29th Annual Meeting - Monday, April 28, 2008

• 7:30 am CCR REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
  Location: Arch View Foyer
   
• 7:30-8:30 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
  Location: Gateway 1 and 2
   
• 8:30 am WELCOME AND CCR ACCOMPLISHMENT UPDATE
  Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons C and D
   
• 9:00-11:00 am Plenary Session 1: GLOBALIZATION OVERVIEW
  Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons C and D
  Chair: John McDermott, GE Global Research
  This session will present a “30,000 foot” overview of how chemical sciences and engineering is changing in today’s global economy. The speakers will be scientists and science policy makers who have played significant roles at the national and international level.
   
• 9:00 am Necessary Transformations: Research and Education for a Small World
  Arden Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation
   
• 9:30 am Integrating the Physical and Mathematical Sciences with the Biological and Health Sciences to Advance Biomedical Understanding
  William J. Heetderks, Director Extramural Science Programs, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
   
• 10:00 am Biomaterials and How They Will Change Our Lives
  Robert Langer, Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, winner of the 2006 National Medal of Science
   
• 10:30-10:45 am BREAK
  Location: Arch View Foyer
   
• 10:45-11:45 am PANEL DISCUSSION
   
• 12:00-1:00 pm LUNCH
  Location: Gateway 1 and 2
   
• 1:00-1:30 pm NETWORKING TIME
   
• 1:30-3:30 pm Plenary Session 2: GLOBALIZATION AND EDUCATION
  Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons C and D
  Chair: Kelly Sullivan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  This session will focus on how U.S. educational institutions are responding (and may have to respond in the future) both to excellent and well-established academic institutions in Europe, and to the rise of strong graduate education programs in emerging economies such as India and China.
   
• 1:30 pm A New Model for Global Patnership in Education and Research: The McDonnell International Scholars Academy
  Mark S. Wrighton, Chancellor and Professor of Chemistry of Washington University
   
• 2:10 pm Science and Technology in Globalized 21st Century Societies
  George H. Atkinson, Director, Institute on Science for Global Policy (ISGP) University of California at Santa Cruz, former Science and Technology Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State
   
• 2:50 pm Communicating Science and Engineering with the Public
  William S. Hammack, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, former Jefferson Fellow in the U.S. Department of State
   
• 3:30 pm INTRODUCTION TO ACTION NETWORKS
  Location: Grand Ballroom, Salon C
   
• 3:45-4:00 pm BREAK – Location: Arch View Foyer
   
• 4:00-5:00 pm ACTION NETWORK STRATEGY MEETINGS (parallel sessions)
  • RI – Research Investment
    Location: Grand Suites 1 and 2
    Led by Larry Berliner (University of Denver), Terry Ring (University of Utah), and Susan Butts (Dow)
  • RC – Research Collaboration
    Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons A and B
    Led by Michael Gonzalez (U.S. EPA), Dady Dadyburjor (West Virginia University), Wayne Ranbom (Arkema)
  • LR – Long Range Issues
    Location: Grand Ballroom, Salon C
    Led by Mark Benvenuto (University of Detroit), Russ Rhinehart (Oklahoma State University)
     
• 5:00-6:00 pm NETWORKING TIME
   
• 7:30-10:30 pm GATEWAY ARCH RIVERBOAT DINNER CRUISE
  All Aboard! Tonight you will experience first hand the “Mighty” Mississippi River and stunning views of the Gateway Arch while aboard the 19th century replica steamboat, Tom Sawyer. We will meet in the lobby of the Hilton hotel at 7:00 pm to take a 20-minute walk to the riverboat. From the Hilton, walk three blocks down Market Street, cross the overpass, and walk along the pathway toward the South leg of the Gateway Arch. The riverboat is located across from the Arch.
   

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