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29th Annual Meeting - Tuesday, April 29, 2008

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  • 7:30 am REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
    Location: Arch View Foyer
     
  • 7:30-8:30 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
    Location: Gateway 1 and 2
     
  • 8:30-10:30 am Plenary Session 3: GLOBALIZATION AND COMPETITIVENESS
    Chair: Jose Bravo, Shell Global Solutions (U.S.) Inc.
    Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons C and D
    This session will discuss how industry, government, and academia can improve their success in the face of strong competition from overseas counterparts, and how these “three pillars” of chemical science and engineering can work together to achieve their goals.
     
  • 8:30 am Globalization and Competitiveness - The Sigma-Aldrich Perspective
    Jai Nagarkatti, Chief Executive Officer of Sigma-Aldrich
     
  • 9:15 am Dupont - Science and Technology Partnering
    Pat. N. Confalone, Vice President, Global R&D, Crop Protection, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
     
  • 9:45 am Point - Counterpoint: Intellectual Property (IP) Issues in University-Industry Research Partnerships
    “Industry Perspectives” - Susan B. Butts, Senior Director, External Technology, The Dow Chemical Company
    “University Perspectives” - Marc Donohue, Vice Dean for Research, Johns Hopkins University
     
  • 10:30-10:45 am BREAK
    Location: Arch View Foyer
     
  • 10:45-11:45 am Breakout 1 - GRADUATE INTERNSHIPS IN CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
    Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons A and B
    Leaders: Mark Pepple, Rommie Amaro (CCR Graduate Education Action Network)
    This breakout will focus on the use of graduate internships and their potential benefits to the participating individuals and sectors. Possible outcomes of the session may include the development of a white paper on graduate internships in chemistry and chemical engineering.
     
  • 10:45-11:45 am Breakout 2 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR INDUSTRY-SPONSORED RESEARCH
    Location: Grand Ballroom, Salon C
    This breakout will discuss the issues related to fair licensing policies for universityowned IP generated by industry-sponsored research contracts. The discussion will be in the context of the Bayh-Dole act of 1980 giving universities ownership of IP generated by government-sponsored research grants
     
  • 11:45 am-12:00 pm NETWORKING TIME
     
  • 12:00-1:00 pm LUNCH AND CCR BUSINESS MEETING
    Location: Gateway 1 and 2
     
  • 1:30-3:30 pm Plenary Session 4: GLOBALIZATION AND INNOVATION
    Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons C and D
    Chair: Amber Hinkle, Bayer Materials Science
    This session will explore issues such as international outsourcing of research and development, and how both national and international collaborations can spur new research areas, products, and businesses.
     
  • 1:30 pm Industrial Perspective on Managing a Global R&D Organization
     William F. Banholzer, Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Dow
     
  • 2:10 pm Where Are the Women?
    Helen M. Free, former President of the ACS, retired scientist at Bayer Healthcare Diagnostics Division, member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame
     
  • 2:50 pm Globalization of Innovation: Opportunities, Enablers and Challenges
    Daniel P. Getman, Vice President of Pfizer Global Research and Development
     
  • 3:30-4:00 pm PRESENTATION OF CCR COLLABORATION SUCCESS AWARD AND CCR DIVERSITY AWARD
     
  • 4:00-5:00 pm Breakout 3 - CCR’S ROLE IN GRADUATE EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
    Location: Grand Ballroom
    Leader: Tim Anderson (CCR Graduate Education Action Network)
    This breakout will share past lessons and current approaches, and identify needs Salon G for integrating the concepts of sustainability into graduate education. Anticipated
    outcomes include a summary of education innovations in the area and identification of future actions appropriate for CCR.
     
  • 4:00-5:00 pm Breakout 4 - THE FEDERAL BUDGET IN CRISIS: HOW TO GET INVOLVED
    Location: Grand Ballroom C
    Leader: Terry Ring (CCR Research Investment Action Network)
    A short presentation of the current status of the federal science budget will be presented, followed by time for discussion and idea generation.
     
  • 4:00-5:00 pm Breakout 5: ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATIONS
    Location: Grand Ballroom, Salons E and F
    Leader: Seth Snyder (CCR Research Collaboration Action Network)
    This breakout will focus on how to maximize the success of research collaborations. A draft version of a new manual written by CCR on how to establish and manage successful research collaborations will be circulated, discussed, and critiqued at the meeting.
     
  • 5:00-6:30 pm NETWORKING TIME
     
  • 6:30 pm MALCOLM E. PRUITT AWARD RECEPTION
    Location: Grand Ballroom, Salon C
    2008 Malcolm E. Pruitt Award Recipient – James Lee, Ohio State University
     

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