| Agenda at a glance | |||
| This is the tentative agenda for the conference. Details in the agenda are subject to change. Please revisit this page regularly for any updates. | |||
| Tuesday, December 26, 2006 | |||
6:00 – 10:00 pm |
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Conference Registration |
Outside Salons D-G Houston Marriott Medical Center |
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| Wednesday, December 27, 2006 | |||
8:30 am – 12:00 pm |
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Optional tours (Bus will depart from BSRB 6767 Bertner St.) |
DICentral M.D. Anderson Cancer Center NASA, Johnson Space Center |
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9:00 am – 12:00 pm |
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Networking for Fellows not on tours |
BSRB | ||
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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
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Lunch |
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
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Welcome and VEF Program Update Lynne McNamara |
Onstead Auditorium | ||
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2:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
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Leadership and Stewardship Duy-Loan Le, Texas Instruments Kien Pham, VietnamNet Hoang Tuy, Institute of Mathematics, VAST |
Onstead Auditorium | ||
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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm |
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Mixer, sponsored by DICentral |
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7:00 pm |
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Dinner on your own |
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9:00 pm |
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VEFFA Roundtable (Optional)
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Salons D-G Houston Marriott Medical Center |
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| Thursday, December 28, 2006 | |||
8:00 am – 9:00 am |
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Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am – 12:00 pm |
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Career Options after Graduate School Academia: Malcolm Gillis, Rice University Industry: Ly-Hoang Pham, BlueKey Systems NGO's: Gary West, Family Health International |
Onstead Auditorium | ||
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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
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Lunch - a box lunch will be provided. |
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1:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
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Recreation (VEFFA Olympic '06) Buses depart from the hotel at 1:00 pm for the recreation center and will run continuously until 5:45 pm. |
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6:30 pm – midnight |
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VEFFA GALA ‘06 Buffet and cash bar |
Salons E-G and Salon D Houston Marriott Medical Center |
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| Friday, December 29, 2006 | ||||
7:30 am – 8:00 am |
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Continental Breakfast |
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8:00 am – 12:00 pm |
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Scientific Sessions |
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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
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Lunch |
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1:00 pm – 5:30 pm |
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Professional Development Fair Exhibiting Companies Resume/Interview Coach Sessions: |
Robin Kessler |
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| 1:00 pm | Careers in Public Health | Kim Pham, NIH | ||
| 1:00 pm | Enterprise start-up | Luan Nguyen, Web Office | ||
| 2:30 pm | Open Courseware - Connexions | Hung Tran, VEF |
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| 2:30 pm | Intellectual Property | Kim Pham, NIH | ||
| 3:30-4:00 pm | Break | |||
| 4:00 pm | A Common Sense Approach to Grant Writing | George Stancel, UT-Houston |
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1:00 pm – 5:00 pm |
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Scheduled meetings with Kari Gazdich for visa, travel issues. |
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| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | ||||
| VEF Board meeting | GSBS library | |||
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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm |
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Reception sponsored by DICentral |
GSBS | |||
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7:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
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Dinner on your own |
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VEFFA Roundtables (optional) The Future of VEFFA |
Salons D-G Houston Marriott Medical Center |
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| Saturday, December 30, 2006 | |||
8:00 am – 9:00 am |
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Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 am – 12:00 pm |
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VEFFA Meeting Fellows’ Board of Representatives 2006 Report |
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12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
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Lunch |
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1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
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Report - VEF Assessments of Higher Education Phuong Nguyen, VEF Lynne McNamara, VEF |
Onstead Auditorium | ||
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2:00 pm – 3 :30 pm |
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Forum with the VEF Board Susan Chun, U.S. Department of the Treasury |
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3:30 pm |
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Conference Closing |
Onstead Auditorium | ||
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm |
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Closing Dinner Buses depart hotel at 6:30 pm and return to hotel at 10:30 pm |
Kim Son Restaurant 300 Milam Street Houston, TX 77002 |
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