Thursday, May 29, 2025 to Friday, May 30, 2025
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
UNC Greensboro (NC)
Draft Agenda
OPTIONAL DAY Wednesday, May 28, 2025
7:00 AM Breakfast at the Hotel (Hyatt Place Downtown Greensboro)
8:00 AM Travel to Plant and Pollinator Center (using UNCG shuttle)
8:30 AM Educational and Hands-on Experience at the Plant and Pollinator Center
11:30 AM Travel to Greensboro Science Center
12:00 PM Lunch at the Greensboro Science Center
1:00 PM Tour Greensboro Science Center
4:00 PM Shuttle back to Hotel
6:00 PM Dinner on your own (suggestion will be made)
STARTING DAY Thursday, May 29, 2025
7:00 AM Breakfast at the Hotel (Hyatt Place Downtown Greensboro)
8:00 AM Travel to UNCG (using UNCG shuttle) - 10 min shuttle (2 shutle of 30 pers will be available, parking for car available
8:15 AM Coffee and Network
8:45 AM Analytical Session I: Spectroscopy - 15 mins presentations followed by 30 min Panel Session
- Don Baer - PNNL- XPS
- Malvern company
- Christoph Krafft - Optical photothermal infrared spectroscopy
- Armand Masion - CEREGE - Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
- Mendis Gamini - bulk characterization
10:45 AM Coffee Break
11:15 AM Analytical Session II: Microscopy – 15 mins presentations followed by 30 min Panel Session
- Greg Lowry - Confocal Imaging
- Keana Scott - SEM-FIB
- Sara Mason - BNL- modeling
- Hsin-Yun Chao- TEM
12:45 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Analytical Round Table with instrument company representatives and speakers-
Round table subject to be determined
3:30 PM Coffee Break
4:00 PM JSNN Site Visit
5:30 PM Cultural and Cocktail Night at Weatherspoon Art Museum (Nanoart Exhibit) including tour visit
6:30 PM Dinner at the Weatherspoon Art Museum (2 min walk)
8:30 pm return to the hotel
Friday, May 30, 2025
7:00 AM Breakfast at the Hotel (Hyatt Place Downtown Greensboro)
8:00 AM Travel to UNCG (using UNCG shuttle)
8:15 AM Coffee and Network
8:45 AM Student presentation, present your pHD to one dedicated stakeholder (3 to 5 min by presentation)
10:00 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM Invited Speaker (communication talk)
- Khara Grieger - societal implications
- Judy Ledlee - Innovation, Commercialization
- Jason Delborne - Biotech policy engagement
- Meagan Kittle Autry - Social media
12:30 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Round Table Rotations - Communication, Stakeholder Engagement, and Mentorship (parallel leadership meeting)
5:00 PM Wrap-up followed by INFRAMES Leadership Dinner (Location TBD)
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