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Midwest Regional Outreach, Science & Scholarship Summit

In a joint effort, Saint Louis University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Washington University are pleased to announce the second biennial Midwest Regional Outreach, Science, & Scholarship Summit: Leadership in Interdisciplinarity, Networking & Collaboration (LINC). The LINC conference will be held February 2, 3, & 4.

Faculty from area institutions are cordially invited to attend this three-day event. The summit will feature speakers from federal agencies and local institutions addressing updates on the latest funding trends, and information on academic research policies, practices and opportunities. Attendees will also have the chance to explore ways to enhance the success of their individual and collaborative research projects.

For complete information about the conference, including registration, please consult our website: http://www.siue.edu/linc/

Please distribute this announcement to your colleagues, and encourage faculty to attend. Registration is free.

Federal & Industry speakers include...

February 2, 2009 @ Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville

• Ryan Lewis, Program Officer, Illinois Humanities Council
  Joe Bredekamp (via teleconference), Senior Science Program Executive , NASA
• Sally Rockey: Acting Deputy Director for Extramural Research, Office of Extramural Research (OER), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

February 3, 2009 @ Washington University

• Linda G. Blevins, Senior Technical Advisor, Office of the Deputy Director for Science Programs, Department of Energy (DOE)
• Tom Cooley, Director and Chief Financial Officer, Office of Budget, Finance and Award Management (BFA), National Science Foundation (NSF)
• James Hamos, Program Director, Math and Science Partnership, Division of Undergraduate Education, Directorate for Education and Human Resources (DUE) National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Robert O'Connor, Program Director, Risk and Management Sciences, Division of Social & Economic Sciences (SBE/SES), National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Michael Reischman, Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate for Engineering (ENG), National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Beth Strausser, Senior Policy Specialist, Division of Institution and Award Support, National Science Foundation (NSF)
  

February 4, 2009 @ the CORTEX building

• Stefan Bledig, Ph.D., Lead, Technology Alliances Team, Monsanto Company
• Jerry Budai, Senior Manager of University Relations, The Boeing Company
• Leigh English, Director of Protein Science, Monsanto Company
• Christopher Slavinsky, Director, Science & Technology Business Development Worldwide Business Development Pfizer Inc.
• Craig D. Wegner, Head, Inflammation Translational Pharmacology, Pfizer Global Research & Development
• Don Winter, Vice President, Engineering and Information Technology, Boeing Research & Technology