Conference Goals:

• To provide an overview of federal R&D budgets and upcoming priorities.
  1. Leaders from federal research funding organizations and policy organizations will discuss R&D trends and upcoming new programs and priorities.
• To equip research leaders with tools and strategies to more effectively lead their research programs and organizations. Workshops and panels for 2016 include:
  1. Strategies for winning large center proposals
  2. Data management and the new federal open access requirements
  3. Research metrics and academic analytics
  4. Research laboratory safety

Format Change: This year’s conference will include major changes in format. First, we are significantly reducing time spent on formal presentations by federal funding agency representatives, instead asking speakers to provide power point slides as read-ahead material and devoting more time with them as interactive panel discussions and Q&A sessions. Also, we are increasing the number and scope of sessions on leadership tools and strategies.