U.S. Study Abroad Initiative (Backup Copy of Agenda)

Sunday 1 Jun 2008, 10:00 → 19:00 Europe/Zurich

Center for Strategic & International Studies

A one-day meeting focusing on the feasibility of creating a U.S. LHC Study Abroad Program in Geneva. Though the Meeting will focus on the specific case of undergraduate student research participation in the Large Hadron Collider Program in Geneva, the issues involved pertain much more broadly to overall U.S. national science policy, as more and more frontier research facilities are being located beyond the borders of the United States.

Images from the CERN-Based NSF REU Summer Student Program.

CSIS: [Home Page] [Contact] [Google Map] This Agenda: http://indico.cern.ch/event/StudyAbroad2009

List of Participants (Excel) Participants.xls

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Introduction

1 Welcome

President Lounsbery Foundation, Vice Chair, CSIS, Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, President, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress

Speaker: Ambassador David Abshire

2 Nature of the Challenge

Former Chair, HEPAP Subpanel Study on the Future of University High Energy Physics Programs, Former Member, U.S. National Science Board, Professor of Physics, University of Michigan

Speaker: Prof. Homer A. Neal

Facility Examples with Anticipated Limited U.S. Undergraduate Student Access

3 The Large Hadron Collider, ITER and the WHO

Professor of Physics, Notre Dame University, Former NSF Physics Program Officer, Former Outreach Coordinator, CERN CMS Experiment

Speaker: Prof. R. Ruchti

Examples of Existing International Programs for Undergraduate Studies

4 Current CERN REU Program

Speaker: Prof. Homer A. Neal

5 Study Abroad Programs in Switzerland (UCIC)

Speaker: Dr. Allan Lerner, University of Illinois - Chicago

6 International Undergraduate Programs at the NSF

Speaker: Graham M. Harrison, Program Manager, International Programs, NSF

11:40 Lunch

Interest of Scientific Community

7 American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields

Speaker: Prof. Raymond Brock

8 U.S. ATLAS Collaboration Board

Speaker: Prof. Al Goshaw

9 U.S. CMS Collaboration Board

Speaker: Prof. Nick Hadley

Benefits and Operational Challenges of Study Abroad Programs

10 University of Michigan Programs

Speaker: Associate Dean R. Megginson, University of Michigan

11 University of Illinois - Chicago Geneva Program

Speaker: Associate Provost A. Learner, University of Illinois - Chicago

12 Possible Impacts Beyond Science

Speaker: Dr. D. S. Levin, University of Michigan

13 State Department: Host Country Issues

Speaker: Representative from U.S. State Department / OSTP

14 A LHC Study Abroad Proposal

Speaker: Dr. S. Goldfarb, University of Michigan

14:55 Coffee

Observations from University Consortia

15 Association of American Universities

Speaker: R. Berdahl, President, AAU

16 Universities Research Association

Speaker: F. Berenthal, President, URA

17 Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)

Speaker: Associate Provost A. Learner, University of Illinois - Chicago

18 Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (NASULGC)

Former President Michigan State University, Former Director, USAID, President, APLU (formerly NASULGC)

Speaker: Pres. Peter McPherson (TBC)

Possible Funding Strategies

19 General Foundation Perspectives

Speaker: Dr. Deborah Derrick, Program Officer, Gates Foundation

20 Mangement Perspectives

Speaker: Mr. Steven D'Arcy, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Open Discussion on Next Steps

Myron Campbell, Professor of Physics and Chair, University of Michigan,
Associate Dean, LS&A;
Homer Neal, University of Michigan