Appendix A
Agenda for the Workshop
Workshop on Best Practices in Assessment of Research and Development Organizations
Keck Center of the National Academies, Washington, DC
Monday, March 19, 2012
DATA GATHERING SESSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Location: Keck Center, Conference Room 100
7:30–8:00 a.m. | Workshop Registration |
8:00–8:15 a.m. | Welcome: James F. Hinchman, Deputy Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, The National Academies |
8:15–8:30 a.m. | Introduction: John W. Lyons, Chair, Laboratory Assessments Board, National Research Council |
Presentations | |
8:30–9:00 a.m. | Impact of Assessments and Merit Reviews on Stakeholders James H. Turner, Counsel and Director of Energy Programs at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities |
9:00–9:30 a.m. | Assessing R&D Organizations—Perspectives on a Venn Diagram John C. Sommerer, Head, Space Sector, and Johns Hopkins University Gilman Scholar, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
9:30–10:00 a.m. | Assessing Sandia Research J. Stephen Rottler, Chief Technology Officer, Vice President, Science and Technology, Sandia National Laboratories |
10:00–10:15 a.m. | Break |
10:15–10:45 a.m. | An Industrial Perspective William F. Banholzer, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, The Dow Chemical Company |
10:45–11:15 a.m. | Managing Innovation at Microsoft Research Roy Levin, Distinguished Engineer and Managing Director, Microsoft Research, Silicon Valley |
11:15–11:45: a.m. | Concepts for Assessment of R&D Organizations Gilbert F. Decker, Consultant |
Lunch | |
11:45 a.m.—1:00 p.m. | Break for Lunch |
Discussion Sessions
Location: Assignments in Meeting Folder
1:00–2:30 p.m. | Some Participants Attend Breakout Discussions in Assigned Rooms Some Participants Attend Open-Microphone Discussion in Room 100 |
2:30–3:00 p.m. | Break |
Location: Keck Center, Conference Room 100
3:00–4:00 p.m. | Rapporteurs Summarize Breakout Discussions |
4:00 p.m. | Adjournment |