Appendix A

Abbreviated Agendas for NSTSR Regional Meetings

Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting
University of Maryland
March 31, 2023

Welcome

Gregory Ball, Vice President for Research, University of Maryland, College Park and University of Maryland, Baltimore

Addressing the Need to Protect Research in the University Environment

Catherine Johnson, Republican Staff Director, Research and Technology Subcommittee, House Science, Space, and Technology Committee

Dahlia Sokolov, Democratic Staff Director, House Science, Space, and Technology Committee

Addressing Faculty Fears and Concerns About Research Security Initiatives

Christine Ciocca Eller, Former Co-Chair, National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Research Security

Fostering and Maintaining Meaningful Partnerships with Domestic Security and Intelligence Services

Susan Thompson, Federal Bureau of Investigation

John Hartnett, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Issues in National Academies’ Research Security Activities

Sarah Rovito, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Overview of the National Science Foundation’s Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing and Analysis Organization

Rebecca Keiser, Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy, National Science Foundation

Overview of the Group of Seven’s (G7) Virtual Academy

Patricia Valdez, Chief Extramural Research Integrity Officer, Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health

New England Regional Meeting
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
May 22, 2023

Discussion with Industry Representatives

Dean Geribo, Head of Corporate Security, Moderna

Nikki Rutman, Director of Global Intelligence, Moderna

Maggie Buck, Threat Management, Moderna

Danielle Holland, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, AVEO

Kevin Swindon, Corporate Vice President for Global Security, Charles River

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) China Report

Richard Lester, Co-Chair, MIT China Report, Associate Provost for International Activities and Japan Steel Industry Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Lily Tsai, Co-Chair, MIT China Report, Chair of the Faculty, Ford Professor of Political Science, Director of the MIT Gov/Lab

Suzanne Berger, John M. Deutch Institute Professor and Professor of Political Science

Peter Fisher, Thomas A Frank Professor of Physics, Director of the MIT Office of Research Computing and Data

M. Taylor Fravel, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science, Director of the Security Studies Program

David Goldston, Director, MIT Washington Office

Yasheng Huang, Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management, Director of Action Learning at MIT Sloan School of Management

Daniela Rus, Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Elizabeth Dupuy, Senior Advisor, Office of the Associate Provost for International Activities, Staff to the MIT China Strategy Group

International Research Collaborations at Boston University

Kate Mellouk, Associate Vice President for Research Compliance

Kevin Gallagher, Director, Boston University Global Development Policy Center, Professor of Global Development Policy

Emerging Technologies and Research Security

David Cox, IBM Director of the MIT-IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Midwest Regional Meeting
Northwestern University
October 11-12, 2023

Welcome

Michael H. Schill, President, Northwestern University

Pressures Chinese Students Face from the Chinese Government While Studying at American Universities

Yaqiu Wang, Research Director for China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Freedom House

An FBI Field Office Case Study

Special Agent Jonathan Willett, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Little Rock Field Office

Federal Funding Agency Research Security Panel

Kristopher Gardner, Director for Science and Technology Protection, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Department of Defense

Rebecca Keiser, Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy, National Science Foundation

Central Midwest Research Security Forum Panel

Holly Bante, Associate Vice President for Research Security and Ethics, University of Cincinnati

Elizabeth Wagner, Senior Director of Research Security and Export Controls, Purdue University

Lisa Nichols, Executive Director of Research Security, University of Michigan

Amy Weber, Senior Director of Export Control and International Compliance, Northwestern University

Vice Presidents for Research Panel

Jacqueline Jeruss, Associate Vice President for Research Integrity and Compliance, University of Michigan

Susan Martinis, Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Eric Perreault, Vic President for Research, Northwestern University

Jeff Rhoads, Vice President for Research, University of Notre Dame

Research Security at Manufacturing USA Institutes

Federico Sciammarella, Chief Technology Officer, MxD (Manufacturing x Digital)

John Wilzynski, Executive Director, America Makes

Research Security at Department of Energy Laboratories

Paul Kearns, Director, Argonne National Laboratory

Brian Sherin, Senior Advisor, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Pacific Regional Meeting
The Hoover Institution at Stanford University
January 23-24, 2024

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Condoleezza Rice, Tad and Dianne Taube Director, Hoover Institution

Welcome

Richard Saller, President, Stanford University

Federal Funding Agency Perspectives on Research Security

Rebecca Keiser, Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy, National Science Foundation

Harriet Kung, Deputy Director for Science Programs, Office of Science, Department of Energy

Michael Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health

Bindu Nair, Director for Basic Research, Department of Defense

Research Security in the University of California System

Alex Bustamante, Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance and Audit Office, University of California

Perspectives on Research Security from Academic Researchers in the Pacific Region

Bruce DeBruhl, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Software Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Christopher J. Keane, Vice President for Research, Washington State University

Edl Schamiloglu, Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico

The U.S. Scientific Enterprise and Nations of Concern

Siegfried S. Hecker, Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Emeritus and Research Professor, Management Science and Engineering, Emeritus, Stanford University

Michael McFaul, Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies, Department of Political Science, Stanford University; Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Larry Diamond, Mosbacher Senior Fellow of Global Democracy, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; and Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology and of Political Science, Stanford University

Abbas Milani, Hamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies, Stanford University; Professory, by courtesy, Stanford Global Studies Division

Enhancing Collaboration in Science and Security

Nicholas Shenkin, Federal Bureau Special Agent; National Security Affairs Fellow, Hoover Institution

Research Security and Biotechnology

Carol Burns, Deputy Director for Research and Chief Research Officer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Drew Endy, Martin Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education; Senior Fellow, by courtesy, Freeman Spogli Institute; Senior Fellow, by courtesy, Hoover Institution; Faculty Co-Director of Degree Programs, Hass Plattner Institute of Design, Stanford University

Aine Hanly, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Vir Biotechnology

Steve Laderman, Director, Agilent Research Laboratories

Research Security and Computer Science

Bill Dally, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice President, NVIDIA

Dave Orr, Director of Engineering for AI Safety and Alignment, Google DeepMind

William A. Pike, Chief Science and Technology Officer, National Security Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Katherine Yelick, Robert S. Pepper Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and Vice President for Research, University of California, Berkeley

Research Security and Aerospace

Sigrid Elschot, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University

Larry D. James, Deputy Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Alison Nordt, Director for Space Science and Instrumentation, Advanced Technology Center, Lockheed Martin

Southern Regional Meeting
Texas A&M University
March 7, 2024

Welcome

Susan Ballabina, Chief of Staff, Texas A&M University President Jack Welsh

Federal Funding Agency Perspectives on Research Security

Rebecca Keiser, Chief of Research Security Strategy and Policy, National Science Foundation

Harriet Kung, Deputy Director for Science Programs, Office of Science, Department of Energy

Patricia Valdez, Chief Extramural Research Integrity Officer, Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health

Bindu Nair, Director for Basic Research, Department of Defense

International Perspectives on Research Security

Jung-Kyu Jung, Director of R&D Asset Protection Team, Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning, Republic of Korea

Kit Hardman, Research Collaboration Advice Team, Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology, United Kingdom

Mirko van Muijen, International Cooperation Director, European Commission

Shawn McGuirk, Deputy Director of Research Security, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada

Perspectives from Vice Presidents of Research

Majed Dweik, Vice President of Research and Economic Development, Alabama A&M University

Giovanni Piedimonte, Vice President for Research, Tulane University

Magesh Rajan, Vice President for Research and Innovation, Prairie View A&M University

Research Security and Agricultural Research and Technology

Chris Holly, Partner, Cooley

Mahendra Bhandari, Assistant Professor, Digital Agriculture, Texas A&M University

Gregory Pompelli, Director, Center of Excellence for Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense, Texas A&M University

Sonny Ramaswamy, President, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities; former Director, National Institute of Food and Agriculture

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