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The Road to Innovation: Canada's Leadership in International Innovation
Friday, 17 February • 1:45PM–3:15PM
America's Center, Lobby Level Washington Room C
Organized by: Valérie La Traverse, Canadian Embassy
Canada is a prominent player in the global science and technology community and has increased its innovation capacity dramatically over the past eight years. Industry, governments, and universities drive science and technology in Canada -- strategic collaboration with international partners has also been an integral part of the innovative process. This workshop will explore ways and mechanisms to partner with Canadian researchers and will also showcase Canada's leading edge in knowledge and innovation.
Broader Impacts: Case Study on Remaking the NSF Web Site
Friday, 17 February • 3:30PM–5:00PM
America's Center, Lobby level Washington Room G
Organized by: Leslie Fink and Mary Hanson, National Science Foundation (NSF)
A year ago, NSF debuted a wholly redesigned Web site with a direct appeal to the general public. Presenters will explain many of the key decisions made in creating the new site and how it contributes to public understanding of research.
Broader Impacts: Involving the General Public
Saturday, 18 February • 10:15AM-11:45AM
America's Center, Lobby level Washington Room C
Organized by: Leslie Fink and Mary Hanson, NSF
The NSF's Criterion II urges researchers to disseminate their results broadly and to promote understanding to a wide audience. Public-information efforts offer numerous opportunities to meet those goals. Presenters will show you a few proven methods to turn even abstruse findings into exciting and educational news.
Breast Cancer Research Funds Available for All Disciplines
Saturday, 18 February • NOON–1:30PM
America's Center, Lobby Level Washington Room B
Organized by: Chandini Portteus, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
This workshop will educate the participants about research funds available from the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Learn how to access the funds and what type of research is funded.
Effective Use of Lentivirus-Based shRNA in RNAi Experiments
Saturday, 18 February • 1:45PM–3:15PM
America's Center, Lobby Level Washington Room B
Organized by: Edward Weinstein, Sigma-Aldrich
The promise of using RNAi to understand complex signaling pathways and cellular processes is quickly being realized. However, the use of RNAi can be complicated by the method chosen to perform the experiment. Research has often been limited to cell types that are easily transfected. In addition, when using synthetic RNA, gene silencing may be too brief to observe the phenotypic effect. Lentivirus based delivery of an shRNA construct provides the solution to both of these problems. In this workshop you will learn the basics of RNAi as well as protocols and procedures for utilizing active viral particles to achieve long-term gene knockdown in nearly any cell type.
UNCF Merck Science Initiative: Overview and Panel Discussion
Saturday, 18 February • 1:45PM–3:15PM
America's Center, Lobby Level Washington Room F
Organized by: Jerry Bryant, United Negro College Fund (UNCF); Carlo Parravano, Merck Institute for Science Education; and Lynn Alba, Merck Research Laboratories
This interactive workshop will provide an overview of the UNCF Merck Science Initiative, a collaborative program established in 1995 to provide annual scholarship awards for outstanding African-American students pursuing studies and careers in biomedical research. The original 10-year commitment was completed in 2005, and an additional 5-year commitment will begin in 2006. Merck and UNCF will provide their perspectives on the past 10 years and their vision for the future. A small panel of past and present UNCF Fellows will be invited to discuss their experiences and give personal evaluations of the program. In the ninth year of the Initiative, an external evaluation was conducted to measure the extent to which the program has succeeded in its primary goal of "expanding the pool of world-class African-American scientists in the United States." An overview of the results will be presented.
Organic Electronics in the United Kingdom
Saturday, 18 February • 3:30PM–5:00PM
America's Center, Lobby Level Washington Room B
Organized by: Andy Monkman, Photonic Materials Institute, Durham University
Highlights of the diverse range of research activity into organic electronics in the United Kingdom will be given. This stretches from the pioneering work of Richard Friend to the leading-edge materials synthesis in Durham and many other groups in the fields of organic light-emitting diodes, plastic electronics, and organic solar cells. Strong links between academia and industry are a key driving force in this research as is the formation of spin-out companies such as CDT and Plastic Logic. In an effort to strengthen the UK position and further exploit the research base, two new half-way house facilities have been created, the Direct Write Technology Center and Plastic Electronics Center. Both bridge the gap between process development and full-scale production and demonstrate how the United Kingdom aims to fast track blue-sky research into industrial manufacture. Different schemes will be described to illuminate how both companies and university groups can interact, especially forming three-way links between academia, the new technology transfer companies, and industry. The unique educational environment this offers will also be highlighted so that students interested in furthering their careers in applied science can get a flavor of the opportunities that exist.
Using Data-Mining Tools To Assess Research Portfolios
Saturday, 18 February • 3:30PM–5:00PM
America's Center, Lobby Level Washington Room F
Organized by: Bill Valdez, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
A workshop, sponsored by the Washington Research Evaluation Network (WREN), will focus on utilizing advanced data-mining tools to understand the benefits of publicly funded basic research and research portfolios. Several federal government research organizations -- National Institute of Health, Office of Naval Research, Department of Energy, DOE, NSF -- have been experimenting with various data-mining tools to determine if they could be used to better manage and understand their diverse research portfolios. An information technology consulting group working with DOE's Office of Science will focus on the following questions: Is the current level of data-mining technology suitable for use by federal program managers? What are the various approaches a federal agency might take to use data-mining tools to make decisions about their research portfolios? Are there new ways to depict very large data sets so that the results are intuitive and immediately understandable? The workshop's goal is to understand some of the information technology challenges facing federal research program managers and offer solutions to "information overload." Individuals who should attend include federal research program managers, university research managers, and companies that provide information technology services to research organizations.
Broader Impacts: A Toolbox for Fulfilling NSF's Broader-Impacts Review Criterion
Sunday, February 19 • 10:15AM-11:45AM
America's Center, Lobby level Washington Room C
Organized by: Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, University of Nebraska
Are you in need of guidance about what constitutes broader impacts for your NSF proposals? This workshop will provide an overview of the Broader Impacts Criterion, discuss the motivation for its implementation, and help you identify and leverage the broader impacts of your research. An overview of the Broader Impacts Toolbox project, which will localize resources available to help researchers fulfill the broader-impacts requirements, will be provided.
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