Preliminary Program

Start time

End time

Event

Monday, January 7, 2008

4:45 p.m.

6 p.m.

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

7:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

9:30 a.m.

Opening Session—Welcome

9:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Keynote Presentation

“From World War II to Modern Technology”
Speaker: Jeff Wadsworth, Director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

10:30 a.m.

12 p.m.

Poster Session #1 

12 p.m.

1 p.m.

Lunch

12:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

Poster Session #2

2:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Technical Tours

2 p.m.

3:15 p.m.

Parallel Sessions

• Navigating Through Engineering Graduate Education— Matthew Carnavos
• Considerations in Putting Together a Center Proposal—Bruce Kramer
• Broader Impacts and Promoting Global Diversity—Mary Lynn Realff and Mary Juhas

3:30 p.m.

4:45 p.m.

Parallel Sessions

• Ethics for Faculty and Students—James T. Kroll
• Research and Education using NSF-funded Large Multi-user Facilities: DUSEL, NEES, NNIN, and WATERS—Joy Pauschke and Richard Fragaszy
• Working with the Media—Judy M. Vance and Joshua A. Chamot

5 p.m.

6:15 p.m.

Parallel Sessions

• Beyond the Classroom: After Graduate Education—Matthew Carnavos
• NSF Initiatives in Cyberinfrastructure—Joy Pauschke and Stephen G. Nash
• Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation and Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation—Opportunities and Challenges—Eduardo Misawa, Clark Cooper and Matthew Realff

7 p.m.

9 p.m.

Optional Faculty/Student Dinner

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

7:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

Parallel Sessions

10:30 a.m.

12 p.m.

Poster Session #3 

12 p.m.

1 p.m.

Lunch

12:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m.

Poster Session #4

2:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Technical Tours

2:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Program Director's Office Hours

6:30 p.m.

9:30 p.m.

Conference Banquet with Speaker

“The Secret City”
Speaker: Keith McDaniel

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

7:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

10 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

NSF Outlook
(Including Announcing the Next Conference)

10:30 a.m.

11 a.m.

Coffee Available

10:30 a.m.

12 p.m.

Poster Session #5

12 p.m.

1 p.m.

Lunch

1 p.m.

2 p.m.

Program Director's Office Hours

12 p.m.

2 p.m.

Poster Tear Down