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Partnerships for Innovation Workshop
March 30 - April 1, 2008

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Please note that no travel expenses (except what was covered through SATO) will be reimbursed by NSF.

Agenda for the PFI Workshop, March 30 - 31 and April 1, 2008

Sunday, March 30

2-6 PM	Fitzgerald Ballroom	Set up exhibits: graduates
	Ernest Hemingway Salon	Set up exhibits: active awards
5-6 PM	Fitzgerald Ballroom	Registration Desk Open
6-8 PM	Fitzgerald Ballroom	Poster Session I: Graduates
6-8 PM		Reception (cash bar)

Monday, March 31

8 AM - 4 PM		Registration Desk Open
7 - 8:15 AM		Continental Breakfast
8:15 -9:00 AM	Fitzgerald Ballroom	Plenary Session: Welcome addresses Session Moderator Dr. Kesh Narayanan Division Director, Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, NSF Dr. Richard O. Buckius Assistant Director, Engineering, NSF Dr. Sara Nerlove Director, PFI Program, NSF
9:00 - 10:00 AM	Fitzgerald Ballroom	Keynote Speaker: Dr. France Cordova, President, Purdue University Session Moderator: Dr. Sara Nerlove
10:00 - 10:30 AM		Break
10:30 AM - 12 noon	Fitzgerald Ballroom	Panel: Building On and Continuing the Program after the PFI Opportunity: Graduates' Strategies and Accomplishments Moderator: Dr. Walter H. Plosila Vice President, Technology Partnership Practice, Battelle Memorial Institute Panelists: Dr. Brian F. Beal Professor of Marine Ecology, University of Maine/Machias Dr. Frank J. Calzonetti Vice President for Research Development, University of Toledo Dr. James E. McGrath Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic and State University Dr. Herbert Schroeder Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Engineering, University of Alaska/Anchorage Corporate Panelists: Dr. Xunming Deng Xunlight Corporation Dr. Marc McCulloch Director, Building Education Program, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.
12 noon - 1:15 PM		Buffet Lunch
1:15 - 2:30 PM	Fitzgerald Ballroom C	Breakout session 1(a): Sustaining Innovation
	Fitzgerald Ballroom B	Breakout session 2(a): Models for Technology Transfer
	Fitzgerald Ballroom E	Breakout session 3(a): Promoting Technology Collaborations
	Fitzgerald Ballroom A	Breakout session 4: SBIR/STTR Applications and Collaborations
	Fitzgerald Ballroom D	Breakout session 5: Fostering International Collaborations
2:30 - 2:45 PM		Break
2:45 - 4 PM	Fitzgerald Ballroom C	Breakout session 1(b): Sustaining Innovation (repeat)
	Fitzgerald Ballroom B	Breakout session 2(b): Models for Technology Transfer (repeat)
	Fitzgerald Ballroom E	Breakout session 3(b): Promoting Technology Collaborations (repeat)
	Fitzgerald Ballroom A	Breakout session 6: Increasing Participation of Underrepresented Groups and Institutions
	Fitzgerald Ballroom D	Breakout session 7: Education and Workforce Development
4-4:15 PM		Break
4:15 - 5:00 PM		Keynote Speaker: Dr. Arden Bement Director, NSF "Industry, University, Government Partnerships: A Blueprint for Innovation" Session Moderator Dr. Frank J. Calzonetti
5 - 7 PM		Networking Reception
5-7 PM	Hemingway Salon	Poster Session II: Active Awards
7:15 PM		Dinner on your own--dinner groups to be arranged

Tuesday, April 1

7 - 8 AM		Continental Breakfast
8 - 9:30 AM	Fitzgerald Ballroom	Panel: The Role of Senior Administrators in PFI Moderator: Dr.Frank Calzonetti Vice President for Research Development University of Toledo Panelists: Dr. Thomas Cheatham Dean, College of Basic and Applied Sciences Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Leslie K. Guice Vice President for Research and Development Louisiana Tech University Dr. Sarah J. Janes Dean of Instruction, Mathematics Dept. San Jacinto College District Dr. David D. Reed Vice President for Research Michigan Technological University
9:30 - 10 AM		Break
10 - 11:45 AM		Plenary Session: Breakout Session Reports (10 minutes each) Moderator: Dr. Sara Nerlove
11:45 - 1:15 PM		Checkout and Buffet Lunch
1:15 - 2:15 PM		Plenary Session: Session Moderator Dr. Deba Dutta PFI Workshop Program Chair Kesh Narayanan Division Director, IIP
2:15 - 3 PM		Plenary Session: Session Moderator Dr. Deba Dutta PFI Workshop Program Chair Dr. Sara Nerlove Director, PFI Program
3 PM		Conference Adjourns

Contacts:
Frank Calzonetti (Workshop Chair, Vice President for Research Development, University of Toledo): Phone 419.383.6964; e-mail-- frank.calzonetti@utoledo.edu
Elsa Nadler (Workshop Coordinator, Director of Grants Development, University of Toledo): Phone 419.383.6967; e-mail-- elsa.nadler@utoledo.edu
Deba Dutta (Program Chair, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan): Phone 734.936.3567; e-mail -- debadutta@comcast.net
Sara (Sally) Nerlove (PFI Program Director, National Science Foundation): Phone 703.292.7077; e-mail -- snerlove@nsf.gov