NNCI Annual Conference 2024

NNCI 2024 Annual ConferenceNNCI pre-conference meeting
Hosted by University of Louisville (KY Multiscale)

Monday, Oct. 28     NNCI Pre-Conference and Welcome
Education and Outreach Coordinators Meeting 
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meeting
SEI Coordinators Meeting

Tuesday, Oct. 29     NNCI Annual Conference
Conference Welcome and Overview (Kevin Walsh)
NSF Comments (Richard Nash)
NNCO Comments (Quinn Spadola)
NNCI Coordinating Office Report (David Gottfried)
NNCI Associate Director Reports

Special Topic: Partnerships and Synergies between NNCI and DOE NSRCs
NSRC Overviews

  • Introduction to the NSRCs and the Model ( Jim Ciston, Molecular Foundry @ LBNL)
  • Engagement and Outreach (Jeff Nelson,  Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies @ LANL/SNL)
  • Synergy Between NSRCs and Co-located Facilities/Inter-NSRC Collaboration (Gary Wiederrecht, Center for Nanoscale Materials @ ANL)
  • Future Directions (Chuck Black, Center for Functional Nanomaterials @ BNL)

Panel Discussion (with Neus Domingo, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences @ ORNL) - Moderated by Branden Brough

Breakout Sessions

  • Reciprocal User Access and Support
  • National Research Capabilities Database
  • Nano Infrastructure Conference
  • Joint Seminars and Other Outreach Activity

Breakout Groups Report Out

Wednesday, Oct. 30     NNCI Annual Conference
Site Directors Meeting with Coordinating Office

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)? Lead: Judy Cha

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? Lead: Tonya Pruitt

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? Lead: Sara Ostrowski

Site Reports* and Panel 4: How does your NNCI site support translation of research to the commercial sector and what more could be done? Lead: David Dickensheets

NNCI External Advisory Board Meeting
NNCI External Advisory Board Oral Report

*All sites 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?

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