November 4
8:00 - 8:30  Registration

8:30 - 8:40  Welcome
 Gary Isom, Vice-President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Purdue University

8:40 - 8:50  Opening Remarks
Steven Beering, President, Purdue University

8:50 - 9:15  Introductory Comments
Neal Lane, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Policy

9:15 - 10:15 Panel: Integration of Research and Graduate Education
Moderator: Virginia Hinshaw , Dean of the Graduate School and Senior Research Officer
University of Wisconsin-Madison

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:30  Panel: Critical Commonalities
Moderator: Mark Brenner, Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education
Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis

11:30 - 11:45 Introduction to the Principles
Sybil Francis, Senior Policy Analyst, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

11:45 - 1:15  Guided Small Group Discussion Over Lunch

1:15 - 2:15  Panel: Partnership Principles & Cost Sharing
Moderator: Gary Isom, Vice-President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Purdue University

2:15 - 2:50  Shaping the Research Agenda
Ernie Moniz, Undersecretary, United States Department of Energy

2:50 - 3:00  Closing Remarks
Moderator: Virginia Hinshaw, Dean of the Graduate School and Senior Research Officer
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Important Background Information
· Indianapolis is on Eastern Standard Time

· University Place Conference Center & Hotel: 1-800-627-2700,  http://www.universityplace.iupui.edu/

· Renewing the Federal Government-University Research Partnership for the 21st Century
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OSTP/html/rand/index.htm