EPSCoR National Conference 2006
Rising above the Gathering Storm:  Innovating to Compete in a Global Economy

November 7-10, 2006
Marriott Griffin Gate
1800 Newtown Pike
  Lexington, KY  40511

         Tuesday, November 7

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.   Project Administrator Meeting Karen Sandberg's presentation

3:00 p.m.             Student/Faculty Poster Session Set-Up

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.   Project Director/ Project Administrator Meeting, Agenda

                           Presentation by Dr.Sherry O. Farwell

                           Presentation by Gary Crane

5:00 p.m.             Student Orientation

6:00 p.m.             Registration check-in at Marriott

6:30 p.m.             Welcome Reception (for all)

         Wednesday, November 8

7:00 a.m.          Breakfast

8:00 a.m.          Welcome

-  John Connolly, Director, KY NSF EPSCoR                                     

-  Sherry Farwell, Director, NSF EPSCoR

 8:15 a.m.         Opening Plenary Session

-  Mike Crow, President, Arizona State University

9:15 a.m.          Invited Session

-  Lee T. Todd Jr., President, University of Kentucky Top 20 Business Plan

talk

10:15 a.m.        Break

10:30 a.m.       Culture of Innovation Strategies

Moderator:

      -  Keith McDowell, Executive Director of Alabama EPSCoR

Presenters:

PRIVATE SECTOR     - David Erb, Director of Research and Development, TexTecH Corp.talk

NON- EPSCoR          - Robert McMahan, State Science and Technology Advisor for North Carolina/ Executive Director
         of the North Carolina Office of Science and Technology.

NATIONAL LAB         - Thomas Zacharia, Associate Laboratory Director Computing and Computational Sciences, Oak          Ridge National Laboratory talk

11:30 a.m.        Culture of Innovation Strategies Breakout Sessions

Session/Discussion Leaders:

PRIVATE SECTOR     - Brad Weiner, EPSCoR Director, Puerto Rico

NON- EPSCoR          - Peter Schweitzer, Project Director Designate, Alaska

NATIONAL LAB         - Chris Busch, Small Business Innovation Research Consultant

12:30 noon       Lunch

1:30 p.m.         “Bridles and Bourbon” Tour/Dinner

6:00 p.m.         Dinner at Woodford Reserve Distillery

         Thursday, November 9

7:00 a.m.          Breakfast

8:00 a.m.          Opening Session Speaker

-  William C. Harris, President and CEO, Science Foundation Arizona and former Director, Science    Foundation Ireland talk

9:00 a.m.         Applying the Innovative Culture to High Priority National Needs

Moderator:

    -  Frances Carr, Vice President of Research, University of Vermont

Presenters:

ENVIRONMENT       - Leonard Krishtalka, Director, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University
       of Kansas

ENERGY               - Ray Stults, Associate Laboratory Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory talk

WORKFORCE         - Ray Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director, Council for a New Workforce, Southern Growth
       Policies Board talk

10:00 a.m.         Break

10:15 a.m.         Applying the Innovative Culture Breakout Sessions

Session/Discussion leaders:

ENVIRONMENT        - Barbara Kimbell, EPSCoR Director, New Mexico

ENERGY                - Rose Tseng, Chancellor, University of Hawaii at Hilo

WORKFORCE          - James Rice, EPSCoR Director, South Dakota

11:00 a.m.         Inter-Agency EPSCoR Opportunities Discussion

    -  Jim Gosz, NSF EPSCoR Senior Advisor

    -  Kristin Bennett, Program Manager, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division, Office of Basic
       Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy talk

    -  Charles Hollingsworth's, Health Scientist Administrator, National Center for Research        Resources, National Institutes of Health talk

12 noon            Lunch

1:00 p.m.         First bus departs for the Toyota Tour

1:30 p.m.         Tour of New Toyota Hybrid Plant

6:00 p.m.         Dinner and Featured Speaker

8:00 p.m.         Ice Cream Social for students

8:00 p.m.         Birds-of-a-Feather discussions or free time for socializing

Friday, November 10

7:00 a.m.          Breakfast

8:00 a.m.          State Committee Chairs Panel

Moderator: 

    -  Wimberly Royster, Kentucky EPSCoR Committee

Panelists:

    -  Elizabeth French, Vice-Chair, Alabama EPSCoR Committee

    -  Jack Jekowski, Principal Partner, Innovative Technology Partnerships, LLC

    -  Miles Theeman, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Affiliated Healthcare System

9:00 a.m.          “How to” Strategic Follow-up Session

Moderator:  

    -  Michael Eckardt, Vice President of Research, University of Maine

Presenters:

STATE GOVERNMENT  - Charles Toulmin, Senior Policy Analyst, National Governors Association, Education Division

COMMERCIALIZATION - Kevin Carr, Vice President of Commercialization & University Programs, Kansas Technology
           Enterprise Corp.

EPSCoR FUTURE         - Jerry Odom, State Project Director, South Carolina EPSCoR

9:30  a.m.         Break

9:45  a.m.         How to Strategic Follow-up Breakout Sessions

Session/Discussion Leaders:

STATE GOVERNMENT  - Penny Amy, EPSCoR Director, Nevada

COMMERCIALIZATION - Michael Khonsari, EPSCoR Director, Louisiana

EPSCoR FUTURE         - F. Fred Choobineh, EPSCoR Director, Nebraska

10:45  a.m.        Summary Reporting and Open Issue Discussion

                         Hawaii conference -talk

11:30 a.m.         Summary

    -  Sherry Farwell/Jim Gosz, NSF EPSCoR

Noon                 Adjourn