Preliminary Program Agenda
Council for Chemical Research
2013 Annual Meeting
May 19-21, 2013
Renaissance Arlington Capital View
Arlington, VA
“Advancing Innovation: Breaking Boundaries, New Frontiers”
Preliminary Program Agenda
Sunday, May 19, 2013
10:00 am – 11:30 am New Chair Orientation
Mark Benvenuto (University of Detroit)
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch (on own)
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Dow University Safety Program
An update of the three ongoing pilots between Dow and University of Minnesota, Penn State and UC-Santa Barbara that aims to enhance awareness towards laboratory safety in universities will be provided. The pilots started in summer of 2012 and included Dow teams touring the university labs, holding focus groups with students and faculty as well as conducting workshops on lab safety at Dow Midland campus and then working with the university steering teams to define and implement safety campaigns / programs. A high level overview of this effort was covered in a recent C&EN* article. Representatives from Dow, University of Minnesota, Penn state and UC-Santa Barbara will share key learnings and hold a panel discussion.
*‘Dow Chemical Teams Up With Universities On Laboratory Safety’, C&EN, Oct 29, 2012
Introduction: Pankaj Gupta / Lori Seiler (Dow)
Moderator: Jylian Kemsley (C&E News)
Panelists: Kate McGarry (University of Minnesota)
Andrew Zydney (Pennsylvania State University)
Michael Hickner (Pennsylvania State University)
Alex Moretto (University of California-Santa Barbara)
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Fostering a Climate for Innovation
In rapidly changing economic and technical environments, the ability of an organization to innovate successfully is paramount to success. Understanding how to support individual and group creativity to bring innovative solutions and ideas to market is essential for leaders.
Research clearly demonstrates that companies that can consistently and successfully innovate have significant differences in nine dimensions of a Climate for Innovation than those companies that have a poorer track record of innovation. This presentation examines the relationship between an organization’s Climate for Innovation and its ability to effectively bring new products, marketing concepts, solutions and services to the marketplace. The speaker will share practical examples of what leaders have done to successfully stimulate the Climate for Innovation in their organizations.
Steven Zeisler, Zeisler Associates
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm First Timer’s Reception
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Welcome Reception - Please join us as we reconnect with our colleagues and meet with those new to the Council for Chemical Research community.
7:00 pm Networking Dinners (on own) - We will organize groups of meeting attendees to local restaurants (on your own) to continue conversations from the reception. We hope to introduce people to CCR and its mission as well as build new relationships and strengthen existing ones.
Monday, May 20, 2013
7:30 am – 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:00 am Introductions and Opening Remarks
9:00 am – 9:30 am Introduction: Integrated science: Merging scientific disciplines to address global challenges
Doug Muzyka (DuPont)
9:30 am – 10:30 am Session
Advancing Innovation in Industry: Emerging Opportunities / New Challenges
The chemical industry continues to evolve rapidly through growth and expansion in new areas such as biotechnology, energy, and agriculture as well as new demands from issues such as sustainability and the environment. As the economic driver for much of the innovation in the chemical research enterprise, we invite a panel of technology and research leaders from leading companies in a conversation about their response and approach in advancing innovation into the future.
Moderator: Maureen Rouhi (C&E News)
Panelists: David Bem (Dow)
Steven C. Freilich (DuPont)
Eric Amis (UTRC)
10:30 am – 11:00 am Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Frontiers of Chemical Research
Exciting, new areas of research have arisen in recent years as the scope of chemical research expands into interdisciplinary areas such as advanced materials, biosciences, nanotechnology, and new devices. During the meeting, we highlight research leaders, in the early stages of their professional careers, who are working at the leading edge of chemical research.
“Organic and Carbon Nano-materials for Electronic Devices”
Professor Zhenan Bao (Stanford University)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Innovation and Scientific Societies
Science societies play a crucial role in enabling innovation through information exchange. Scientific conferences and workshop programs, archival publications and continuing education are vital for thinking at and beyond the leading edge and cementing partnerships. We invite a panel of scientific society presidents to discuss how this role is evolving in a time of rapid transformation of traditional disciplines and employment opportunities for scientists.
Moderator: Kate Kirby (APS)
Panelists: Phil Westmoreland (AIChE)
Tom Barton (ACS)
Todd Osman (MRS)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Introduction - “Supporting Innovation”
Cyrus Wadia (OSTP)
3:00 – 4:00 pm General Session
Innovation: The Relationship between Science Policy and Business
Government policies concerned with the science and research enterprise, including the funding of science, often state goals of promoting technological innovation or commercial product development. To better understand the parties and processes involved, we invite a panel of government representatives and officials to a conversation about their priorities and emerging challenges.
Moderator: Edward Derrick (AAAS)
Panelist: Cyrus Wadia, (OSTP)
Michael Casassa (DOE)
David Goldston
Celeste Rohlfing (MPS)
Ann Zulkosky (Subcommittee on Science & Space, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation - Senate)
Marcy E. Gallo (Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, Committee on Science, Space & Technology - House)
4:00 – 4:30 pm Break
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Frontiers of Chemical Research
Exciting, new areas of research have arisen in recent years as the scope of chemical research expands into interdisciplinary areas such as advanced materials, biosciences, nanotechnology, and new devices. During the meeting, we highlight research leaders, in the early stages of their professional careers, who are working at the leading edge of chemical research.
“Harnessing the synthetic power of biology to build microbial chemical factories”
Speaker: Kristala Prather (MIT)
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Action Network Meetings
The Action Networks organize CCR member-driven programs and projects around several priority areas: Research Collaboration and Graduate Education. Each Action Network is led by CCR members committed to fulfilling CCR’s mission of “improving chemical innovation through collaboration and advocacy.” At the annual forum, each Action Network will identify an area of focus for discussion and evaluation followed by a working session to report on current activities and plan for future projects and programs.
• Research Collaboration: Ted Krause (Argonne National Laboratory)
• Graduate Education: Bill Olbricht (Cornell University)
Topics for discussion:
- Implementation of recommendations from CCR Roundtable Report on Graduate Education
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Discussion on ACS Commission Report on “Advancing Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences” (Joel Shulman – University of Cincinnati)
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Reception
7:30 pm Dinner
Pruitt Award - In 1979, Mac Pruitt – then VP for Research at the Dow Chemical Company – convened a meeting of leading research executives from the nation’s major chemical companies and research universities. His goal was to enhance trust and collaboration between the public and private sector research communities. The Pruitt Award is given by CCR each year to recognizing an outstanding individual for advancing the chemical enterprise through collaborative service.
Past winners:
• 2012 - Bill Bannholzer (Dow)
• 2011 – Ron Rousseau (Georgia Institute of Technology)
• 2010 – Scott Fogler (University of Michigan)
• 2009 – Thomas Edgar (University of Texas)
• 2008 – L. James Lee (The Ohio State University)
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
7:30 am – 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:00 am CCR Business Meeting (Paul Mendez, CCR)
9:00 am –10:00 am Analyzing Investment in Chemical Research
Introduction : Seth Snyder (President, CCR)
Chemicals Innovation: An Investment for the Ages
Chris Musso (McKinsey)
Innovation is the cornerstone of progress. In the last 200 years, the standard of living has greatly accelerated, with chemical innovations at the core of the forward momentum. For society at large, the perception of chemical innovation is largely asymmetric; benefits go largely while negative effects tend to be played up by the media. In this study, we have found that chemical innovation brings four main benefits: financial returns, improved standard of living, shaping the future, and creating economic growth and jobs.
10:00 am – 11:00 am Frontiers of Chemical Research
"Natural Products: Divine Inspiration form Chemistry"
Exciting, new areas of research have arisen in recent years as the scope of chemical research expands into interdisciplinary areas such as advanced materials, biosciences, nanotechnology, and new devices. During the meeting, we highlight research leaders, in the early stages of their professional careers, who are working at the leading edge of chemical research.
Scott Snyder (Columbia University)
11:00 am – 11:30 am Break
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Introductions
Richard McCullough (Harvard University)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm General Session
Emerging Challenges in the Academy: Training and Research
America’s Research Universities face a challenging future. Competition from abroad combined with financial and cultural paradigm shifts such as the shifting priorities of industrial research and development, decaying infrastructure, demographic changes, out-of-date management practices are creating a maelstrom of change in these institutions. A recent National Research Council* report summarizes these challenges.
Moderator: Mary Galvin (NSF)
Panelists: Vicki Colvin (Rice University)
Richard McCullough (Harvard University)
Jeff Roberts (Purdue University)
Matt Tirrell (University of Chicago)
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Lunch
Award Presentations during lunch
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Introduction - University Partnerships at Dow
David Bem (Dow)
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm General Session
The Successful University-Industry Partnership
The chemical sciences currently enjoy direct support from US industry to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars via existing and emerging partnerships. What are the purposes and philosophies underlying these relationships? What practices have emerged that are beneficial to all parties? Our panelists will discuss these and other questions based upon their experiences.
Moderator: Terry Lomax (NC State University)
Panelists: Susan Jenkins (BP Energy Biosciences Institute)
Tony Boccanfuso (UIDP)
David Bem (Dow)
Chris Macosko (IPrime U Minnesota)
Stewart Witzeman (Eastman Innovation Center)
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Break
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Chair / Leadership Meetings, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Industry / Government
These sessions provide an opportunity for leaders in similar roles (department chairs, industry managers) to discuss topics of common interest, to share best practices, and identify collective actions that would benefit the chemical research enterprise.
Chemistry Departments - Chair: Matt Sanders (University of Wisconsin)
- Proposed changes in the ACS Professional Guidelines Undergraduate Professional Education in Chemistry (Joel Shulman, University of Cincinnati)
- Annual salary Survey
Chemical Engineering Departments - Chair: Mark McCready (Notre Dame)
- Annual salary Survey
Industry and Government - Chairs: Ralph Truitt (Corning), Francine Palmer (Solvay) and Phil Britt (ORNL)
- Industry-Government Partnerships
- Advocacy and Collaboration
- Postdoctoral Programs
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Reception
7:30 pm Closing Dinner - "The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation"
Closing Keynote - Jon Gertner (Editor-at-Large, Fast Company Magazine)
Bell Laboratories, which thrived from the 1920s to the 1980s, was arguably the most innovative research and development organization of the 20th century. Long before America's brightest scientific minds began migrating west to Silicon Valley, they flocked to the Bell Labs campuses in the New Jersey suburbs. The Labs' mission was to simultaneously think long term (about the future of human communications) and short term (about the immediate needs of AT&T's ever expanding system for transmitting calls and data). As such, Bell Labs was both a citadel of creative scholarship and a repository of state-of-the-art engineering. Jon Gertner explores Bell Labs' unique innovative process as well as its role in creating the most important technologies of our time —including lasers, transistors, communications satellites, and more.
