2009 CCR Annual Meeting - Tuesday, April 21

Morning Session
7:00am-5:00pm Registration 
Location: Grand Ballroom Foyer, First Floor
 
7:30am–8:30am Breakfast
Location: Grand Ballroom C, First Floor

• The Environment–Energy Nexus - William Cooper, Director, Urban Water Research Center, UC Irvine
• Water Nexus: Total Water Management for an Uncertain Future - James Goodrich, Senior Environmental Scientist, National Risk Management Research Office of Research and Development, US EPA
• Technologies Maximizing Efficiency in Today's Semiconductor Water Systems - Brad Mortensen, IMFlash

• Networking: Sharing Soft Skills Practices/Products for Graduate Students
  Graduate Education Action Network
  Mary Shultz, Leader
  Location: Wyoming Room, First Floor
  This breakout session will examine current practices/products in the soft skills: (public speaking, interview skills, teaching instruction, ethics training, leadership skills, and information on nontraditional career choice) provided to graduate students. Identified best practices will be featured. Anticipated outcomes include identifi cation of actions appropriate to CCR to generate resources in these soft skill areas for our members.
• Technology Transfer Issues
  Research Collaboration Action Network
  Gretchen Baier and Dady Dadyburjor, Leaders
  Location: Idaho Room, First Floor
  Panel will consist of those versed in the art of technology transfer and model collaborative agreements, and drawn from all three CCR sectors. Panelists will talk about approaches or models that they have used or of which they are aware and/or will mention pet peeves or hobbyhorses. The panel presentation will be followed by a general discussion. Tech-transfer offi cers from academia are encouraged to attend this session.
• Opportunities for Research Funding Arising from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
  Research Investment Action Network
  Larry Berliner and Terry Ring, Leaders
  Location: Arizona Room, First Floor
  This breakout session will be a continuation from Monday’s panel discussion on funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Program managers will participate and provide additional insight into funding opportunities.

• "Water-Energy Codependency: The Role of Chemicals in Systems' Optimization "- Christine Furstoss, General Manager for Technology, General Electric
• Industry's Role in our Water Future  - Dr. Manian Ramesh, VP of Research and Development, Nalco
• The Energy Water Nexus: A Science and Technology Perspective - Paul Wichlacz, Energy Water Nexus Team, Idaho National Laboratory
• Leadership in the Water Industry: What Executives Need to Succeed - Christoph Lueneburger, Egon Zehnder International, Inc.

• Marketing of Technology
  Research Collaboration Action Network
  Ted Krause and William Peer, Leaders
  Location: Idaho Room, First Floor
  Universities and government laboratories often have a wide spectrum of capabilities. How can these be effectively marketed to industrial visitors? A panel will consider best practices in this area. An introduction will be provided of efforts of a working group at facilitating the identifi cation of potential areas of collaboration between industry and the national labs/universities. Questions and a general discussion will follow.
• Water White Paper
  Long Range Action Network
  Mark Benvenuto, Leader
  Location: Arizona Room First Floor
  The annual meeting has water as its focus. In this breakout session we will work to capture the main thoughts from the meeting to begin development of a white paper on the research needs related to water resources. Such a white paper could be distributed to NIST and other government agencies, and will have a planned completion / distribution date of July 2009.

Permalink