March 2012
Global Learning Center
84 Fifth Street N.W., Atlanta, GA 30308 and
Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center
800 Spring Street N.W., Atlanta, GA 30308
Workshop Agenda
| Thursday, 15 March 2012 | |
| Before 6:00 pm | Arrive to Georgia Tech Hotel |
| 6:00 – 6:30 pm | Travel to Historic Academy of Medicine 875 West Peachtree St., NW (building is within walking distance) |
| 6:30 – 9:00 pm | Joint MFDW/ACW Welcome Reception and Poster Session |
| Friday, 16 March 2012 | |
| 7:30 – 7:45 am | Travel to Global Learning Center |
| 7:45 – 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Opening remarks; presentations on CMD-IT, CDC, CAHSI, AccessComputing |
| 9:00 – 10:30am | PANEL 1 – “Launching a Successful Research Program” Moderator: Valerie Taylor (TAMU, PDF) Panelists: Brian Blake (Notre Dame), Ayanna Howard (GaTech), Nayda Santiago (UPRM, PDF), Bryant York (Portland) |
| 10:30 – 10:45 am | Break |
| 10:45am – 12:15 pm | PANEL 2 – “Navigating Through the Promotion and Tenure Process” Moderator: Ann Gates (UTEP) Panelists: Dan Garcia (Berkeley, PDF), Charles Isbell (GaTech), Ron Metoyer (Oregon, PDF), Fernando Naveda (RIT, PDF) |
| 12:15 – 2:00 pm | Joint Lunch |
| 2:00 – 3:30 pm | PANEL 3 – “Engaging in Effective Career-Building Networking” Moderator: Illya Hicks (Rice, PDF) Panelists: Ayanna Howard (GaTech), Richard Ladner (Washington), Andrea Lawrence (Spelman) |
| 3:30 – 4:45 pm | Break and Time for Networking |
| 4:45 – 5:00 pm | Return to Georgia Tech Hotel |
| 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Dinner and PANEL 4 – “Funding Agencies” Moderator: Richard Ladner (Washington) Panelists: Susanne Hambrusch (NSF, PDF), Jeffrey Vetter (ORNL) |
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| Saturday, 17 March 2012 | |
| 7:45 – 8:00 am | Travel to Global Learning Center |
| 8:00 – 8:45 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 – 9:00 am | Announcements and Updates |
| 9:00 – 11:00 am | Parallel Sessions: |
| PANEL 5 – “Getting Promoted from Associate to Full Professor”Moderator: Bryant York (Portland, PDF) Panelists: Brian Blake (Notre Dame, PDF), Alfredo Cruz (PUPR, PDF), Richard Ladner (Washington), Valerie Taylor (TAMU) | |
| WORKSHOP 1 – “Affinity Research Group Model”Moderator: Ann Gates (UTEP, PDF) | |
| 11:00am – 12:00 pm | Break and Time for Networking |
| 12:00 – 2:00 pm | Joint Lunch |
| 2:00 – 4:00 pm | Parallel Sessions: |
| PANEL 6 – “Getting Positioned for Opportunities in Administration”Moderator: Valerie Taylor (TAMU, PDF) Panelists: Ann Gates (UTEP), Juan Gilbert (Clemson), Charles Isbell (GaTech) | |
| WORKSHOP 2 – “Writing Competitive Research Proposals”Moderator: Timothy Pinkston (USC, PDF) | |
| 4:00 – 4:45 pm | Break and Time for Networking |
| 4:45 – 5:00 pm | Return to Georgia Tech Hotel |
| 5:00 – 7:00 pm | Dinner and PANEL 7 – “Alternative Career Choices”Moderator: Timothy Pinkston (USC, PDF) Panelists: Raheem Beyah (GaTech, PDF), Edgar Leon (UNM, PDF), Amon Millner (Olin, PDF), Jose Andre Morales (Carnegie-Mellon), Lizdabel Morales Tirado (UPRM, PDF) |
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| Sunday, 18 March 2012 | |
| 7:45 – 8:00 am | Travel to Global Learning Center |
| 8:00 – 8:45 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 – 10:15 am | Parallel Mock Review Panels |
| 10:15 – 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30am – 12:00 pm | Parallel Mock Review Panels |
| 12:00 – 1:30 pm | Box Lunch and Focus Group Discussions |
| 1:30 pm | End of Workshop |