Noon

Registration opens

1:00 pm

Tours of Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (on the hour)

5:30

Reception

6:30

Dinner

6:50

Welcome from Workshop Chair / Judith Kimble, Henry Vilas Professor and HHMI Investigator, University of Wisconsin

6:55

Welcome to the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery / Carl Gulbrandsen, Managing Director, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

7:00

Welcoming Remarks / John P. Morgridge and Tashia F. Morgridge, Founding Trustees, Morgridge Institute for Research

7:10

Evening keynote: Creating a Regional Innovation Environment / Duane J. Roth, CEO, CONNECT

7:45

Discussion

8:30

Adjourn

8:30 am

Welcome/Introduction: Workshop Challenges and Goals / Judith Kimble

8:35

Setting the Stage: Five Years of Rising Above the Gathering Storm / C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., Regents Professor and former President, University of Maryland

8:45

Plenary Session One: Revitalizing K-12 Science and Mathematics Education. Session chair, Tom Luce

8:45

The Foundation of Innovation: K-12 STEM Education / Tom Luce, CEO, National Math and Science Initiative

9:00

Ensuring Quality: A New Framework for Science Education Standards / Helen R. Quinn, Professor Emerita, SLAC

9:15

Delivering Value: Why K-12 STEM Education Matters in the Current Economy / Michael Lach, Special Assistant for STEM Education, U.S. Department of Education

9:30

Discussion on Revitalizing K-12 STEM Education

10:00

BREAK

10:30

Plenary Session Two: Strengthening Undergraduate Education in Science and Engineering. Session chair, Lorrie A. Shepard, Distinguished Dean of Education

10:30

Why Changing How We Teach Introductory Undergraduate Science Courses Is Critical for Our Nation’s Future / Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief, Science, and Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco

10:45

Innovation in Teaching Undergraduate Biology / Robin Wright, Associate Dean, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota

11:00

Improving Undergraduate Science and Engineering Education / Lorrie A. Shepard, Professor and Distinguished Dean of Education, University of Colorado, Boulder

11:15

Discussion on Strengthening Undergraduate STEM Education

11:45

BREAK

Noon

Working lunch: How can education help regional innovation environments thrive?

What are the key strategies for implementation?

1:30 pm

Plenary Session Three: Building Effective Partnerships among Governments, Universities, Companies, and Other Stakeholders for Innovation Environments. Session chair, Arun Majumdar

1:30

The ARPA-E Model and the Innovation Ecosystem / Arun Majumdar, Director, ARPA-E

1:45

Government-University-Industry Partnerships: Global Innovation / C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr., Regents Professor and Former President, University of Maryland

2:00

New Alliances among Government, Industry and Universities / Mary Good, Donaghey University Professor, University of Arkansas

2:15

Discussion on Building Effective Partnerships

2:45

BREAK

3:15

Plenary Session Four: Fostering Regional Technology Development and Entrepreneurship. Session chair, William J. Spencer, Chairman Emeritus, SEMATECH

3:15

Innovative Research Environments for Regional Development / Sangtae Kim, Executive Director, Morgridge Institute for Research

3:30

Fostering Entrepreneurship and Venture Investment in Regions / Frank Samuel, Jr., President, Geauga Growth Partnership, Inc

3:45

Venture Investment and Regional Development in the Life Sciences Sector / G. Steven Burrill, CEO, Burrill & Company

4:00

Discussion on Fostering Regional Technology and Entrepreneurship

4:30

BREAK

5:30

Reception

6:00

Keynote speaker: Honorable Tommy Thompson, Former Governor of Wisconsin and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

6:45 pm

Discussion

7:00

Working dinner: How can partnerships and entrepreneurship help regional innovation environments thrive? What are the key strategies for implementation?

8:00 am

Breakfast: (Panelists and table leaders to be organized privately)

9:00

Panel discussion: Mary Good, Duane Roth, Helen Quinn

Discussion of Key Themes and Strategies for Implementation

11:00 Adjourn