AGENDA

Tuesday, Oct. 29

NNCI Annual Conference (Speed Art Museum, Grand Hall)

8:00 - 8:30 am Registration & Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 am Conference Welcome and Overview (Kevin Walsh)

8:45 - 9:00 am Richard Nash (NSF)

9:00 - 9:15 am Quinn Spadola (NNCO)

9:15 - 10:15 am NNCI Coordinating Office Report (David Gottfried)

10:15 - 10:45 am Break

10:45 - 11:45 am NNCI Associate Director Reports (Hull, Thomas, Naeemi, Wetmore)

11:45 - 12:15 pm Group Photograph

12:15 - 1:15 pm Lunch

1:15 - 4:00 pm Special Topic: Partnerships and Synergies between NNCI and DOE NSRCs (Moderated by Branden Brough)

1:15 -2:15 pm NSRC Overviews

2:15 -2:45pm Panel Discussion

2:45-3:15pm Break

3:15-4:15pm Breakout Sessions

• Reciprocal user access and support

• National research capabilities database

• Annual nano infrastructure conference

• Joint webinars/seminars and other outreach activity

4:15 - 4:35 pm Breakout Groups Report Out

Tour to the MNTC will meet in the lobby of Shumaker Research Building at 4:45pm. Refer to campus map for walking directions.

6:30 - 9:00 pm Night at the Derby Museum!, Home of the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs ; Presentation of NNCI Staff Awards.

Oct 30 - Wednesday

NNCI Annual Conference (Speed Art Museum, Grand Hall)

All events will be held at the Grand Hall except for the “Site Directors Meeting” & the “EAB Private Meeting” wich will be held at the Speed Cinema Room.

8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast

8:00 - 9:00 am Site Directors Meeting with Coordinating Office (Private Meeting @ Speed Cinema)

9:00 - 10:15 am Site Reports and Panel 1: What are you doing now and how can a future infrastructure better reach out to underserved communities (for example, rural areas, underrepresented groups, or low research activity institutions)?

CNF,RTNN,NCI-SW, NNF, Lead: Judy Cha

10:15 - 11:30 am Site Reports and Panel 2: For NNCI Research Communities, what worked, what didn’t, and what are suggestions for what a future network might implement to support national priority research topics?

NanoEarth, ShyNE, NNI, MANTH, Lead: Tonya Pruitt

11:30 - 12:30 pm Lunch

12:30 - 1:45 pm Site Reports* and Panel 3: What role do community/technical colleges play in your education and workforce development strategy and what role should they play in a future infrastructure network?

KY Multiscale, SENIC, Stanford, MiNIC, Lead: Sara Ostrowski

1:45 - 3:00 pm Site Reports* and Panel 4: How does your NNCI site support translation of research to the commercial sector and what more could be done?

TNF, SDNI, MONT, CNS, Lead: David Dickensheets

3:00 - 4:00 pm Networking Break (Grand Hall) /NNCI EAB Private Meeting (Speed Cinema)

4:00 - 4:30 pm NNCI EAB Oral Report

4:30pm Wrap Up and Adjourn Meeting

(*)All sites should respond to this prompt in their site presentations:

What are examples of programs and activities developed under NNCI that will be sustainable, independent of any continued NSF renewal funding, and what strategies or sources will be used to support them?