Thursday, November 13, 2014
7:45 a.m. | Bus Pickup: Attendees are asked to allow ample time for breakfast at the Beckman Center; no food or drinks are allowed in the auditorium, which is where the welcome and opening remarks take place at 9:30. |
8:30 a.m. | Registration (not necessary for individuals who attended Welcome Reception) |
Poster Session A Setup | |
8:30–9:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
9:30–9:45 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks Bruce B. Darling, NAS/NRC Executive Officer |
Gene E. Robinson, Chair NAKFI Steering Committee on Social Behaviors; Director, Institute for Genomic Biology and Swanlund Chair of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
9:45–10:45 a.m. | Keynote Address Joan E. Strassmann, Professor, Biology, Washington University |
10:45–11:00 a.m. | Interdisciplinary Research (IDR) Team Challenge and Grant Program Overview Gene E. Robinson, Chair, NAKFI Steering Committee on Social Behavior |
Overview of W.M. Keck Foundation Grant Programs Maria Pellegrini, Executive Director of Programs, W.M. Keck Foundation |
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11:00 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Break/Poster Session A |
12:45–2:00 p.m. | Lunch |
2:00–5:30 p.m. | IDR Team Challenge Session 1 |
3:00–3:30 p.m. | Break |
Poster Session B Setup | |
5:30–7:00 p.m. | Reception/Poster Session B |
7:00 p.m. | Bus Pickup: Attendees brought back to hotel |
Friday, November 14, 2014
7:45 a.m. | Bus Pickup |
8:15–9:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
9:00–11:00 a.m. | IDR Team Challenge Session 2 |
11:00–11:30 a.m. | Break |
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | IDR Team Challenge Preliminary Reports (5 to 6 minutes per group) |
1:00–2:30 p.m. | Lunch |
2:30–3:30 p.m. | What’s your big iDEA? (inter-disciplinary, enthusiastic, actionable, suggestions) Attendees give 2-minute pitches for IDR Team Challenge ideas to be explored with interested attendees |
3:30–3:45 p.m. | Attendees sign up for iDEA groups |
3:45–5:30 p.m. | IDR Team Challenge Session 3 |
Drop off final presentations at registration desk at 5:30 p.m. | |
5:30–8:00 p.m. | iDEA groups meet over dinner to explore challenges. (Meeting location assignments available at registration desk) |
8:00 p.m. | Bus Pickup |
Saturday, November 15, 2014
7:45 a.m. | Bus Pickup: Attendees who are departing for the airport directly from the Beckman Center are asked to bring their luggage to the Beckman Center. Storage space is available. |
8:15–9:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
8:15 a.m. | IDR Team Challenge Final Presentation Drop-Off: IDR Teams to drop off presentations at information/registration desk. |
Taxi Reservations: Attendees are asked to stop by the information/registration only if you need to change your transportation (as listed on the back of your name badge). |
9:00–10:30 a.m. | IDR Team Challenge Final Reports (8 to 10 minutes per group) |
10:30–11:00 a.m. | Break |
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | IDR Team Challenge Final Reports (continued) (8 to 10 minutes per group) |
Q&A Across All Groups | |
12:30–2:00 p.m. | Working Lunch/NAKFI inMotion: Build on the momentum put in motion at the conference. Continue work on iDEA groups, regroup with assigned IDR Team, meet with others from like teams. Open forum session in Auditorium. Grant proposal brainstorm sessions. Staff on hand to answer questions about grant proposal process. |
Lunch will be provided. |