James Hollister, University of Central Florida	Potomac Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
4:30 – 5:30pm	Plenary Session 2 FORECASTING GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR R&D AND COOPERATIVE RESEARCH: FEDERAL AND STATE PERSPECTIVES Concerns about budget deficits are forcing budget-cutting exercises at both the federal and state levels of government. How will agreed-upon and anticipated budget cuts affect R&D spending in general and cooperative research like I/UCRCs in particular? A federal and state R&D budget expert will provide forecasts and answer your pressing questions Al Teich, Senior Policy Adviser, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (Ret.) Dan Berglund, President and CEO, State Science & Technology Institute (SSTI) Babu DasGupta, Moderator	Potomac Ballroom, Lobby Level
5:30 - 7:00pm	Annual Meeting Reception The Social Hour with a View Dinner on your own	Capital View Ballroom, 14^th floor

Friday, January 13, 2012

7:30am	Breakfast and Attendee Services Project LifeLike James Hollister, University of Central Florida	Potomac Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
8:30 – 9:30am	Plenary Session 3 HIGH-VALUE INNOVATION FROM UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION Curtis Carlson, author of "Innovation: The Five Disciplines of Creating What the Customer Wants," will draw on his three decades of leadership experience with SRI and Sanoff Corporation and discuss how I/UCRCs can deliver "high-value" innovation while producing the kind of students firms will line up to hire Stephen Ciesinski , Vice President for Strategic Business Initiatives, SRI International (standing in for Curtis Carlson) Keith Marzullo, Division Director, Computer and Network Systems (CISE / CNS), NSF, Moderator	Potomac Ballroom, Lobby Level
9:30 – 10:00am	Break Project LifeLike James Hollister, University of Central Florida	Potomac Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
10:00 – 11:00am	Breakout Sessions by Staff Function
	Directors Roundtables Bootcamp for Center Start-ups (Part 2): No such thing as a dumb question - Larry Hornak Multi-university Center (MUC) Peer Exchange - Kristy Arbogast, Co-Director, Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies (CChIPS), The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Running Your Center: Challenges and Best Practices - Alan Greenberg, Director, Center for Membrane Science, Engineering, and Technology (MAST Center), University of Colorado Building Bridges Between Education and Research Programs - Lisa Brasche, Associate Director, Center for Non-Destructive Evaluation (CNDE), Iowa State University Phase I, Phase II, Phase III, Succession - Dennis Ray, Deputy Director, Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSerc), University of Wisconsin Madison	Locations to be assigned on site
	Evaluators Breakout: Evaluator Business Meeting Updates on topics from June 2011 Evaluator meeting: Planning Meeting protocol; response rates for Industry & Faculty Scientist Questionnaires. Plans for June 2012 I/UCRC Evaluators Meeting: keynote speaker, topics & presenter teams Eric Sundstrom and Denis Gray	Georgetown A, Lower Level
	Operations Breakout The Wide, Wide World of I/UCRC Operations, Part 3: gathering data Working together, participants will brainstorm content for a survey aimed at clearly describing the current operations roles in use across the I/UCRC program Linda Caudill, Facilitator Lisa Christian, Project Manager, Center for Embedded Systems, Arizona State University, Scribe	Francis Scott Key B, Lower Level
11:00 – 11:15am	Transition Break Project LifeLike James Hollister, University of Central Florida	Potomac Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
11:15am – 12:00pm	Wrap-Up Session BURNING I/UCRC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Eric Sundstrom, Facilitator You know that LIFE rating and discussion session at your Center IAB meetings? The one where your Center member representatives express interest in the projects, raise questions about the research, and make suggestions? This year we're bringing LIFE to the Annual Meeting, so bring your laptop! You'll have access to a LIFE website where you can post your burning I/UCRC questions for Babu, Alex, and Rita to answer in this moderated Q&A dialogue session Babu DasGupta, Alex Schwarzkopf, and Rita Rodriguez Babu DasGupta - Parting Remarks	Potomac Ballroom, Lobby Level
12:00pm	Brown Bag Lunches to Go	Potomac Ballroom Foyer, Lobby Level
12:30 - 1:30pm	I/UCRC Directors Association Meeting Sayfe Kiaei, Chair Planning Grantees and potential Planning Grantees are welcome to attend	Potomac Salon D, Lobby Level