Annual Meeting of the Council of Sponsoring Institutions

Opening Remarks and Special Welcome

• Ashley Stowe, Chief Research and University Partnerships Officer, Research and University Partnerships Office, ORAU
• Rebekah Hersch, Council Chair and Board Member; Associate Vice President of Research Innovation, George Mason University
• Meghan Millwood, President and Chief Executive Officer, ORAU

Keynote Address: Reflecting on the Past 25 Years of Disaster Preparedness and Resilience

• Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University
• Q&A Moderator: Ashley Stowe, ORAU

View keynote presentation (.PDF, 1.9 MB)

Panel Session: Building Resilient Communities

Panelists:

• Yasmeen Ahmed, Research Associate III, Mississippi State University
• Jennifer Burnette, Project Director, ORAU
• Erin Coughlan de Perez, PhD, Director, Center for Climate and Health glObal Research on Disasters (CORD), Tufts University
• Hussam Mahmoud, PhD, Director Vanderbilt Center on Sustainability, Energy and Climate (VSEC), Vanderbilt University

Moderator: Desmond Stubbs, Senior Director, Interagency Science Strategy, ORAU

Council Engagement Session

Rebekah Hersch, Council Chair and Board Member; Associate Vice President of Research Innovation, George Mason University 

ORAU’s Research and University Partnerships Strategic Direction

Ashley Stowe, Chief Research and University Partnerships Officer, Research and University Partnerships Office, ORAU

Panel Session: Collaboration at Work: How ORAU and Universities are Impacting the Seismic Community

Panelists:

• Andy Clifford, Partnerships & Applications Program Manager Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center, University of Oregon
• Laurie Holien, Director, Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Idaho State University
• Demian Saffer, Director, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin

Moderator: Frank Pasztor, Interim Chief Business Development Officer, ORAU

Spark Talks

Panel Moderator: Cathy Fore, Senior Director of University Partnerships, ORAU

Panel Session: Emerging Technologies and their Impact on the Field

Panelists:

• Mary Crowe, ExLENT Program Co-Lead, National Science Foundation
• Meiyi Ma, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University
• Masood Parvania, Director Utah Smart Energy Laboratory, University of Utah
• Ashley Stowe, Chief Research and University Partnerships Officer, ORAU

Moderator: Kathy Rollow, Senior Director, Energy and International Strategy, ORAU

Keynote Address: Looking Ahead to the Next 25 Years of Disaster Preparedness and Resilience 

Jeffrey Freeman, Inaugural Executive Director and Special Assistant to the President, National Institute for Defense Health Cooperation

Moderator: Frank Pasztor, Interim Chief Business Development Officer, ORAU

View keynote presentation (.PDF, 2.3 MB)

Closing Remarks

• Ashley Stowe, Chief Research and University Partnerships Officer, ORAU
• Meghan Millwood, Chief Executive Officer, ORAU

Opening Remarks and Special Welcome Address

• Ken Tobin, Chief Research and University Partnerships Officer, Research and University Partnerships Office, ORAU
• Deborah Crawford, Vice Chair, ORAU Board of Directors; and Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Tennessee

Keynote Address
Michael Molnar, Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office and Office of Advanced Manufacturing, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Panel 1: Clean Energy Manufacturing
Moderator: Alan Icenhour, Chair, ORAU Board Research Committee
Panelists:

• Howard Grimes, Chief Executive Officer, Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), Associate Vice Provost and Vice President for Institutional Initiative, University of Texas at San Antonio
• William Peter, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Program Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Ira Moskowitz, Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM)

Day 1 Wrap Up
Ken Tobin, Chief Research and University Partnerships Officer, Research and University Partnerships Office, ORAU 

Opening Remarks and Charge to the Consortium

• Rebekah Hersch, Chair, Council of Sponsoring Institutions
• Quincy Quick, Vice Chair, Council of Sponsoring Institutions

Keynote Address
Omar Perea, Chief Innovation and Protoyping (OL El Paso), Space Systems Command

Panel 2: Manufacturing Supply Chain Challenges
Moderator: Morris Hassler, Owner, M&M Technical Services LLC
Panelists:

• Ryan Wicker, Additive Manufacturing Consultant
• Alexander “Sasha” Stolyarov, Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Functional Fabrics of America (AFFOA)

Panel 3: Redefining Manufacturing Jobs
Moderator: Michelle Goodson, Director, Workforce Solutions, ORAU Government Services
Panelists:

• John Balchunas, Workforce Director, National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL), Securing American Biomanufacturing Research and Education Center, University of Delaware
• Mark Buckner, iSchool Founder, Robotics Innovation Design and Manufacturing Teacher, Oak Ridge High School
• Scott Halliday, Director, Center for Advanced Manufacturing, Navajo Technical University

Panel 4: Transitioning Manufacturing Innovation to Market
Moderator: John Dolynchuk, Capture Manager, Business Development, ORAU
Panelists:

• Susan Ipri-Brown, Strategic Initiatives Manager, Office of Advanced Manufacturing, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• Sandra DeVincent Wolf, Executive Director, Manufacturing Futures Institute and NextManufacturing Center, Carnegie Mellon University

Closing Remarks

• Andy Page, President and CEO, ORAU
• Ken Tobin, Chief Research and University Partnerships Officer, Research and University Partnerships Office, ORAU

Opening Remarks and Special Welcome Address
Ken Tobin, Chief Research and University Partnerships Officer, Research and University Partnerships Office, ORAU
Ken Rueter, Chair, ORAU Board of Directors

Keynote Presentation
Sudip Parikh, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Publisher, Science Journals, AAAS

Panel 1: Building a Future-Resilient Workforce
Speakers:

• James Brown, Executive Director, STEM Education Coalition
• Gabriela Cruz Thompson, Senior Director, University Research and Collaboration, Intel Labs
• Joyce Malyn-Smith, Co-PI, STEM Learning and Research Center, Education Development Center, Inc.
• Carol O’Donnell, Senior Executive and Director, Smithsonian Science Education Center 
• Alex Swartsel, Director, Center for Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work, JFFLabs, Jobs for the Future

Day 1 Wrap Up
Ken Tobin, Chief Research and University Partnerships Officer, Research and University Partnerships Office, ORAU 

Opening Remarks and Charge to the Consortium
Rebekah Hersch, Chair, Council of Sponsoring Institutions

Keynote Presentation
Elizabeth Albro, Commissioner of Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

Panel 2: Equitable Access for an Innovation Economy
Speakers:

• Lizanne DeStefano, Executive Director, Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing, Georgia Tech
• Diana Gehlhaus, Director for Economy at the Special Competitive Studies Project
• Gregory Goins, Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, North Carolina A&T State University
• Todd Mann, Executive Director, National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools

Panel 3: ORAU STEM Accelerator
Speakers:

• Olivia Blackmon, Director, ORAU STEM Accelerator, Research and University Partnerships Office, ORAU
• John Dyer, Associate Vice President, Workforce and Economic Development, American Association of Community Colleges
• J. Wesley Hines, Nuclear Engineering Department Head, Chancellor’s Professor; and Co-Chair, Education/Workforce Committee Chair, Tennessee Nuclear Energy Advisory Council, University of Tennessee
• Nakeisha Ricks-Pettyjohn, Senior Fellow, Workforce Development, National Skills Coalition

Panel 4: Strategic Alliances to Advance the K-16 Education Ecosystem
Speakers:

• Courtney Brafford, Director, UofM Global, University of Memphis
• Dennis Foutz, Lead, University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics, Joint Hypersonics Transition Office, U.S. Department of Defense
• Ashley Greeley, NCAE-C K-12 Mission Lead, Center for Education, Innovation and Outreach, National Cryptologic University, National Security Agency
• Scott Lucas, President, National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers

Keynote Address
Hassan Khan, Senior Advisor for Economic Security, CHIPS for America, U.S. Department of Commerce

Closing Remarks
Andy Page, President and CEO, ORAU