Program Agenda

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2021 S&CC Principal Investigators' Meeting - Program Agenda

Please note: All sessions (except where noted) will be happening in the Poplar Plenary Room.
All times listed in EST.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7
10:55 AM-11:20 AM Welcome Remarks from NSF
Moderators:
Michal Ziv-El (Associate Program Director, CNS) and Vishal Sharma (AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow)
Speakers: David Corman (Program Director, CNS)
                  Erwin Gianchandani (Deputy Assistant Director, CISE)
11:20 AM - 12:10 PM Keynote: Using Tribal Diversity and Data Utilization to Drive Innovative Partnerships
Danae Wilson (Manager, Nez Perce Tribe Department of Technology Services)
Moderator: Kimberly Zarecor (Iowa State University)
12:10 PM - 1:20 PM Lightning Talks
(concurrent sessions)
Transportation
Session Room:
Poplar Plenary Room
Community Planning, Education, and Workforce Development
Session Room:
Sycamore Plenary Room
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM POSTER SESSION
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM BREAK
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Panels
(concurrent sessions)
S&CC Research in Transportation and Mobility
Session Room: Poplar Plenary Room
Moderator: Vanessa Frias-Martinez (University of Maryland)
Panelists:
John-Ross Rizzo (New York University)
Lillian Ratliff (University of Washington)
Jerome Lynch (University of Michigan)
Clinton Andrews (Rutgers University)
S&CC Research in Education and Workforce Development
Session Room: Sycamore Plenary Room
Moderator: Dr. Ellen McCallie (National Science Foundation)
Panelists:
Scott Byrd (Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance)
Nichole Pinkard (Northwestern University)
Elizabeth DiSalvo (Georgia Tech)
Morgan Vigil-Hayes (Northern Arizona University)
3:00 PM - 4:05 PM Lightning Talks
(concurrent sessions)
Health and Wellbeing
Session Room:
Poplar Plenary Room
Water, Energy, and Food
Session Room:
Sycamore Plenary Room
4:05 PM - 4:45 PM POSTER SESSION
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Panels 
(concurrent sessions)
S&CC Research in Health and Wellness
Session Room: Poplar Plenary Room
Moderator: Sylvia Spengler (NSF)
Panelists:
Nikil Dutt (University of California, Irvine
Timothy Bickmore (Northeastern University)
Kerry Kelly (University of Utah)
Natalia Villanueva Rosales (University of Texas, El Paso)
Transitioning Planning Grants to Successful Integrative Research Grants
Session Room: Sycamore Plenary Room
Moderators: David Corman (NSF) and Sara Kiesler (NSF)
Panelists:
Kimberly Zarecor (Iowa State University)
Robert Lempert (RAND Corporation)
Hamed Tabkhi (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
5:30 PM Closing Remarks
5:35 PM End of Day
5:35 PM Informal Networking Session
THURSDAY, APRIL 8
9:30 AM - 10:55 AM Informal Networking Session
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM Welcome Day 2
Moderator: 
Vishal Sharma (AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow)
Speaker: Gurdip Singh (Division Director, CISE)
11:05 AM - 11:55 AM Keynote: The Future of Self-organized Citizenship
David Brin (Scientist and Science Fiction Author)
Moderator: Scott Byrd (Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance)
11:55 AM - 12:55 PM Lightning Talks
(concurrent sessions)
International Projects and RAPID Awards
Session Room:
Poplar Plenary Room
Disaster Resilience and Emergency Management
Session Room:
Sycamore Plenary Room
12:55 PM - 1:35 PM POSTER SESSION
1:35 PM - 1:45 PM BREAK
1:45 PM - 1:55 PM Introduction to International S&CC Research
Moderator: David Corman (NSF)
Speakers: Helen Santiago Fink (Program Manager, U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership, U.S. Department of State)
                  Kazuo Iwano (Program Officer, Japan Science and Technology Agency)
1:55 PM - 2:45 PM Panel: International S&CC Research in Japan and the ASEAN region
Moderator: Linda Bushnell (NSF)
Panelists: Shuza Binzaid (Prairie View A&M University)
                  Tam Nguyen (University of Dayton)
                  Cynthia Chen (University of Washington)
                  Miguel Perez (Virginia Tech)
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM Mini-Workshop: Research Advances in S&CC
Panel Moderator:
Michal Ziv-El (NSF)
Panelists: Mariya Zheleva (University at Albany-SUNY)
                  Panagiota Karava (Purdue University)
                  George Mohler (Indiana University)
                  Marc Berman (University of Chicago)
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM Transition to Breakouts
3:40 PM - 4:45 PM Mini-Workshop: Research Advances in S&CC (continued)
Session Room: Assigned Breakouts
Breakout Discussions - Open to active S&CC Projects only (Lead PI + 2-3 additional team members)
4:45 PM - 5:25 PM Panel: Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic - S&CC RAPID Awards
Moderator: Sandip Roy (NSF)
Panelists: Abhishek Dubey (Vanderbilt)
                  Aron Laszka (University of Houston)
                  Foad Hamidi (UMBC)
                  Quanyan Zhu (New York University)
5:25 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Remarks
5:30 PM End of Day 2
5:30 PM Informal Networking Session
7:30 PM Evening Session for International Project Teams
9:30 PM Closing Remarks for Evening International Session
FRIDAY, APRIL 9 - Open to active S&CC Projects only (Lead PI + 2-3 additional team members)
9:30 AM - 10:55 AM Informal Networking Session
10:55 AM - 11:00 AM Welcome Day 3
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Mini-Workshop: Transition to Practice (TTP)
Panel Moderator: David Corman (NSF)
Panelists: Branko Kerkez (University of Michigan)
                  Daphney-Stavroula Zois (University at Albany-SUNY)
                  Juan Bello (New York University)
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Mini-Workshop: Transition to Practice (TTP)
Presentation Moderator:
David Corman (NSF)
Speakers: Ruth Shuman (NSF, I-Corps)
                  City Innovate Team
                  Glenn Ricart (US Ignite)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Mini-Workshop: Transition to Practice
Session Room: Assigned Breakouts
Breakout Discussions
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM BREAK
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM Mini-Workshop: Infrastructure for Broad Adoption of Smart and Connected Communities
Session Room: Assigned Breakouts
Breakout Discussions
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Report Backs for Mini Workshop Sessions
In this session, S&CC project teams will be asked to share outcomes from their mini-workshop sessions.
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Closing Remarks
3:30 PM 2021 S&CC PI Meeting Adjourns